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Steven Soderbergh to Help Matt Reeves Finish 'The Batman Part II' — Why the Oscar Winner Makes Sense
Not only does Warner Bros. trust the 'Ocean's 11' director, but the town's top stars trust him, too, and he's capable of working in just about any genre.
Jeff Sneider
October 15, 2026
Congrats, folks! You’ve made it to Thursday.
Alas, Netflix didn’t even wait for the traditional Friday News Dump to announce its firing (via Puck) of Bela Bajaria, who exits after an impressive 10-year run at the streamer, where she worked herself into the top content job. Ted Sarandos wasted no time naming her replacement — Peter Rice, the former content chief at Disney who has patiently been biding his time on the sidelines for the past four years.
I’ll have more on that soon, along with a proper review of Street Fighter, and my quick thoughts on Animals, The Beast, Crawlers, The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable, and Union County.
One book I forgot to mention in yesterday’s newsletter was Arthur Nersesian’s The Fuck-Up. Yeah, you’d have to change the title to The Screw-Up, but there’s a movie in there. An indie, no doubt, but an interesting vehicle for an interesting young actor.
I was planning an entirely different newsletter about today’s big Netflix shake-up, but we had some late-breaking news about The Batman Part II that needed my attention.
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