‘Wonder Woman 2’ gets officially announced

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It isn’t something that surprises us in any way but at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. officially announces that Wonder Woman 2 is happening and Gal Gadot will be reprising her role as Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman. The first film is considered the DC Extended Universe’s most profitable movie yet with it grossing around US$767.7 million worldwide since it hit theatres on June 2^nd. It quickly surpassed other DCEU films like Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad. It also broke records for director Patty Jenkins as the film became the highest-grossing live-action movie to be directed by a woman.

Speaking of Jenkins, Warner Bros. hasn’t announced yet if she’ll be coming back as her deal was for one movie. But she has spoken before about her plans for the sequel, where she wants to take Wonder Woman back to America. Here’s to hoping she gets to tell the tale again. No word on when the film might come out as well.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Razer might be looking to get into the smartphone business

Is a Razer smartphone in the works? Apparently, it is. A new report from Bloomberg claims the company is working on one. And it’s targeting an IPO in Hong Kong around October that could value the business at US$5 billion. According to the report, some of the funds will be used to build this gaming-centric smartphone. It’s not an unlikely move for the company, even with its current focus on gaming laptops and peripherals. Razer bought smartphone company Nextbit earlier this year. They have said it’ll operate as an independent company but they haven’t really spoken about plans for Nextbit since then.

We won’t know at the moment if the phone will be sold under Nextbit or Razer and when it could be released—if it does hit the market. But with the IPO scheduled later in the year, we’re sure we’d have to wait until next year for this rumoured smartphone to come out (if it ever does, that is).

The ‘Pacific Rim’ sequel wants you to join the uprising

It’s been four years since the first Pacific Rim movie came out and now we’re less than a year away from its sequel. Pacific Rim: Uprising gets a new teaser trailer that shows tons of Jaegers, a.k.a. the giant humanoid robots that beat up on kaiju, a.k.a. the giant monsters. We also see Jaeger pilot Jake Pentecost (played by John Boyega of Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ fame). Jake is the son of Stacker Pentecost (played by Idris Elba) in the first film. The other actors making a comeback for the sequel include Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, and Rinko Kikuchi. Pacific Rim: Uprising is set to come out in February 2018.

YouTube is getting rid of its built-in video editor & photo slideshows

You may or may not know that YouTube has a built-in video editor in its app. We’re banking on you not knowing this information as the streaming service cites this as a reason why they’re getting rid of it. YouTube announced that the built-in video editor and their photo slideshow features are both going away by September 20^th. What will stay is the “Enhancements” feature that lets you do things like trim videos, add subtitles, cards, and filters, among other things.

Source: YouTube Help Forum