On October 15, 2026, Matt Reeves announced on X that Steven Soderbergh is taking over principal photography on The Batman Part II while Reeves deals with a personal issue that has delayed the film. Reeves said he is not leaving the project and thanked Soderbergh for helping him finish principal photography. The discussion treats it as an unusual movie-business story: a director with a strong style stepping into another's film, and what it suggests about the sequel's Harvey Dent plot.