The cast – and their animated alter-egos – appeared on Fallon to an acapella version of Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” that included MacCartney himself.
Illumination got their Minions involved in a short MST3K-like video to help promote the movie.
The studio partnered with the Lumyer app to bring movie-branded augmented reality to that app’s users.
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A new “online trailer” has been released that touts the movie’s awards nominations so far and makes the case to come see this heartwarming tale around Christmas.