Sony Pictures has announced that Spider-Man: Far From Home's sequel has been delayed from November 5, 2021, to December 17, 2021. The still untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel was originally set to be released in theaters on July 16, 2021, and Tom Holland was set to first shoot Uncharted before once again becoming Peter Parker. Production on the Uncharted film, in which Holland will play Nathan Drake, has not yet begun, but a Sony representative has confirmed that preparations are underway and they're "hoping to start soon." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] This sequel to 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home will be followed by the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse on October 7, 2022. In our review of Spider-Man: Far From Home, which was the first MCU film to release after Avengers: Endgame, we said it is "a grandly entertaining culmination of the MCU wall-crawler’s journey so far. Thanks to its sweet humor, clever commentary, and deft action set-pieces, Far From Home continues the journey of Peter Parker from kid hero to Tony Stark’s successor." Spider-Man's delay accompanied the delays of both the upcoming Star Wars and Avatar films that will be released in theaters on December 22, 2023, and December 16, 2022, respectively. The follow-ups to these films have also been delayed by a year. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/01/all-spider-man-related-movies-are-now-the-sony-pictures-universe-of-marvel-characters"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Sony Pictures has announced that Spider-Man: Far From Home's sequel has been delayed from November 5, 2021, to December 17, 2021. The still untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel was originally set to be released in theaters on July 16, 2021, and Tom Holland was set to first shoot Uncharted before once again becoming Peter Parker. Production on the Uncharted film, in which Holland will play Nathan Drake, has not yet begun, but a Sony representative has confirmed that preparations are underway and they're "hoping to start soon." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-spider-man-movie-spin-off-in-development&captions=true"] This sequel to 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home will be followed by the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse on October 7, 2022. In our review of Spider-Man: Far From Home, which was the first MCU film to release after Avengers: Endgame, we said it is "a grandly entertaining culmination of the MCU wall-crawler’s journey so far. Thanks to its sweet humor, clever commentary, and deft action set-pieces, Far From Home continues the journey of Peter Parker from kid hero to Tony Stark’s successor." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/01/all-spider-man-related-movies-are-now-the-sony-pictures-universe-of-marvel-characters"] Developing...

The Boys has been renewed for Season 3 ahead of the show's Season 2 premiere on September 4, executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg announced during Amazon Prime Video's Comic-Con@Home 2020 panel for the twisted superhero series. The Boys panel was featured as part of IGN's Comic-Con@Home livestream - check out our full Comic-Con 2020 panel schedule for everything coming up over Comic-Con weekend. "Because this show has fans and it is watched by people like you, they have decided to renew it yet again for a third season," Rogen said. "So if you like The Boys, you got more of it, thank God!" "We never know if things we make are gonna keep moving on forward or get shut down," Goldberg laughed. "This one’s not shut down yet." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/08/amazons-the-boys-season-2-official-teaser"] As for when the show will actually be able to begin filming Season 3, given the global production delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Rogen quipped, "Anyone’s guess - hope sometime this decade!" He cheekily added, "Don’t be surprised if you see a lot of superheroes in what are essentially hermetically sealed outfits that do not allow any of their breath to interact with anyone else’s breath - it’s just a wardrobe choice, it has nothing to do with the current climate." The panel also revealed that the series will receive a weekly aftershow called Prime Rewind: Inside the Boys, hosted by Aisha Tyler. Watch the full Comic-Con@Home panel for The Boys below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-boys-season-2-official-panel-comic-con-2020”] The release schedule for The Boys Season 2 will differ from its Season 1 release schedule, which saw the entire season premiere at once; instead, the first three episodes of Season 2 will be released on September 4, with the remaining episodes released weekly thereafter until the October 9 finale. Showrunner Eric Kripke offered a tantalizing preview of Season 2 (along with a typically effed up sneak peek clip from the new season featuring a whale), promising, "When we pick up Season 2, it’s a lot more intense. We worked hard to make Season 2 crazier but also more emotional and higher stakes. Everyone’s in a really tight spot; The Boys are wanted fugitives coming off of last season, they’re hunted, they’re basically totally screwed and they’re doing their best to fight back at Vought however they can but Season 1 was a big loss for them. Conversely, Homelander killed the only person who could control him in Stillwell, so he’s increasingly out of control, he’s ascendant, he’s making Vought a scarier place, and Starlight is sort of trapped in this living nightmare, so I think everyone is pushed to the limits in Season 2." For more from The Boys, read about the Billy Butcher short film debuting in the middle of Season 2, and head over to Amazon's VirtualCon hub if you want more content from the streaming service's Comic-Con lineup, which also includes Utopia, Truth Seekers, and Upload. Check out the teaser trailers for Amazon's Truth Seekers and Utopia below. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/truth-seekers-official-teaser-trailer-reveal-comic-conhome-on-ign"] [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/amazons-utopia-season-1-official-teaser-trailer-comic-conhome-on-ign"]

The Boys has been renewed for Season 3 ahead of the show's Season 2 premiere on September 4, executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg announced during Amazon Prime Video's Comic-Con@Home 2020 panel for the twisted superhero series. The Boys panel was featured as part of IGN's Comic-Con@Home livestream - check out our full Comic-Con 2020 panel schedule for everything coming up over Comic-Con weekend. "Because this show has fans and it is watched by people like you, they have decided to renew it yet again for a third season," Rogen said. "So if you like The Boys, you got more of it, thank God!" "We never know if things we make are gonna keep moving on forward or get shut down," Goldberg laughed. "This one’s not shut down yet." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/08/amazons-the-boys-season-2-official-teaser"] As for when the show will actually be able to begin filming Season 3, given the global production delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Rogen quipped, "Anyone’s guess - hope sometime this decade!" He cheekily added, "Don’t be surprised if you see a lot of superheroes in what are essentially hermetically sealed outfits that do not allow any of their breath to interact with anyone else’s breath - it’s just a wardrobe choice, it has nothing to do with the current climate." The panel also revealed that the series will receive a weekly aftershow called Prime Rewind: Inside the Boys, hosted by Aisha Tyler. Watch the full Comic-Con@Home panel for The Boys below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-boys-season-2-official-panel-comic-con-2020”] The release schedule for The Boys Season 2 will differ from its Season 1 release schedule, which saw the entire season premiere at once; instead, the first three episodes of Season 2 will be released on September 4, with the remaining episodes released weekly thereafter until the October 9 finale. Showrunner Eric Kripke offered a tantalizing preview of Season 2 (along with a typically effed up sneak peek clip from the new season featuring a whale), promising, "When we pick up Season 2, it’s a lot more intense. We worked hard to make Season 2 crazier but also more emotional and higher stakes. Everyone’s in a really tight spot; The Boys are wanted fugitives coming off of last season, they’re hunted, they’re basically totally screwed and they’re doing their best to fight back at Vought however they can but Season 1 was a big loss for them. Conversely, Homelander killed the only person who could control him in Stillwell, so he’s increasingly out of control, he’s ascendant, he’s making Vought a scarier place, and Starlight is sort of trapped in this living nightmare, so I think everyone is pushed to the limits in Season 2." For more from The Boys, read about the Billy Butcher short film debuting in the middle of Season 2, and head over to Amazon's VirtualCon hub if you want more content from the streaming service's Comic-Con lineup, which also includes Utopia, Truth Seekers, and Upload. Check out the teaser trailers for Amazon's Truth Seekers and Utopia below. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/truth-seekers-official-teaser-trailer-reveal-comic-conhome-on-ign"] [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/amazons-utopia-season-1-official-teaser-trailer-comic-conhome-on-ign"]

The comic book industry and hip-hop music have a long and very intriguing shared history. That's been the inspiration behind San Diego Comic-Con's annual "Hip-Hop and Comics: Cultures Combining" panel. And even with Comic-Con going digital-only this year, fans of the two art forms can look forward to another star-studded panel. "Hip-Hop and Comics: Cultures Combining" will stream on Friday, July 24 at 6pm PT, and IGN can exclusively debut a preview of the panel. Check it out in the video player above or embedded below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/comic-conhome-preview-hip-hop-and-comics-cultures-combining"] This year's panel features a mixture of comic book creators like David F. Walker (Naomi), Vita Ayala (Morbius: the Living Vampire) and Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats), hip-hop stars like Christopher "Play" Martin, Pharoahe Monch, Esoteric, and Mega Ran and graffiti artists like Gloria "Glow" Muriel and Erin Yoshi. The panelists will reflect on the intersection of comics and hip-hop and the way both are so often a platform for larger-than-life characters and unique forms of storytelling. Martin should be an especially interesting addition to the mix this year. As one half of the hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play, his work actually spawned a Marvel Comics series in 1992, along with an animated series and the popular House Party films. “I owe comics a gigantic debt of gratitude… My vocabulary has shot off like a rocket since the first time I turned the pages of an Amazing Spider-Man issue,” said Esoteric in a statement. “Those early animated shows were a huge influence, and not just visually. The old Spider-Man and Iron Man and all those theme songs… The production and orchestration felt like Hip-Hop when we watched them in that era. And if you go back and listen to early Hip-Hop tapes, all those people got a lot of their fervor and gravitas from comic books,” said Monch. The full list of panelists can be found in the image below: As Comic-Con@Home gets into full swing, here are the 9 things we're most excited to see. And be sure to check out the full Comic-Con@Home schedule and watch IGN's Comic-Con livestream. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

The comic book industry and hip-hop music have a long and very intriguing shared history. That's been the inspiration behind San Diego Comic-Con's annual "Hip-Hop and Comics: Cultures Combining" panel. And even with Comic-Con going digital-only this year, fans of the two art forms can look forward to another star-studded panel. "Hip-Hop and Comics: Cultures Combining" will stream on Friday, July 24 at 6pm PT, and IGN can exclusively debut a preview of the panel. Check it out in the video player above or embedded below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/comic-conhome-preview-hip-hop-and-comics-cultures-combining"] This year's panel features a mixture of comic book creators like David F. Walker (Naomi), Vita Ayala (Morbius: the Living Vampire) and Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats), hip-hop stars like Christopher "Play" Martin, Pharoahe Monch, Esoteric, and Mega Ran and graffiti artists like Gloria "Glow" Muriel and Erin Yoshi. The panelists will reflect on the intersection of comics and hip-hop and the way both are so often a platform for larger-than-life characters and unique forms of storytelling. Martin should be an especially interesting addition to the mix this year. As one half of the hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play, his work actually spawned a Marvel Comics series in 1992, along with an animated series and the popular House Party films. “I owe comics a gigantic debt of gratitude… My vocabulary has shot off like a rocket since the first time I turned the pages of an Amazing Spider-Man issue,” said Esoteric in a statement. “Those early animated shows were a huge influence, and not just visually. The old Spider-Man and Iron Man and all those theme songs… The production and orchestration felt like Hip-Hop when we watched them in that era. And if you go back and listen to early Hip-Hop tapes, all those people got a lot of their fervor and gravitas from comic books,” said Monch. The full list of panelists can be found in the image below: As Comic-Con@Home gets into full swing, here are the 9 things we're most excited to see. And be sure to check out the full Comic-Con@Home schedule and watch IGN's Comic-Con livestream. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

It may seem hard to believe now given the oft-delayed release of The New Mutants, but the film was once meant to be the first entry in a trilogy of movies spun off from 20th Century Fox's X-Men film franchise. But that was before the studio mulled extensive reshoots (which never actually happened) and all of Fox's film assets, including the X-Men franchise, were acquired by Disney. With the X-Men now in the hands of Marvel Studios, any hopes for the continuation of a Fox creation like The New Mutants within the confines of the MCU appear dead. We asked New Mutants director/co-writer Josh Boone what his plans were for the now-scuttled New Mutants trilogy during our interview with him and actor Charlie Heaton (who plays Cannonball) the Comic-Con@Home livestream. Boone revealed that if New Mutants 2 were to have happened it would have featured a strange Marvel Comics character who was deemed too prohibitively pricey to realize in the first film. Watch the full New Mutants Comic-Con@Home panel below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-new-mutants-official-panel-comic-con-2020"] "Earlier drafts of this had Warlock in it and he was just far too expensive for us to explore in the first movie. He doubled our budget in a lot of ways with what we wanted to do with him so we really stripped him back," Boone said. "Warlock was always the idea for the second one." Created by New Mutants writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz, Warlock was a shape-shifting mechanical organism. But unlike other members of his alien race, the Technarchy, Warlock possessed compassion. He even served as a member of the New Mutants despite his own father being an enemy ruler who fought both the New Mutants and the X-Men. Boone also revealed that the sequels would have introduced Karma, one of the New Mutants' founding members in the comics who didn't make it into the roster of the first movie. The director added that he and co-screenwriter Knate Lee wanted to "really use a lot of stuff from Chris and Bill’s run on New Mutants" in subsequent films. The grandest plan for this unrealized New Mutants trilogy would have seen Boone adapt one of Marvel Comics' most notable crossover event seres of the late 1980s: "We sort of wanted to use Inferno because it was so horror-related and was like a big crossover series when I was young I really liked in X-Men." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-x-man-ever&captions=true"] Taking place across several Marvel books including the mutant titles Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, X-Terminators, Excalibur, and The New Mutants, Inferno depicted a demonic invasion of Earth. New Mutants member Magik (aka Illyana Rasputin) was central to the saga because she could open portals between the dimension of Limbo and Earth. Illyana is portrayed in The New Mutants by The Witch and Split actress Anya Taylor-Joy. "But that was different times back then and nobody knew about the merger, any of those things," Boone added. For more on the franchise, watch the latest New Mutants trailer, read these 7 comics to prepare you for the film, and dive into our explainer on the film's Demon Bear and Soulsword. Be sure to watch the Comic-Con@Home livestream for more coverage from this year's virtual show. Check out our full Comic-Con 2020 panel schedule.

It may seem hard to believe now given the oft-delayed release of The New Mutants, but the film was once meant to be the first entry in a trilogy of movies spun off from 20th Century Fox's X-Men film franchise. But that was before the studio mulled extensive reshoots (which never actually happened) and all of Fox's film assets, including the X-Men franchise, were acquired by Disney. With the X-Men now in the hands of Marvel Studios, any hopes for the continuation of a Fox creation like The New Mutants within the confines of the MCU appear dead. We asked New Mutants director/co-writer Josh Boone what his plans were for the now-scuttled New Mutants trilogy during our interview with him and actor Charlie Heaton (who plays Cannonball) the Comic-Con@Home livestream. Boone revealed that if New Mutants 2 were to have happened it would have featured a strange Marvel Comics character who was deemed too prohibitively pricey to realize in the first film. Watch the full New Mutants Comic-Con@Home panel below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-new-mutants-official-panel-comic-con-2020"] "Earlier drafts of this had Warlock in it and he was just far too expensive for us to explore in the first movie. He doubled our budget in a lot of ways with what we wanted to do with him so we really stripped him back," Boone said. "Warlock was always the idea for the second one." Created by New Mutants writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz, Warlock was a shape-shifting mechanical organism. But unlike other members of his alien race, the Technarchy, Warlock possessed compassion. He even served as a member of the New Mutants despite his own father being an enemy ruler who fought both the New Mutants and the X-Men. Boone also revealed that the sequels would have introduced Karma, one of the New Mutants' founding members in the comics who didn't make it into the roster of the first movie. The director added that he and co-screenwriter Knate Lee wanted to "really use a lot of stuff from Chris and Bill’s run on New Mutants" in subsequent films. The grandest plan for this unrealized New Mutants trilogy would have seen Boone adapt one of Marvel Comics' most notable crossover event seres of the late 1980s: "We sort of wanted to use Inferno because it was so horror-related and was like a big crossover series when I was young I really liked in X-Men." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-x-man-ever&captions=true"] Taking place across several Marvel books including the mutant titles Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, X-Terminators, Excalibur, and The New Mutants, Inferno depicted a demonic invasion of Earth. New Mutants member Magik (aka Illyana Rasputin) was central to the saga because she could open portals between the dimension of Limbo and Earth. Illyana is portrayed in The New Mutants by The Witch and Split actress Anya Taylor-Joy. "But that was different times back then and nobody knew about the merger, any of those things," Boone added. For more on the franchise, watch the latest New Mutants trailer, read these 7 comics to prepare you for the film, and dive into our explainer on the film's Demon Bear and Soulsword. Be sure to watch the Comic-Con@Home livestream for more coverage from this year's virtual show. Check out our full Comic-Con 2020 panel schedule.

Disney announced it will push back its upcoming Star Wars and Avatar films by a year after rescheduling its film release calendar. Mulan has also been removed from this year's release calendar completely. According to Variety, a new Star Wars movie will now debut around the holidays every other year starting in 2023. The new trio will begin with the first new Star Wars movie on December 22, 2023, while the second and third will follow on December 19, 2025, and December 17, 2027, respectively. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] Meanwhile, a new Avatar movie will be released every other year. So Avatar 2 will now be released on December 16, 2022, Avatar 3 will be released on December 20, 2024, Avatar 4 on December 18, 2026, and Avatar 5 on December 22, 2028. Mulan, Disney's live-action remake, has also been unscheduled from this year's release calendar. Mulan was originally set to premiere earlier this year but was delayed to August following the coronavirus pandemic. But now Disney has removed the film from the calendar altogether citing uncertainties around when movie theaters might be able to re-open. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/22/tenet-official-trailer-2"] Other high-profile films from other studios have also been put in limbo as a result of the crisis. Tenet, Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated thriller, has encountered delay-after-delay. Warner Bros. is certain however that Tenet will not be released on VOD as the theater-going experience is integral to the film. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Disney announced it will push back its upcoming Star Wars and Avatar films by a year after rescheduling its film release calendar. Mulan has also been removed from this year's release calendar completely. According to Variety, a new Star Wars movie will now debut around the holidays every other year starting in 2023. The new trio will begin with the first new Star Wars movie on December 22, 2023, while the second and third will follow on December 19, 2025, and December 17, 2027, respectively. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] Meanwhile, a new Avatar movie will be released every other year. So Avatar 2 will now be released on December 16, 2022, Avatar 3 will be released on December 20, 2024, Avatar 4 on December 18, 2026, and Avatar 5 on December 22, 2028. Mulan, Disney's live-action remake, has also been unscheduled from this year's release calendar. Mulan was originally set to premiere earlier this year but was delayed to August following the coronavirus pandemic. But now Disney has removed the film from the calendar altogether citing uncertainties around when movie theaters might be able to re-open. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/22/tenet-official-trailer-2"] Other high-profile films from other studios have also been put in limbo as a result of the crisis. Tenet, Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated thriller, has encountered delay-after-delay. Warner Bros. is certain however that Tenet will not be released on VOD as the theater-going experience is integral to the film. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.