Marvel's Dr. Strange

[CentralFLlife]

Well it looks like casting might be close to finished and the buzz of this movie can start now.

http://io9.com/benedit-cumberbatch-has-officially-been-cast-as-doctor-1651371257

I like this choice, I hope it happens. I think he will do a good job as the sorcerer supreme. Im kinda excited about this film, Strange is a very interesting character (yes it was really hard not to say strange there). Any thoughts about this?

Edited to reflect speculation.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Awesome choice.

 

[Master Yoda]

I would not get too excited yet.

From i09

Update: Marvel's primary online spokeman Agent M has seemingly responded to the news of Cumberbatch's casting with a variety of tweets, broadly hinting that people who write things on the internet are generally wrong. Perhaps Deadline jumped the gun. For our sake, I hope not — partially because I think Cumberbatch is a swell choice but mostly because I'm completely sick of the Dr. Strange casting hoopla. We'll see.

 

[Hakunamatata]

I would not get too excited yet.

From i09

Uhg.

 

[Master Yoda]

Uhg.

They just love to steal food from out of our mouths.

 

[CentralFLlife]

I would not get too excited yet.

From i09

I think it'll happen, this is the only name that has constantly been around for all of the casting rumors, and they need a big name. Especially if they are going to keep 3 of the current Avengers out of Avengers 3, a big name like Cumberbatch would go a long way in helping to fill the void in that movie. Although if he doesn't do this that might mean more time for Sherlock....

 

[Can we go yet?]

If we can get a Doctor Strange movie can we at least have a Ms. Marvel film? Please?

 

[CentralFLlife]

If we can get a Doctor Strange movie can we at least have a Ms. Marvel film? Please?

Yes, yes we can. We also get a Black Panther movie

 

[RandomPrincess]

Casting has been confirmed (at last) - http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/24/doctor-strange-cast

Marvel confirmed today that, in addition to the long-penned-in Benedict Cumberbatch, the film will also star Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mads Mikkelsen, and Tilda Swinton, all of whom have previously been talked about as likely — and, in some cases, definite — cast members.


According to the official synopsis, the newest Marvel hero’s adventure “follows the story of neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a horrific car accident, discovers the hidden world of magic and alternate dimensions.”

Filming has already begun, and Marvel Studios announced that the film is being shot in several locations around the world, including London, New York, Hong Kong, and Kathmandu, Nepal.

Doctor Strange is being directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister) and will be released Nov. 4.

 

[RandomPrincess]

First look in Entertainment Weekly this week -

 

[Matt_Black]

By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth! He looks great.

 

[RandomPrincess]

More art from EW.com

"When this comic appeared in the early '60s, it really informed, in a way that is pretty amazing, a lot of the psychedelic '60s as we know it. I don’t know that they were doing anything weird in the bullpen in Marvel, but certainly the stuff they were doing inspired all those people who were doing mind-expansion experiments at the time," explains producer Kevin Feige. "So, that's inherent to the property. And that's our mission statement for the visual effects on this movie."

"Benedict was someone that we were very interested in for a very long time," reveals Feige. "But he kept getting more popular, and more popular, and he kept getting busier, and busier, and it looked like the timing wasn’t going to work. So we looked at some other actors for a while and ultimately decided, ‘We have to try and make it work with Benedict and with his schedule.’"