‘Minions: The Rise Of Gru’ Moves Off Global Summer Release Dates

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Arte France, a bastion of quality European TV, is looking to make its French series ever less French , as it consolidates its position as one of Europe’s most internationally-minded TV operators.

Last week on RuPaul's Drag Race, the queens donned their scrubs and channeled Ellen Pompeo when tasked to star in their very own medical drama, Gay's Anatomy. Disqualified contestant Sherry Pie snatched another win, with half of the other queens managing to place high in the judges' rankings.

The Minions sequel Minions: The Rise Of Gru has officially been postponed by Universal. The reason is the impact of the spreading coronavirus which is affecting all of us around the world. The film’s release was set for the summer but the film will be delayed for two reasons – one being that most cinemas in the key territories are currently closed, and that Illumination Entertainment, who are behind the Minions and Despicable Me movies, have had to close their studios in France.

The summer launch of the new Minions sequel has been ditched as the global coronavirus pandemic forces producers to close its animation studios in France.

The 2020 edition of the Cannes Film Festival has been postponed by the organizers owing to the Coronavirus crisis which has gripped almost every country in the world. Speculations were already rife about the prestigious film festival getting canceled in the wake of COVID 19 scare due to the fear of infection and now the reports have turned out to be true. The mega event was originally scheduled to be held from May 12 to May 23, 2020, in France.

The Cannes Film Festival has been postponed.

Universal and Illumination has officially postponed the release of Minions: The Rise of Gru.

Universal and Illumination have postponed the release of “Minions: The Rise of Gru” amid the coronavirus crisis. The animated family film was scheduled to hit theaters July 3 and doesn’t have a new launch date.

New flames! Morgan Stewart has been dating singer Jordan McGraw “for months” after filing for divorce from Brendan Fitzpatrick in October 2019.

Germany is following other major European countries in broadly shutting down public life to stem the spread of the coronavirus. On Monday, Germany imposed temporary controls on its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Luxembourg and several German states have tightened restrictions on public gatherings.

Jet2 has cancelled flights to and from France amid growing fears over coronavirus .

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