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Wednesday's announcement came as Universal continued to reshuffle its release calendar due to the far-reaching impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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00:00After being delayed the movie, Minions Rise of Gru has been pushed back an entire year amid

00:14the coronavirus pandemic. The animated film will now be released on July 2, 2021, exactly a year

00:20after it was originally set to hit the big screen. Last month, Universal and Animation

00:24House Illumination revealed that the new Minions movie would not meet its early July 2020

00:29release date, saying it would be impossible to finish the sequel in time due to the closure

00:33of the Illumination McGuff studio in Paris. On Wednesday, Universal also announced several

00:48other release date moves as it continues to reshuffle its calendar due to the far-reaching

00:53impact of the coronavirus pandemic, including unprecedented theater closures and disruptions

00:58in the post-production process. Illumination's Sing sequel, which was originally set to open

01:02on July 2, 2021, Gru's New Home, is being pushed back to December 22, 2021, which in turn leaves

01:09Wicked, the long-gestating film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, temporarily

01:14homeless for the time being. Universal says Wicked will be re-dated at a later time. For

01:19more on this story and the latest movie news, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:23I'm Tiffany Taylor.