'Minions: The Rise of Gru' postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting people around globe. Several movies have been pushed ahead due to shutdown and health concerns. w a new film has joined list and it is Minions: Rise of Gru, which has been postponed.

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Minions: Rise of Gru postponed amid COVID-19

Illumination’s computer-animated film, Minions: Rise of Gru was scheduled to release on July 3, 2020. However, recent widespread of COVID-19 across world has made makers to postpone its release date. With this Minions: Rise of Gru became first summer and July release that has been moved ahead due to coronavirus scare. new release date of movie is yet to be revealed.

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Minions: Rise of Gru has its timeline set in 1970s. It shows Gru when he was just a little kid aspiring to be a supervillain. He heads to headquarters of evil team, kwn as 'Vicious 6', young Gru almost gets laughed out of room. But n he uses one of his trademark gadgets to steal an important artifact from ir den, officially starting him down his path of being a bona fide supervillain. Unfortunately, what happens after that complicates things for toddler.

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Steve Carell and Pierre Coffin return to voice young Felonius Gru and Minions, respectively. trailer also introduces new characters and supervillains. y are Taraji P Henson as Belle Bottom, Jean-Claude Van Damme as Jean Clawed, Lucy Lawless as Nunchuck, Dolph Lundgren as Svengence and Danny Trejo as Stronghold. In addition, Michelle Yeoh is voicing a character named Master Chow, Julie Andrews is voicing Gru’s mor, and Russell Brand is back as Dr. Nefario.

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Minions: Rise of Gru is directed by Kyle Balda. It is second film in Minions series and over fifth film in Despicable Me franchise. movie is t only film to be postponed due to coronavirus. Biggies such as Fast 9: Fast Saga and Black Widow with many ors are also pushed ahead.