On March 19 , 2020 , Universal and Illumination announced that Minions : The Rise of Gru had been pulled from its intended release date of July 3 , 2020 , not only due to the pandemic but also due to the temporary closing of its French Illumination Mac Guff animation studio in response to the pandemic , which would leave the film 's animation to be unfinished if it made its original date .
On March 13th , 2020 , StudioCanal announced the postponement of the release date of The Secret Garden .