What if Illumination actually tried?

No, don't take this as if we disliked Illumination. Some of their movies are indeed good. We're only disappointed that they wasted some of their potential and made errors like overusing the Minions and making forgettable cash-ins. So, we decided to make an alternate scenario where Illumination actually tried.

List of changes

 * Instead of the Minions, Illumination would have a talking TBD.
 * Despicable Me would end up after the second film.
 * The Lorax would slightly be different.
 * More live-action/CGI hybrid films would've been made.
 * Following the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation by NBCUniversal, the company opted to sack Chris Meledandri and make Jeffrey Katzenberg responsible for both studios.
 * Following the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation by NBCUniversal, the company opted to sack Chris Meledandri and make Jeffrey Katzenberg responsible for both studios.

Films

 * 1) Despicable Me (2010)
 * 2) Hop (2011)
 * 3) /The Lorax/ (2012)
 * 4) Despicable Me 2 (2013)
 * 5) [instead of Minions, fit the woody the woodpecker film somewhere] (2015)
 * 6) The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
 * 7) Sing (2016)
 * 8) [instead of Despicable Me 3] (2017)
 * 9) /Yertle the Turtle/ (2018)
 * 10) The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
 * 11) [film in 2020 likely early]
 * 12) [instead of Minions 2] (2021)
 * 13) Sing 2 (2021)