Draft:Game Over and Over

Game Over and Over
Directed by	Christophe Delisle Christophe Lourdelet Ludovic Roz
Written by	Evan Susser Van Robichaux
Produced by	Chris Meledandri Brett Hoffman
Starring	Pierre Coffin
Edited by	Pauline Gourdon Hadrian Laborie
Music by	Jason Lazarus
Production company	Illumination
Distributed by	Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Running time	4 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Game Over and Over is a 2024 American animated short film directed by Christophe Delisle, Christophe Lourdelet, and Ludovic Roz, and written by Evan Susser and Van Robichaux. Produced from Illumination, the short film takes place after the events of the second Minions film from its spin-off series of Despicable Me franchise as it follows Stuart trying out an experimental controller made by Gru that turns Kevin and the world around him into a real-life video game.

The short film was released as a mini-movie for Despicable Me 4 on September 24, 2024 on digital, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Plot

Setting after the events of Minions: The Rise of Gru, Kevin and Stuart were playing a game, but Stuart lost when he got distracted by Bob who wants to play a disco video game. When Stuart accidentally breaks his controller in frustration, he goes into Gru's lab and take one of his inventions which is a prototype game controller. However, the controller doesn't connect to the TV but makes Kevin as playable character, making the world around him as a video game. Stuart gives this a ahot and controls Kevin throughout the town from Level 1 being as a platforming level with the neighborhood, Level 2 being a capture the flag scenrio in an FPS style, and Level 3 is a GTA-like level when Stuart makes Kevin stole some donuts from the police officers at their station. During this, Stuart starts gaining points that earns him over 999,997 points. Realizing he didn't hit over 1 million points, Kevin crashes back down from riding up a tall building on a vespa and takes the controller without noticed, turning the tide on Stuart to make him Player 2.

Cast

• Pierre Coffin as Kevin, Stuart and Bob

Additional voices were provided by Ashly Burch, Brian Delaney, and Issac Robinson-Smith.

Production

Production of the short began in November 2022.

Music

Game Over and Over (Music from the Illumination Short)
Soundtrack album by Jason Lazarus
Released	September 6, 2024 (2024-09-06)
Genre	Film score
Length	3:46
Label	Back Lot

The score was provided by Jason Lazarus, with a soundtrack released through Back Lot Music on September 6, 2024, containing only three tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jason Lazarus.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Baggare 2 / The Controller / Side Scroll"	1:17
2.	"Paintball / The Fugitive"	1:27
3.	"Game Over & Over (& Over)"	1:02
Total length:		3:46

Accolades

The short was nominated for Best Original Score in a Short Animated Film but was lost to another Illumination short film Fly Hard at the 15th Hollywood Music in Media Awards.