The Final Fantasy 7 Remake is just around the corner, with an official release date of April 10. Some people just can’t wait, however, and have broken the street date, according to Eurogamer. Square Enix has also issued a warning, saying it can’t control when the game is released in western regions because of the various COVID-19 lockdowns.

“As you will be aware, many countries are limiting entry or closing their national and state borders and restricting the distribution and delivery of non-essential items,” Square Enix wrote in a blog post. “Understandably these restrictions are being implemented so that essential items can reach their destination as fast as possible. This does not mean that box copies of Final Fantasy 7 Remake will not be dispatched, it just means that we cannot control the date the game may arrive.”

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Square Enix added that it is taking steps to ensure that pre-orders of Final Fantasy 7 Remake made through the Square Enix store will reach customers by April 10.

Meanwhile, with some people breaking street date on Final Fantasy 7 Remake, pictures have begun appearing online of the final product.

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One Reddit user by the name of NateLo22 posted to the r/FFVIIRemake subreddit with a picture of the deluxe edition of the game and its packaging.

[caption id="attachment_2327575" align="alignnone" width="720"] Source: Reddit user NateLo22[/caption] Square Enix isn’t the only company facing some difficulties in getting their game to ship out in an orderly fashion. Resident Evil 3 remake developer Capcom said the game could experience a delay in Europe before its April 3 release date. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/Tifa-stan for IGN.

Though it may be (mostly) common knowledge that Chris Farley was originally cast as the voice of Shrek, Tommy Boy director Peter Segal recently spoke to Uproxx about how the DreamWorks Animation blockbuster, which spawned three hit sequels, was explicitly based on Farley's chemistry with best friend and Tommy Boy co-star David Spade. "After Tommy Boy, we got a lot of offers to do things together," Segal said, "and I of course was dying to find another project for us. Because, again, I took the leap of faith with him after working on two different television projects with him before Tommy Boy. And then, I did offer him a couple of things. He, by the way, almost did Shrek." Farley actually recorded some dialogue for Shrek prior to his death in 1997. He was, of course, replaced by fellow SNL alum Mike Myers, and the rest is Scottish-accented history. Segal added "Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot, who wrote Shrek, I met with them years after Shrek came out and they said, ‘You know who we patterned the donkey and the ogre off of? As far as their relationship? That was Spade and Farley in Tommy Boy. That’s why we wanted Farley." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/27/the-best-games-to-play-when-stuck-at-home"] Given that Shrek was such a massive money-maker, and that Myers and Eddie Murphy's voices are etched in history as Shrek and Donkey, it's hard to imagine a Farley-style Shrek with a Spade-type Donkey. But it works if you consider the two of them swapping the role of "hyperactive character who annoys the glum character." In other movie news, check out all the best comedies on Netflix right now, the news about Ryan Reynolds being in talks to star a Dragon's Lair movie, and a helpful PSA from the stars of Steven Soderbergh's Contagion. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=new-movies-coming-to-vod-early&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.

Given that the sports world is currently on hiatus, along with the world of entertainment, ESPN is going to air famous Disney sports movies on Friday nights for families looking for programming they can watch together. ESPN's own press page announced that, starting March 27 with The Rookie (timed to MLB’s planned Opening Week), the network will continue to broadcast sports films over the next few Fridays. The lineup includes:

• The Rookie (2002), starring Dennis Quaid
• Glory Road (2006), starring Josh Lucas and Derek Luke -  timed to the traditional NCAA Final Four weekend
• Miracle (2004), starring Kurt Russell
• Invincible (2006), starring Mark Wahlberg
• Secretariat (2010), starring Diane Lane and John Malkovich
• The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), starring Shia LaBeouf

Glory Road is set to air Friday, April 3, at 8:30 p.m. ET. Additional air dates will be announced. These films are also available to stream on Disney+. In fact, take a look at the best movies from Disney's streaming site right here... [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-movies-on-disney&captions=true"] For those of you looking for oddball gems or quirky cult favorites, Disney+ has some wickedly weird offerings as well... [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-15-weirdest-disney-plus-movies-you-may-not-have-seen&captions=true"] For those looking for more at-home entertainment, here's a list of movies that are hitting VOD early. IGN spoke with a number of medical experts to learn how movie delays may help stop the spread of COVID-19. [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.

Amazon Prime Video is dropping the sixth season of its popular crime drama, Bosch, starring Titus Welliver as the titular Los Angeles detective. In Season 6, Bosch must investigate the murder of a medical physicist and the whereabouts of some radioactive material that's gone missing. Amazon recently announced that the long-running series will come to end after the conclusion of its seventh season, which will premiere in 2021. On the movie front, the streamer is adding The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe. In our review of The Lighthouse, we say, "Robert Eggers’ sophomore effort should do for remote lighthouses what The Shining did for remote hotels, the film being less a battle of wits, and more a question of who will lose their wits first." If you're not a Prime member, you can sign up for a 30-day free Amazon Prime trial and reap all the benefits, including streaming Amazon Video. That means you have the opportunity to check out every new video this month without having to pay for it. Check out the slideshow gallery below for a spotlight of some of the most notable April Amazon offerings, followed by everything else coming to Amazon Prime Video in April: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=amazon-spotlight-april-2020&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Available April 1

• A View to a Kill (1985)
• Bangkok Dangerous (2010)
• Bird Of Paradise (1932)
• Blind Husbands (1919)
• Broken Blossoms (1919)
• Daniel Boone (1936)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• Diary Of A Hitman (1991)
• Die Another Day (2002)
• Dishonored Lady (1947)
• Dollface (1945)
• Dr. No (1962)
• Dr. T & The Women (2000)
• Drums In The Deep South (1951)
• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• From Russia with Love (1964)
• Gator (1976)
• Gods And Monsters (1999)
• GoldenEye (1995)
• Goldfinger (1964)
• Gorky Park (1983)
• Hotel Artemis (2018)
• I Am Legend (2007)
• License to Kill (1989)
• Live and Let Die (1973)
• Mark Of Zorro (1920)
• Moonraker (1979)
• Mutiny (1952)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• Octopussy (1983)
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
• Repentance (2014)
• Shirley Valentine (1989)
• Son Of Monte Cristo (1940)
• Tarzan The Fearless (1933)
• The Bodyguard (1992)
• The Boost (1988)
• The Brothers Grimm (2005)
• The Chumscrubber (2005)
• The Hoodlum (1951)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• The Lost World (1925)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• The New Adventures Of Tarzan (1935)
• The Sender (1982)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• The World is Not Enough (1999)
• Thunderball (4K UHD) (1965)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• You Only Live Twice (1967)
• America In Color: Season 1 (Smithsonian Channel Plus)
• Bronx SIU: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel)
• Dirt Every Day: Season 1 (MotoTrend on Demand)
• El Rey del Valle: Season 1 (Pantaya)
• Foyle's War: Season 1 (Acorn TV)
• Molly of Denali: Season 1 (PBS Kids)
• Mr. Selfridge: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)
• Our Wedding Story: Season 1 (UP Faith & Family)
• The Bureau: Season 1 (Sundance Now)
• The Mind of a Chef: Season 1 (PBS Living)
• Vida: Season 1 (STARZ)

Available April 3

• Invisible Life - Amazon Original movie (2019)
• Tales from the Loop - Amazon Original series: Season 1

Available April 10

• Les Misérables – Amazon Original movie (2019)
• Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

Available April 14

• Vault (2019)

Available April 16

• The Lighthouse (2019)

Available April 17

• Selah and the Spades - Amazon Original movie (2019)
• Bosch - Amazon Original series: Season 6
• Dino Dana - Amazon Original series: Season 3B

Available April 20

• Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

Available April 29

• Footloose (2011)

For more new TV shows and movies to watch, be sure to check out everything new coming to Netflix and Disney+ in April. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/26/new-to-netflix-for-april-2020"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

Netflix is adapting another iconic video game franchise, with none other than Ryan Reynolds in talks to star in and produce a live-action film adaptation of Dragon's Lair. First revealed by The Hollywood Reporter and then confirmed by Netflix's Twitter account, Reynolds is in talks to star as hero knight Dirk the Daring, the hero charged with rescuing Princess Daphne from a vicious dragon. This news comes hours after Netflix officially announced its Castlevania animated series is getting a fourth season. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-video-game-movie-in-development-almost&captions=true"] Assuming a deal is finalized, Reynolds will produce the movie through his company Maximum Effort. The movie will also be produced by Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee and Underground Films' Trevor Engelson, along with Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and Jon Pomeroy. Originally created by Bluth and Rick Dyer, Dragon's Lair first debuted in video arcades in 1983. Despite its limited interactivity, Dragon's Lair was notable for taking advantage of Laserdisc technology and featuring far more detailed sprite graphics than most games of the time. Dragon's Lair has been ported (with varying degrees of success) to numerous home consoles over the years, including recent ports for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Playstation 4. The game also boosted the popularity of both Bluth and Goldman, who eventually went on to lead the creation of films like Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Land Before Time, and Anastasia. This isn't the first attempt to adapt Dragon's Lair to other media. ABC aired a short-lived Dragon's Lair animated series in 1984, and CrossGen published a comic book adaptation in 2003. Bluth and Goldman previously ran a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 aimed at funding a short proof-of-concept teaser for a Dragon's Lair animated movie. While that campaign failed, the duo were successful after shifting the campaign to Indiegogo. However, it appears that animated adaptation has been repalced by a live-action treatment instead. Given the nature of the original game and Netflix's previous experiments with interactive programming like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, we could easily see Dragon's Lair being developed as an interactive movie. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/11/01/is-there-enough-interest-to-fund-a-dragons-lair-movie-game-scoop"] Do you think Reynolds is the right choice for Dragon's Lair? Do you want the movie to have an interactive component? Let us know what you think in the comments below. Be sure to check out our breakdown of all the video game movies currently in development and get the latest update on when the perpetually troubled Uncharted movie will resume production. [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.

Jared Leto made the most of his Thursday night by dressing up as Joe Exotic, a central figure in the Netflix True-crime documentary Tiger King, which Leto was hosting a viewing for on Twitter. Leto announced Wednesday afternoon that he would be hosting a Tiger King viewing party that night at 6 p.m. PDT on Twitter. The tweet came with a picture of Leto's face edited onto Joe Exotic, who is the subject of the documentary miniseries and the most-watched program of the day on Netflix in the United States. The series focuses on an eccentric man who bought an Oklahoma horse farm in the 90s and converted it into a zoo. The Netflix Twitter account clarified 30 minutes before the event began that it would be a viewing party of just the first episode.

  Leto posted his first tweet one minute before the 6 p.m. start time. "Got my popcorn. Pressing play on #TigerKing Episode 1. Let’s do this @Netflix #JaredLetoCinemaClub," Leto wrote. An image accompanying the tweet showed Leto in a colorful collared shirt in the essence of the flamboyant subject of the documentary. Instead of a real tiger, Leto has what looks like a stuffed animal bracelet.

  Leto then says in a follow-up tweet that he's already seen the entire series and promises viewers a wild "ride." In his next two tweets, he thanked Netflix "for keeping us entertained during this challenging time" and thanked Joe "for keeping fringe alive."

The multi-hyphenate consistently commented on the wardrobe of the people in the documentary and found a striking comparison between a shirt that he previously wore and a shirt that somebody wears in the show.

Leto tweeted throughout the episode and ended his viewing party with more praise for the Netflix miniseries.

"Wow. Mind blown again - end of episode one," Leto wrote. "Masterful direction and great job to all involved with the production!!!"

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Tiger King consists of seven episodes running 40-50 minutes each and was released on March 20 on Netflix. IGN's review of the series calls it "a fascinating and depressing look inside a community of big cat fanatics." Kate McKinnon is starring in a scripted miniseries based on Joe Exotic's story, and Dax Shepard and Edward Norton are fan-casting themselves as Joe Exotic.

For those that have seen the series, here is what the subjects of the series are doing today. Leto was also in the news himself recently after finding out about the coronavirus way later than most people.

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Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.

Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing the latest entry into IGN's 10/10 Hall of Fame, this week's surprise Nintendo Direct, The Last of Us Part 2, and more. Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service. Listen on: Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Stitcher

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health has aligned the stars of the 2011 pandemic movie Contagion to help illuminate people on how to stay safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic through a series of public service announcements. The PSAs kicked off Friday with one from Matt Damon, who played everyman Mitch Emhoff in the Steven Soderbergh-directed thriller. "In the movie, I played a guy who was immune to the hypothetical virus that was spreading around the world. So, a few things to start. One, that was a movie, this is real life," Damon said in the PSA, which you can view below. "I have no reason to believe I'm immune to COVID-19. And neither do you, no matter how young you are."

You’ve seen it everywhere, but there’s a reason. Contagion star Matt Damon explains why #SocialDistancing is the most critical thing you can do right now. Then head to https://t.co/sUXphD602y to find out more. #ControlTheContagion #publichealth #ColumbiaSPH pic.twitter.com/3pHHbdfuOc

— ColumbiaPublicHealth (@ColumbiaMSPH) March 27, 2020

Kate Winslet, who played CDC epidemiologist Dr. Erin Mears in Contagion, recalled the lessons she learned from the public health experts she met with doing research for the role and also instructed viewers on the proper ways to wash their hands and disinfect surfaces:

Wash your hands like your life depends on it, because right now it does. Kate Winslet explains how to help #ControlTheContagion. For more on this @ColumbiaMSPH campaign with Contagion stars, visit: https://t.co/ysu1tXgGLr pic.twitter.com/9rUEyVO3lx

— Columbia University (@Columbia) March 27, 2020

Cast members Laurence Fishburne and Jennifer Ehle also recorded COVID-19 PSAs, which you can view at Mailman's YouTube channel's Control the Contagion playlist. Also be sure to check out our guide on how to stay safe, and help out, during the pandemic. And if you're looking to stream Contagion while you're self-isolating at home, well, you can't. Right now the movie isn't streaming anywhere, which, as The Verge reports, has led to a spike in iTunes rentals and torrent downloads. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=new-movies-coming-to-vod-early&captions=true"]

The Games Done Quick organization has officially announced a new speedrunning marathon, Corona Relief Done Quick, to help raise funds against the coronavirus pandemic. Alongside the announcement of an online-only marathon, the organizers are postponing Summer Games Done Quick 2020 to run between August 16 and 23. It was originally scheduled for June in Bloomington, Minnesota, where the event will still be hosted. "Games Done Quick is actively monitoring updates from WHO, CDC, local governments, and public health agencies regarding COVID-19 and continuing to assess the situation," Games Done Quick announced via a press release.

We'd like to share some updates regarding GDQ and COVID-19: https://t.co/xpGev7MnYP #SGDQ2020 #CRDQ pic.twitter.com/WIO42HjU6k

— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) March 27, 2020

Despite the postponing of SGDQ, the Corona Relief Done Quick marathon will be hosted on Twitch with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Direct Relief. It will take place next month from April 17 to 19 on the Games Done Quick Twitch channel. The games list and schedule will be released on April 13, for those wondering what's planned. And speedrunners interested in taking part in the charity event have until April 2 to submit. More information regarding submissions is available on the Games Done Quick website. Another speedrunning organization raising money to combat COVID-19 is Calithon, which just announced Coronavirus Relief. The California event will take place from April 3 to 5 on the group's Twitch channel, Calithon. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=games-to-play-while-stuck-at-home&captions=true"] With over $25 million raised for charity in the speedrunning organization's history, it raised over $3 million in their last event, Awesome Games Done Quick. Speedrunner TomatoAngus raced through every Fallout game during the event in a little over 2 hours. Keep safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and understand how to stay healthy with these CDC guidelines. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jeffrey Lerman is a Freelance News Writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @Snakester95. Header Image Credit: Games Done Quick

Netflix has renewed its Castlevania animated series for a fourth season. The news was revealed via Netflix's official Twitter account. The announcement was accompanied by a brief clip from Season 3, featuring Devil Forgemaster Isaac peering into his magic mirror.

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— NX (@NXOnNetflix) March 27, 2020

No other details have been revealed regarding Season 4, including release date or episode count. We wouldn't expect the new season to drop anytime soon. Season 3 was originally announced in October 2018, just days after Season 2 made its debut, but it didn't actually arrive until March 2020. Based on that timeframe, it'll likely be mid to late 2021 before Castlevania: Season 4 finally drops. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=castlevania-season-3-gallery&captions=true"] We have little doubt the wait will be worth it, however. IGN gave Season 3 a perfect 10 rating, saying, "Castlevania's unique combination of sarcastic humor, supernatural horror, violent action and deep pathos makes it far and away the best video game adaptation around." Season 3 does give us some hints as to where the plot may be headed. Check out our full breakdown of Season 3's dramatic ending, and learn how the series may have just opened the door to executive producer Adi Shankar's Devil May Cry series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/05/netflixs-castlevania-season-3-review"] [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.