{"id":1403,"date":"2026-10-19T13:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:21:16","slug":"in-brief-steven-soderbergh-to-step-in-for-matt-reeves-on-the-batman-part-ii-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1403","title":{"rendered":"In brief: Steven Soderbergh to step in for Matt Reeves on &#8216;The Batman Part II&#8217; \ufeffand more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-16\/E_inbriefgraphic.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p>Steven Soderbergh is stepping in for Matt Reeves. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/steven-soderbergh-finish-batman-2-matt-reeves-stepped-away-1236913552\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> reports that Soderbergh will\u00a0help to complete the final weeks of principal photography on <em>The Batman Part II<\/em> while Reeves attends &#8220;to an ongoing family matter.&#8221; DC Studios says Soderbergh has its full support and that he will work closely with Reeves to fulfill the latter director&#8217;s vision for the film. Reeves confirmed the news in his own <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattreevesLA\/status\/2110875641495400870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2110875641495400870%7Ctwgr%5E382d779f58cb98d93b3034fd57a0f72c728bc47b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2026%2Ffilm%2Fnews%2Fsteven-soderbergh-finish-batman-2-matt-reeves-stepped-away-1236913552%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media post<\/a>, writing he is &#8220;profoundly grateful&#8221; to Soderbergh for coming to his aid during a challenging time &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A young adult drama series set in the world of competitive tennis is headed to Prime Video. The show, called <em>Rally<\/em>, has been given a series order at the streamer. <em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em>&#8216; Julie Plec will showrun, write and executive produce the new series &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Jude Law has found his next part. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/10\/jude-law-liverpool-fc-manager-bill-shankly-a24-series-1237155045\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a> reports the actor is set to star as Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly in a new series. The show comes from <em>Adolescence<\/em> scribe Jack Throne and A24 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Soderbergh is stepping in for Matt Reeves. Variety reports that Soderbergh will\u00a0help to complete the final weeks of principal photography on The Batman Part II while Reeves attends &#8220;to an ongoing family matter.&#8221; DC Studios says Soderbergh has its full support and that he will work closely with Reeves to fulfill the latter director&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}