Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is undergoing serious reshoots according to new reports.

The Hollywood Reporter says the Doctor Strange sequel will be undergoing “significant” reshoots from now until the end of the year. Star Benedict Cumberbatch and director Sam Raimi are working six-day weeks for six weeks of new filming.

Raimi will direct the reshoots and Loki writer Michael Waldron is writing the new material.

Insiders are mixed on what the reshoots, which includes ”additional photography,” means for the production. One source claims there have been “bigger reshoots on other MCU movies” while another says, “They’re here until the end of the year. That’s like a whole other movie.”

Another question mark is whether or not the reshoots are meant to incorporate rewrites. Sources indicate this might not be the case.

One THR insider says at least two weeks of the shoot are dedicated to filling in gaps caused by actor availability issues, while another reason is related to the Covid-related slowdown on the UK side. This is the same delay that caused Disney and Marvel to shift their MCU release schedule.

Doctor Strange 2 has already gone off to a bumpy start after it was announced in 2020 that Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson will not helm the sequel due to creative differences. Raimi and Waldron were brought on to replace Derrickson but also essentially create a whole new movie “on an accelerated timetable[.]”

Given that the Multiverse of Madness will likely grapple with the new threads regarding alternate universes and different timelines, it could be that the next Doctor Strange movie will be quite pivotal for the MCU’s ongoing storylines.

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness isn’t the only Marvel project hit by problems. Filming on the Black Panther sequel has been paused until early next year as Shuri actress Letitia Wright recovers from an on-set accident.

Check out IGN’s rundown of every MCU project currently in the works, and check out new updates on MCU TV shows from today’s Disney+ Day.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is undergoing serious reshoots according to new reports.

The Hollywood Reporter says the Doctor Strange sequel will be undergoing “significant” reshoots from now until the end of the year. Star Benedict Cumberbatch and director Sam Raimi are working six-day weeks for six weeks of new filming.

Raimi will direct the reshoots and Loki writer Michael Waldron is writing the new material.

Insiders are mixed on what the reshoots, which includes ”additional photography,” means for the production. One source claims there have been “bigger reshoots on other MCU movies” while another says, “They’re here until the end of the year. That’s like a whole other movie.”

Another question mark is whether or not the reshoots are meant to incorporate rewrites. Sources indicate this might not be the case.

One THR insider says at least two weeks of the shoot are dedicated to filling in gaps caused by actor availability issues, while another reason is related to the Covid-related slowdown on the UK side. This is the same delay that caused Disney and Marvel to shift their MCU release schedule.

Doctor Strange 2 has already gone off to a bumpy start after it was announced in 2020 that Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson will not helm the sequel due to creative differences. Raimi and Waldron were brought on to replace Derrickson but also essentially create a whole new movie “on an accelerated timetable[.]”

Given that the Multiverse of Madness will likely grapple with the new threads regarding alternate universes and different timelines, it could be that the next Doctor Strange movie will be quite pivotal for the MCU’s ongoing storylines.

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness isn’t the only Marvel project hit by problems. Filming on the Black Panther sequel has been paused until early next year as Shuri actress Letitia Wright recovers from an on-set accident.

Check out IGN’s rundown of every MCU project currently in the works, and check out new updates on MCU TV shows from today’s Disney+ Day.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Sam Wilson has become the new Captain America, picking up the shield by the end of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. But he’s going to have to earn it.

During an interview with ComicBook.com, Marvel producer Nate Moore explained that Wilson is going to have to prove himself in Captain America 4.

“I think, he's not Steve Rogers and I think that's a good thing,” he explained. “Because to me, this new Cap is Rocky. He's going to be the underdog in any situation. He's not a super soldier. He's not a hundred years old. He doesn't have the Avengers.”

At the conclusion of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, we saw Sam Wilson (played by Anthony Mackie) take up the mantle of Captain America. But it wasn’t without resistance.

“What happens with this guy who announces publicly, kind of without the support, ‘I'm the new Captain America’?” asked Moore. “What happens next? I think it’s fascinating because he's a guy. He's a guy with wings and a shield, but he is a guy.”

The recent TV show really pushed that aspect of Sam Wilson, forcing him to be creative in his approach to taking on super-powered villains. Unlike Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson hasn’t been subjected to the Super Soldier serum. And that’s going to mean the new Cap has to push himself a lot hard to get to where he needs. That’s a long way from his humble beginnings in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

“We're going to put him through the wringer and make him earn it, and see what happens when he is outweighed, outclassed, out-everything,” he continued. “What makes somebody Captain America? I'm going to argue it's not being a super soldier. And I think we're going to prove that with Mackie and Sam Wilson.”

Captain America 4 will star Anthony Mackie in the role of Sam Wilson, the new Captain America. The film will be penned by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's head writer and creator Malcolm Spellman, as well as series staff writer Dalan Musson.

Disney and Marvel announced a ton of new shows and first looks of upcoming Marvel shows today for Disney+ Day. Check out IGN's recap of everything announced at Disney+ Day here.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Sam Wilson has become the new Captain America, picking up the shield by the end of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. But he’s going to have to earn it.

During an interview with ComicBook.com, Marvel producer Nate Moore explained that Wilson is going to have to prove himself in Captain America 4.

“I think, he's not Steve Rogers and I think that's a good thing,” he explained. “Because to me, this new Cap is Rocky. He's going to be the underdog in any situation. He's not a super soldier. He's not a hundred years old. He doesn't have the Avengers.”

At the conclusion of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, we saw Sam Wilson (played by Anthony Mackie) take up the mantle of Captain America. But it wasn’t without resistance.

“What happens with this guy who announces publicly, kind of without the support, ‘I'm the new Captain America’?” asked Moore. “What happens next? I think it’s fascinating because he's a guy. He's a guy with wings and a shield, but he is a guy.”

The recent TV show really pushed that aspect of Sam Wilson, forcing him to be creative in his approach to taking on super-powered villains. Unlike Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson hasn’t been subjected to the Super Soldier serum. And that’s going to mean the new Cap has to push himself a lot hard to get to where he needs. That’s a long way from his humble beginnings in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

“We're going to put him through the wringer and make him earn it, and see what happens when he is outweighed, outclassed, out-everything,” he continued. “What makes somebody Captain America? I'm going to argue it's not being a super soldier. And I think we're going to prove that with Mackie and Sam Wilson.”

Captain America 4 will star Anthony Mackie in the role of Sam Wilson, the new Captain America. The film will be penned by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's head writer and creator Malcolm Spellman, as well as series staff writer Dalan Musson.

Disney and Marvel announced a ton of new shows and first looks of upcoming Marvel shows today for Disney+ Day. Check out IGN's recap of everything announced at Disney+ Day here.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Star Wars antihero Boba Fett is often likened to the cowboys of the old west, but it turns out he owes a lot more to them than just his look.

During the new Disney+ documentary, Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett, sound designer Ben Burtt explained how spurs were used to give Boba Fett his cowboy swagger.

“I jokingly said at one point, ‘Well, if Boba Fett is a bounty hunter, why can’t he wear spurs like we hear in the Westerns?’” he explained. “Although I said it half-jokingly, [sound editor] Bob Rutledge, who was in charge of the foley, actually took my suggestion of spurs and did foley footsteps for Boba.”

The result is a Clint Eastwood style swagger with the sound of cowboy spurs punctuating each and every one of Boba Fett’s footsteps.

It’s all based on the notion that Boba Fett is a classic Western antihero – the Man with No Name from the galaxy far, far away. That’s where George Lucas got his inspiration for the character.

“Boba Fett,” said Joe Johnston, art director on The Empire Strike Back. “You didn’t know who he was, you didn’t know where he came from.”

“He wears the poncho, just like Clint Eastwood,” added The Mandalorian executive producer, Dave Filoni. “He is an icon drawn out of George’s appreciation for Westerns, and I think the gunfighters of Sergio Leone's films specifically.”

It’s no secret that Star Wars takes inspiration from a lot of different movies, with Lucas paying homage to the likes of Seven Samurai as well as his favourite Westerns.

“Within the DNA of Star Wars is a deep appreciation for movies that George liked, that he was inspired by, of different genre,” said Filoni. “And so [cowboy] spurs make absolute sense when you think of it that way, as surely as Obi-Wan looks like a samurai. That makes perfect sense if you understand who the creator of Star Wars, the person that devised it all, is in George Lucas. It’s just part of the appreciation of the art form, really.”

Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett is available to watch now on Disney+.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Archvale, a hybrid RPG and bullet hell shooter, will be released on December 2 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC.

Available on both Humble Store and Steam, the game will also be coming to Xbox Game Pass for console and PC.

If you want to try before you buy, you'll also be able play a PC demo from tomorrow, November 13, exclusively available from the Humble Store.

Archvale is a top-down bullet hell game with an emphasis on skill-based play, but builds in traditional RPG elements. You'll be able to craft up to 200 items of weapons and armour, made from resources looted from dungeons and the enemies within. You'll also be able to apply badges for your character, which let you change your build and allow for different playstyles.

Disclosure: Humble Bundle is owned by Ziff Davis, the parent company of IGN. Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently, and no special consideration is given to Humble Bundle announcements or promotions for coverage.

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We've got some first looks at several upcoming Disney Plus Marvel series as part of Disney+ Day, including Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke, Ms. Marvel starring Iman Vellani, and She-Hulk starring Tatiana Maslany and Mark Ruffalo.

Disney revealed the first look, a compilation of teaser footage from each series, in its roundup video following the event. Skip to 11:55 to start with Moon Knight.

In the Moon Knight footage, Oscar Isaac can be heard sporting what seems to be a northern English accent while saying "I can’t tell the difference between my waking life and dreams." A different voice, likely Ethan Hawke's, responds “The voice in your head, it devours you.”

Isaac's character, the titular vigilante Moon Knight, suffers from a dissociative personality disorder. Disney's official description of the show reads: "The multiple identities who live inside him find themselves thrust into a deadly war of the gods against the backdrop of modern and ancient Egypt."

Moon Knight can be seen in the trailer repeatedly punching someone (or something) on the floor of a destroyed bathroom, and later jumping across rooftops in the moonlight.

In an interview with Seth Meyers, Hawke said he's playing a villain inspired by cult leader David Koresh, who led the Branch Davidians in the infamous Waco siege.

She-Hulk on the other hand appears to be going for a more comedic route. Tatiana Maslany stars as lawyer-turned-green-superhero Jennifer Walters, who inherits the Hulk's powers after a blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner.

Just like the comics, Walters maintains her personality and intelligence when transformed into her superhero persona. The teaser footage briefly shows She-Hulk's purple and white outfit along with her green skin. Ruffalo will appear as his less destructive Hulk persona he adopted in Avengers: Endgame, guiding Walters through adapting to her new powers. The pair also appear in full human form for what looks like a spoof of a retro commercial advertising Walters' legal services.

Last on the first looks is Ms. Marvel, starring newcomer Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, the Muslim, Pakistani-American hero. In the teaser, Kamala says "It’s not really the brown girls from Jersey City who save the world," suggesting the show will grapple with the importance of representation of non-traditional superhero identities. The teaser also shows a shot of Muslims praying in a mosque and Kamala wearing her Captain Marvel cosplay.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. Check out our roundup of every new Disney Plus show revealed during Disney Week to see what else Disney has in store for its streaming service.

Ubisoft has announced that its Executive Director of Far Cry, Dan Hay, will be leaving the studio this week. Hay is reported to have been working on a live-service Far Cry game before his departure.

Ubisoft has announced that Hay will be ending his tenure at the studio this week - having worked there for over a decade. As shared by GamesBeat, a statement from the company confirmed his departure. "After more than 10 years at Ubisoft, Dan Hay has announced that he will be pursuing a new chapter in his professional life and he will be leaving on November 12," reads the statement's opening line.

Ubisoft went on to confirm in its statement that Hay had not yet announced where he would be working next before thanking the Far Cry Exec for his many contributions over the years. The studio then concluded by revealing that the brand team would be led by Ubisoft Montreal Producer Sandra Warren on an interim basis, who will work alongside a highly capable team of producers and directors.

Per VentureBeat, Hay was reportedly working on the studio's next Far Cry game, which is rumoured to take shape as a live-service game similar to the reports surrounding the studio's next Assassin's Creed game. Earlier this year, reports surfaced suggesting that Ubisoft were working on a project codenamed Assassin's Creed Infinity that would take shape as an online platform including multiple historic settings that evolve over time.

Following the reports, Ubisoft formally announced that it was working on Assassin's Creed Infinity. The game is being developed by a "cross studio, collaborative structure" made up of the development teams at Ubisoft Quebec and Montreal. While little is currently known about the project in terms of its gameplay, a statement from the company in July gave some insight into what fans can expect.

"Rather than continuing to pass the baton from game to game," reads the statement, "we profoundly believe this is an opportunity for one of Ubisoft’s most beloved franchises to evolve in a more integrated and collaborative manner that’s less centered on studios and more focused on talent and leadership, no matter where they are within Ubisoft."

For more on the Assassin's Creed series, make sure to check out this piece where we broke down our top ten Assassin's Creed games of all time.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

As the PlayStation 5 celebrates the first year since its launch today, Sony has told fans that there are currently more than 25 different exclusive games in development across the publisher's first-party studios.

As part of a celebratory update post on the PlayStation Blog, Sony spoke about the jam-packed year it's experienced since launching its latest flagship console. "A busy year indeed, and we are just getting started with PS5," said Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan in the post.

"The imaginative game creators and publishing partners we work with have launched more than 360 games on PS5. Additionally, there are currently more than 25 games in development for PS5 at PlayStation Studios."

While some of those games won't be available to play for some while yet - we're looking at you Spider-Man 2 - there are still plenty for PlayStation fans to get excited about. Next year alone the publisher will see the launch of a number of exclusive blockbuster titles, including the likes of Guerilla Games' Horizon Forbidden West, Polyphony's Gran Turismo 7, and Santa Monica Studio's God of War Ragnarok. However, that leaves a huge number of exclusives still to be announced.

Sony's lengthy list of exclusive games comes in part due to its activity in the wider development market. Having assembled a number of prestigious developers for its PlayStation Studios family, this year the publisher showed no sign of stopping. Following the purchase of Returnal developer Housemarque in June, Sony then added further studios into the fold through the acquisitions of PC porting specialist Nixxes, UK developer Firesprite, and remake specialist Bluepoint Games.

Elsewhere in its celebratory blog post, Sony spoke about the passion it's seen from its fanbase over the last year. The publisher noted that PlayStation 5 users have collectively amassed over 4.6 billion hours of gameplay on their consoles since its release. While that time has been spent across a large collection of games, Sony also revealed which of those had made it into the PS5's top ten most played.

Top ten most played PS5 Games:

• Fortnite
• Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
• FIFA 21
• NBA 2K21
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Destiny 2
• MLB The Show 21
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Demon’s Souls
• NBA 2K22

Ryan also thanks fans for their patience, after a year in which PS5 has remained extremely hard to find due to global production shortages. "We continue to see historic demand for PS5 and we understand the inventory constraints remain a source of frustration for many of our customers," he wrote. "Rest assured that we are laser-focused on doing everything in our power to ship as many units as possible, it’s something we work on every day across the company and remains my top priority. Again, we appreciate your patience as we navigate through these unprecedented global challenges."

Sadly, it's not a problem that looks to be slowing down, with Sony reportedly making huge cuts to its production plans following a global chip shortage that is currently affecting all areas of gaming.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Production for Hulu’s How I Met Your Father spinoff starring Hilary Duff is underway, and the first set photo shows the cast hanging out on the virtual set powered by Industrial Light and Magic. The same tech used to power shows like The Mandalorian.

As revealed on Variety, filming for How I Met Your Father takes place on the Infinity, Industrial Light and Magic’s new virtual production stage on Disney’s Burbank lot.

According to showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, the virtual set was an ideal alternative to flying Duff and the cast to New York to film on location. The Virtual Stage was able to recreate the Brooklyn Bridge without the rest of New York getting in the way.

While virtual stage technology has been used to film fantastical locations, like the ones seen in The Mandalorian, it appears the use of this technology may seep into more and more shows, even ones that aren’t set in outer space. The Batman, for example, is using a similar virtual set.

The Infinity Stage is built on the same stage where Disney filmed the 1940 animated film “Fantasia” and includes 700 LED panels to create a 1,600 square foot LED canvas. It will be used for “hundreds of Walt Disney Company Television Productions” and could be rented to other studios and producers.

How I Met Your Father stars Hilary Duff as Sophie. Similar to the plot of How I Met Your Mother, Duff’s Sophie is telling her son how she met his father. Sophie’s story is also set in New York and she will be surrounded by a cast of friends as they go through her romantic misadventures.

The original How I Met Your Mother ran for nine years and was one of the biggest romantic comedies airing on TV. The Hulu spinoff has been ordered direct to series for a 10-episode season, and Duff recently shared a photo of her and actor Josh Peck from the set.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.