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Soderbergh Is Now Officially Finishing The Batman Part II; Statham's…

Matt Reeves is expected to return for post-production, and Amazon MGM Studios set The Beekeeper 2 for January fifteenth, twenty twenty-seven; the sequels are lining up.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSteven Soderbergh has now officially stepped in to finish filming The Batman Part II, and Matt Reeves is expected back for post-production, IndieWire and Deadline report.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI haven't seen the first one, but I love it!

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo an Oscar winner is the closer. Cool, they brought in the guy who parallel parks the movie.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAlso tonight, Deadline says Amazon MGM Studios dropped the first teaser for The Beekeeper 2, with Jason Statham kicking a rogue government agent to Metallica.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt opens January fifteenth, twenty twenty-seven.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJanuary twenty twenty-seven. I'm pitching the spin-off now: The Bee, where the bees file a complaint.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'd buy a ticket to that, and I haven't seen any of the others!

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSoderbergh finishes it. Rosa, what crime did the bees commit?

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