The Buzz: Everything You Need To Know Today July 7th

Merge 104.8  |  07 July 2021

After several delays due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Marvel’s Black Widow is finally set to debut this Friday! Scarlett Johansson stars in the movie, reprising the role for the 9^th time, even though technically, Black Widow died in the 2019 blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame”. Johansson revealed that this will most likely be the last time she plays this character. You can catch the movie in theatres or on the Disney+ streaming service soon.

Sylvester Stallone revealed that the iconic Rocky movie was set to have an entirely different ending. According to Stallone, the original script had a much darker ending and saw Rocky Balboa throwing the final bout to Apollo Creed. The first Rocky movie was filmed with a small budget of just under $1 million in 1976, and it is now a billion-dollar blockbuster and one of the biggest sleeper hits of all time.

Japan’s Nintendo will launch a new model of its Switch video game console, with an upgrade. The new model will have a larger OLED screen, which offers deeper blacks and better colours than most LCD screens, like the ones on the original switch. The Nintendo Switch OLED is set to launch on October 8^th, and it will cost $50 more than the current model.

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