As Paramount moves forward with their long-planned Transformers animated feature, news has rolled in, from THR, regarding the release date for the next live-action Transformers movie. The untitled seventh film in the ongoing Transformers franchise has landed a launch date of June 24, 2022. This will be the longest gap between Transformers films since Michael Bay kicked off the saga back in 2007. Paramount has writers Joby Harold (Army of the Dead) and James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) currently working on separate scripts in the story universe, akin to 2018's Bumblebee. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dumbest-transformers-movie-moments&captions=true"] It was last reported that Paramount was looking to reset the entire series after Bumblebee, having pulled Transformers 7 from its released date of June, 2019. Hasbro will have greater creative control after the reset. Here's a quick look at all the films and TV shows that have had their releases delayed or their productions shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/02/star-wars-order-66-supercut-from-the-clone-wars-to-jedi-fallen-order"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

As Paramount moves forward with their long-planned Transformers animated feature, news has rolled in, from THR, regarding the release date for the next live-action Transformers movie. The untitled seventh film in the ongoing Transformers franchise has landed a launch date of June 24, 2022. This will be the longest gap between Transformers films since Michael Bay kicked off the saga back in 2007. Paramount has writers Joby Harold (Army of the Dead) and James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) currently working on separate scripts in the story universe, akin to 2018's Bumblebee. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dumbest-transformers-movie-moments&captions=true"] It was last reported that Paramount was looking to reset the entire series after Bumblebee, having pulled Transformers 7 from its released date of June, 2019. Hasbro will have greater creative control after the reset. Here's a quick look at all the films and TV shows that have had their releases delayed or their productions shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/02/star-wars-order-66-supercut-from-the-clone-wars-to-jedi-fallen-order"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Taking cues from the epic socially-distanced blow-for-blow fight sequence put on by stuntmen over a week ago, New Zealand stuntwoman/actress Zoe Bell (Death Proof, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) has produced a star-studded quarantine fight video using the hashtag #BossBitchFightChallenge. Watch flying knee strikes, vicious elbows, medicine ball bashes, axe kicks, doggo licks, tickle attacks, and more delivered by Bell, Lucy Lawless, Black Widow's Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh, Birds of Prey's Margot Robbie (with bat!) and Rosie Perez, Guardians of the Galaxy's Zoe Saldana, Kill Bill's Daryl Hannah, Halle Berry, Rosario Dawson, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Westworld's Thandie Newton, Always Sunny's Kaitlin Olson, and more of Bell's stunt performing industry peers. Check it out!

#BossBitchFightChallenge Here it is...! Kicking lockdown boredom with some of the coolest! Ladies, you are all my hero’s. https://t.co/vnzAT5vBxK @DanielaRuah @traciethoms @rosariodawson @RealLucyLawless @CameronDiaz @MargotRobbie @DrewBarrymore @thandienewton @zoesaldana

— TheRealZoëBell (@TheRealZoeBell) May 1, 2020

For reference, here's the original #CUCChallenge video from mid-April...

Quarantined stuntmen, bruh... pic.twitter.com/nYSOqzAzBs

— Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) April 22, 2020

In other entertainment news, Todd McFarlane is teasing a Spawn animated project, John Wick 4 and Spiral have been postponed a year, and the Russo Brothers are now attached to a live-action remake of Disney's Hercules. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=12-of-the-most-outrageous-twists-in-movie-history&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Taking cues from the epic socially-distanced blow-for-blow fight sequence put on by stuntmen over a week ago, New Zealand stuntwoman/actress Zoe Bell (Death Proof, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) has produced a star-studded quarantine fight video using the hashtag #BossBitchFightChallenge. Watch flying knee strikes, vicious elbows, medicine ball bashes, axe kicks, doggo licks, tickle attacks, and more delivered by Bell, Lucy Lawless, Black Widow's Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh, Birds of Prey's Margot Robbie (with bat!) and Rosie Perez, Guardians of the Galaxy's Zoe Saldana, Kill Bill's Daryl Hannah, Halle Berry, Rosario Dawson, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Westworld's Thandie Newton, Always Sunny's Kaitlin Olson, and more of Bell's stunt performing industry peers. Check it out!

#BossBitchFightChallenge Here it is...! Kicking lockdown boredom with some of the coolest! Ladies, you are all my hero’s. https://t.co/vnzAT5vBxK @DanielaRuah @traciethoms @rosariodawson @RealLucyLawless @CameronDiaz @MargotRobbie @DrewBarrymore @thandienewton @zoesaldana

— TheRealZoëBell (@TheRealZoeBell) May 1, 2020

For reference, here's the original #CUCChallenge video from mid-April...

Quarantined stuntmen, bruh... pic.twitter.com/nYSOqzAzBs

— Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) April 22, 2020

In other entertainment news, Todd McFarlane is teasing a Spawn animated project, John Wick 4 and Spiral have been postponed a year, and the Russo Brothers are now attached to a live-action remake of Disney's Hercules. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=12-of-the-most-outrageous-twists-in-movie-history&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Spawn creator Todd McFarlane recently teased the possibility of a new Spawn animated project coming our way soon, saying that he had about "ninety minutes of a show ready, teed up, ready to go." The last update we posted on McFarlane's attempts to get a Spawn reboot movie or TV series off the ground came back in December when he spoke at Toy Fair 2019 and stated that the reboot movie getting made was not a matter of "if" but "when," and vowed to move forward with the project whether or not a studio attaches itself in the process. "I have people with money on the sidelines," he said. This past week, while appearing on ComicBook.com's Talking Shop, McFarlane mentioned how close he also was to delivering some sort of Spawn-centric animated series. "Actually years ago we started a second go-round at [Spawn animation]," he explained, "and I still have all of that work. And it includes all the voice recordings and everything. So I've got about ninety minutes of a show ready, teed up, ready to go; the only thing I need to do is the cell animation, everything else has been designed." "Obviously we need to put some music and sound effects or something - but yeah, I've been sitting on a 90-minute version of it for a long time. I've just been waiting to launch the movie to say 'Hey, let's tumble this all out at the appropriate time.' But yeah, we'll get animation done." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=incredible-artists-celebrate-spawns-300th-issue&captions=true"] To break it down, McFarlane's Spawn animated project is mostly done except for the animation. And it might roll out around the same time the reboot movie arrives, after the film maybe receives funding from the aforementioned sidelines money. Speaking to ComicBook.com last July, McFarlane first explained the stalling of the movie. "The money's sitting on the sidelines ready to go. I just need to get everyone that wants to put in money to shake their heads to the same script. As you can imagine, everyone has a slightly different version of it in their head. You just go and trying to appease a handful of people while not giving in to what it is that I'm trying to do myself. Because if I have to change it too much, I'll just walk away from it all." The film has apparently cast Oscar winner Jamie Foxx as Al Simmons, the titular human-turned-Hellspawn,  opposite Jeremy Renner as Detective Twitch Williams, who will help in the fight against evil. Spawn recently arrived in Mortal Kombat 11, with McFarlane, as part of his collaboration, making it clear that he did not want NetherRealm Studios to hold back. To date, McFarlane's Kickstarter campaign for an updated version of the original SPAWN action figure from 1995 has earned over $2.3 million (from only a $100,000 goal). Check out IGN's interview with McFarlane from last week about remastering the beloved '90s action figure... [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/21/spawn-creator-todd-mcfarlane-on-remastering-a-beloved-90s-action-figure"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Spawn creator Todd McFarlane recently teased the possibility of a new Spawn animated project coming our way soon, saying that he had about "ninety minutes of a show ready, teed up, ready to go." The last update we posted on McFarlane's attempts to get a Spawn reboot movie or TV series off the ground came back in December when he spoke at Toy Fair 2019 and stated that the reboot movie getting made was not a matter of "if" but "when," and vowed to move forward with the project whether or not a studio attaches itself in the process. "I have people with money on the sidelines," he said. This past week, while appearing on ComicBook.com's Talking Shop, McFarlane mentioned how close he also was to delivering some sort of Spawn-centric animated series. "Actually years ago we started a second go-round at [Spawn animation]," he explained, "and I still have all of that work. And it includes all the voice recordings and everything. So I've got about ninety minutes of a show ready, teed up, ready to go; the only thing I need to do is the cell animation, everything else has been designed." "Obviously we need to put some music and sound effects or something - but yeah, I've been sitting on a 90-minute version of it for a long time. I've just been waiting to launch the movie to say 'Hey, let's tumble this all out at the appropriate time.' But yeah, we'll get animation done." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=incredible-artists-celebrate-spawns-300th-issue&captions=true"] To break it down, McFarlane's Spawn animated project is mostly done except for the animation. And it might roll out around the same time the reboot movie arrives, after the film maybe receives funding from the aforementioned sidelines money. Speaking to ComicBook.com last July, McFarlane first explained the stalling of the movie. "The money's sitting on the sidelines ready to go. I just need to get everyone that wants to put in money to shake their heads to the same script. As you can imagine, everyone has a slightly different version of it in their head. You just go and trying to appease a handful of people while not giving in to what it is that I'm trying to do myself. Because if I have to change it too much, I'll just walk away from it all." The film has apparently cast Oscar winner Jamie Foxx as Al Simmons, the titular human-turned-Hellspawn,  opposite Jeremy Renner as Detective Twitch Williams, who will help in the fight against evil. Spawn recently arrived in Mortal Kombat 11, with McFarlane, as part of his collaboration, making it clear that he did not want NetherRealm Studios to hold back. To date, McFarlane's Kickstarter campaign for an updated version of the original SPAWN action figure from 1995 has earned over $2.3 million (from only a $100,000 goal). Check out IGN's interview with McFarlane from last week about remastering the beloved '90s action figure... [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/21/spawn-creator-todd-mcfarlane-on-remastering-a-beloved-90s-action-figure"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Here at IGN we occasionally like to showcase something from geekdom's rich history -- a pop-culture Time Capsule, if you will, that gives us a peek in to the past, perhaps providing a new appreciation for previous projects. If you'd like, please check out the past few Time Capsules:

• The Tom Waits interview that may have inspired Heath Ledger's Joker
• Christian Bale auditioning in Val Kilmer's batsuit from Batman Forever
• Kevin Feige's 2006 tease for the Avengers and the MCU
• Bill Murray's Peter Venkman Died in Dan Aykroyd's Ghostbusters III Script
• Here's Quentin Tarantino as an Elvis Impersonator on The Golden Girls

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Before he melted hearts while kissing Kirsten Dunst in the rain, lifted spirits while battling Doc Ock on a train, and ruined childhoods while finger-gunning and acting vain, Tobey Maguire had to screen-test for the Peter Parker/Spider-Man role. It was a part that required him to get super buff. A great power that required great Maguire-ability. With Sony now officially revealing the name of their Spider-Man Marvel Movie Universe - featuring the Tom Holland/MCU-related films as well as titles such as Venom and Morbius and apparently older films like the Maguire movies -- it's an opportune time to look back at the Tobey tests for Sam Raimi's first Spidey film. The following reel shows Maguire, Dunst, Willem Dafoe (acting completely normal), the Uncle Ben who could barely change a light bulb, the Aunt May who screamed Biblical verses at Green Goblin, and the real hero of this trilogy, J.K. Simmons' J. Jonah Jameson. He's who Chad Kroeger and the one dude from Saliva who always ate the last garlic knot was singing about. To be fair, Sony's Spidey slate for the past two decades should be called the Simmons-verse. Funny thing though: The opening test scene here seems like a run-of-the-mill New York City mugging. A woman walking alone past crates and boxes that are selling for 500k on Zillow. An abundance of kissing noises one uses to call legions of rat minions to your side. The flash of a blade and a "Hey, didn't I see you on the giant posters for Manhattan Memories but also at the diner pouring my decaf?" But then Tobey turns up. Not in his costume. Not swinging into action. But shirtless and jacked and looking like he just exited Enter the Dragon. The F-bombs start flying like pumpkin bombs. More than one too, guaranteeing an "R" rating (but beeped out here)! The rest of it plays out like a bone-crunching kung-fu film. So stand back, because this Cider House RULES! Watch it below or at the link here. As you can see (biscuit), Tobey had time to turn those fools inside out and show up for the most awkward family portraits ever. Man, Uncle Ben didn't even like baseball. He just wore that Yankees cap to try and bond with Peter, who just scowled, ate an entire jar of peanut butter with his finger, and painted Warhammer miniatures until dawn. Then there's Willem Dafoe making sweet, sweet Undertaker eyes at the camera. It was right after Raimi told him that the entire screen test had to be taken back to formula. By the way, a billionaire with his eyes rolled back deep into his head is the Osborn family crest. It's been seen for centuries proudly retreating from some of history's greatest battles. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ranking-the-spider-man-movies&captions=true"] What did you think of the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man screen test? Let's discuss in the comments! [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Here at IGN we occasionally like to showcase something from geekdom's rich history -- a pop-culture Time Capsule, if you will, that gives us a peek in to the past, perhaps providing a new appreciation for previous projects. If you'd like, please check out the past few Time Capsules:

• The Tom Waits interview that may have inspired Heath Ledger's Joker
• Christian Bale auditioning in Val Kilmer's batsuit from Batman Forever
• Kevin Feige's 2006 tease for the Avengers and the MCU
• Bill Murray's Peter Venkman Died in Dan Aykroyd's Ghostbusters III Script
• Here's Quentin Tarantino as an Elvis Impersonator on The Golden Girls

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Before he melted hearts while kissing Kirsten Dunst in the rain, lifted spirits while battling Doc Ock on a train, and ruined childhoods while finger-gunning and acting vain, Tobey Maguire had to screen-test for the Peter Parker/Spider-Man role. It was a part that required him to get super buff. A great power that required great Maguire-ability. With Sony now officially revealing the name of their Spider-Man Marvel Movie Universe - featuring the Tom Holland/MCU-related films as well as titles such as Venom and Morbius and apparently older films like the Maguire movies -- it's an opportune time to look back at the Tobey tests for Sam Raimi's first Spidey film. The following reel shows Maguire, Dunst, Willem Dafoe (acting completely normal), the Uncle Ben who could barely change a light bulb, the Aunt May who screamed Biblical verses at Green Goblin, and the real hero of this trilogy, J.K. Simmons' J. Jonah Jameson. He's who Chad Kroeger and the one dude from Saliva who always ate the last garlic knot was singing about. To be fair, Sony's Spidey slate for the past two decades should be called the Simmons-verse. Funny thing though: The opening test scene here seems like a run-of-the-mill New York City mugging. A woman walking alone past crates and boxes that are selling for 500k on Zillow. An abundance of kissing noises one uses to call legions of rat minions to your side. The flash of a blade and a "Hey, didn't I see you on the giant posters for Manhattan Memories but also at the diner pouring my decaf?" But then Tobey turns up. Not in his costume. Not swinging into action. But shirtless and jacked and looking like he just exited Enter the Dragon. The F-bombs start flying like pumpkin bombs. More than one too, guaranteeing an "R" rating (but beeped out here)! The rest of it plays out like a bone-crunching kung-fu film. So stand back, because this Cider House RULES! Watch it below or at the link here. As you can see (biscuit), Tobey had time to turn those fools inside out and show up for the most awkward family portraits ever. Man, Uncle Ben didn't even like baseball. He just wore that Yankees cap to try and bond with Peter, who just scowled, ate an entire jar of peanut butter with his finger, and painted Warhammer miniatures until dawn. Then there's Willem Dafoe making sweet, sweet Undertaker eyes at the camera. It was right after Raimi told him that the entire screen test had to be taken back to formula. By the way, a billionaire with his eyes rolled back deep into his head is the Osborn family crest. It's been seen for centuries proudly retreating from some of history's greatest battles. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ranking-the-spider-man-movies&captions=true"] What did you think of the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man screen test? Let's discuss in the comments! [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Lionsgate has postponed the releases of several of its biggest upcoming films, including John Wick: Chapter 4, due to the coronavirus pandemic. John Wick: Chapter 4, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, and The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard have each been pushed back a year from their original release dates. The fourth installment of the John Wick action franchise was originally slated to hit theaters on May 21, 2021, but has been pushed back to May 27, 2022. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] John Wick 4's original 2021 release date would have seen it open against The Matrix 4, another highly anticipated sequel starring Keanu Reeves. That sci-fi film's shooting has been disrupted due to the industrywide shutdown. The Saw franchise reboot/sequel Spiral was supposed to open this month, but now won't open until May 21, 2021 (yes, the original release date for John Wick 4). Meanwhile, Lionsgate has also pushed The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard to August 20, 2021. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/saw-story-in-5-minutes-sort-of-2020-update"] The studio also rescheduled its psychological thriller Antebellum to August 21, 2020. The releases of Chaos Walking (January 22, 2021) and Nicolas Cage's The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (March 19, 2021) are staying put.

Lionsgate has postponed the releases of several of its biggest upcoming films, including John Wick: Chapter 4, due to the coronavirus pandemic. John Wick: Chapter 4, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, and The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard have each been pushed back a year from their original release dates. The fourth installment of the John Wick action franchise was originally slated to hit theaters on May 21, 2021, but has been pushed back to May 27, 2022. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] John Wick 4's original 2021 release date would have seen it open against The Matrix 4, another highly anticipated sequel starring Keanu Reeves. That sci-fi film's shooting has been disrupted due to the industrywide shutdown. The Saw franchise reboot/sequel Spiral was supposed to open this month, but now won't open until May 21, 2021 (yes, the original release date for John Wick 4). Meanwhile, Lionsgate has also pushed The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard to August 20, 2021. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/saw-story-in-5-minutes-sort-of-2020-update"] The studio also rescheduled its psychological thriller Antebellum to August 21, 2020. The releases of Chaos Walking (January 22, 2021) and Nicolas Cage's The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (March 19, 2021) are staying put.