'Doctor Strange' is the Launching Pad for the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse
From the two trailers we've seen so far, Doctor Strange is looking like one to watch out for, as one of the most unique Marvel films so far. Bringing the mystical to the MCU promises change going forward, and director Scott Derrickson has ensured that this is the start of new things for the MCU.
"I think that the short answer is this is the movie where Marvel goes full weird," Derrickson says. "That full weirdness is written in the Ditko images, the Jack Kirby images, the early Doctor Strange comic book panels that are still to this day so mind blowing.
"What the comics did was, they brought with Doctor Strange an extra dimension into psychadelia, mysticism, and spirituality and all these very 60's things and broke open the Marvel comic book universe into the Marvel multiverse. I think Doctor Strange is going to be the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse.
"It's really serving the same function that the comic did. Even though it was a weird aberration as a comic book, I think it was a real linchpin in the comics. It ended up being decades of new stories and I think this movie will do the same thing."
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the titular Doctor, while Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, and Mads Mikkelsen round out a stellar cast.
The film opens November 4.
Source: Comicbook
