Nerd News! July 12th, 2021

Here are today’s Nerd News! headlines:

Marvel’s “Black Widow” starring Scarlett Johansson did very well in its opening weekend scoring $80 Million domestically, making it the biggest debut since the pandemic began. “F9″ gets bumped down to the number 2 spot over the weekend with “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” “The Forever Purge,” and “A Quiet Place Part II” rounding out the top 5.

Read more With Black Widow doing so well, things are looking good for the future of Marvel’s MCU. There are no shortage of projects in the works for the Disney owned conglomerate. Here’s a full list of what’s next.

• “Shang-Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings” (September 3)
• “Eternals” (November 5)
• “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (December 17)
• “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (March 25, 2022)
• “Thor: Love & Thunder” (May 6, 2022)
• “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (July 8, 2022)
• “The Marvels” (November 11, 2022)
• “Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania” (February 17, 2023)
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (May 5, 2023)
• “Fantastic Four” (TBA)
• “Blade” (TBA)

Matt Damon recently revealed the one movie he regrets passing on. He was teaching a master class at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend and told the crowd that he turned down a role in James Cameron’s Avatar. Not only were they going to give him a role, but they were also offering him a 10% stake. He turned down the role because he was shooting a “Bourne” film, but the film went on to make over 2 billion, and was one of the highest grossing movies ever. Like ever. Damon joked “I will go down in history. Nobody has ever turned down more money.”