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 .
Due to the impact of the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic , the film The Secret Garden was delayed to be released in August .