Scarlet Witch May Return, Shogun and The Bear Are Emmy Darlings, and the Final Trailer for Venom 3

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Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes.Reports are here to give us hope that a Scarlet Witch solo movie is in the works, though this is not confirmed by Marvel Studios or Kevin Feige. The news from Production Weekly comes on the heels of a Dublin radio interview given by Wanda Maximoff actress Elizabeth Olsen where she indicated her love for the character and her willingness to return to the role if “there’s a way to use her well.”

Television’s royalty was out on Sunday, September 15, when the 76th Emmys took place. Hosted by father/son comedy duo Eugene and Dan Levy, the award show mostly followed expectations with a surprise win from Jean Smart’s show Hacks taking home Best Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Smart herself. Otherwise, Shogun and The Bear cleaned up, with the former setting historic records including Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada becoming the first Japanese actors to EVER win Emmys. The Bear did well for itself as usual, with its 11 awards setting a new record for the most wins for a single season of comedy.

The final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance was released by Sony. The trailer showcases Eddie Brock and his symbiote sidekick facing down Venom’s homeworld, with comics enemy Knull at the forefront as the antagonist. Venom: The Last Dance is the final movie in the trilogy, written by Kelly Marcel who is also taking a turn in the director’s chair for this entry.

Happy Gilmore stars, Christopher McDonald and Julie Bowen, have joined Adam Sandler to reprise their roles for Netflix's Happy Gilmore 2, which is now officially in production.

Paramount has released the first trailer for the Dexter prequel, Dexter: Original Sin, and has set a premiere date of December 13 for the series.

Netflix has released a new trailer for adult animated series Twilight of the Gods from Zack Snyder, which is based on Norse Mythology. The series debuts on the streamer on September 19.

Last week, the first trailer was released for Gary Dauberman's upcoming Stephen King adaptation, Salem's Lot. The film will begin streaming on Max on October 3.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice stayed atop the box office this weekend, pulling in about $50 million dollars to bring its worldwide total earnings to $263.4 million dollars in its second weekend. Speak No Evil hit second place in its opening weekend, pulling in $20.8 million dollars globally on a $15 million dollar budget. Lionsgate's The Killer's Game starring Dave Bautista took in a disastrous $2.6 million dollars.

Netflix has announced that Emily in Paris has been renewed for a fifth season.

Deadline has revealed that Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron has purchased the rights to Charles Pellegrino‘s forthcoming book Ghosts of Hiroshima. Cameron has committed to use that, and the 2015 Pellegrino book Last Train From Hiroshima, as the basis for a film he will shoot in between Avatar productions. It will mark Cameron’s first non-Avatar film since 1997’s Oscar-winning Titanic.

AppleTV+ has canceled Time Bandits, an adaptation of a 1981 feature film by Terry Gilliam, after a single season. The news comes less than four weeks after Time Bandits completed its 10-episode first season on August 21.

The long rumored The Sims film adaptation has finally found a home and director. Amazon MGM Studios has announced that development has begun on a film adaptation of the long-running Electronic Arts gaming series. Kate Herron, known for directing the Disney+ series Loki, will helm the feature from a script that she is co-writing with Briony Redman. Margot Robbie's production company Lucky Chap will produce.

John Cena has signed on to star in Matchbox, a live-action take on the classic Mattel car toyline. Apple will distribute the feature from Skydance and Mattel Films. Sam Hargrave, the director behind the Extraction movies will direct.