7 Movies That Were Finished By a Second Director: From ‘Justice League’ to ‘Spartacus’

Hollywood has a history of bringing in a second director to complete a film when production runs into trouble. The article’s immediate example is Steven Soderbergh helping Matt Reeves finish principal photography on “The Batman Part II” while Reeves handles a family matter; Reeves says he is not leaving the project.

The seven examples include “Spartacus”, where Stanley Kubrick replaced Anthony Mann after two weeks, and “Bohemian Rhapsody”, completed by Dexter Fletcher after Bryan Singer left during production. Zack Snyder stepped away from “Justice League” during post-production following his daughter’s death, and Joss Whedon made major changes; Snyder’s version was released in 2021. The supplied text also describes the troubled production of “The Island of Dr. Moreau”, but ends before explaining how it was completed.