Marvel's Doctor Strange (Earth-113599)

Marvel's Doctor Strange is a 2016 live-action superhero film produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios based on the comic book character by the same name. It is the overall nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe released worldwide on November 4th 2016.

Production
Development for a Doctor Strange film began when 20th Century Fox had ordered a script be written in the mid 1990s. Fox executives had entered talks with Nightmare on Elm Street director Wes Craven to possibly helm the film but he politely rejected the offer. With the success of the Blade franchise which covered many Doctor Strange's iconic supernatural and gothic themes development for the project lost traction and was eventually forgotten about.

Over a decade later, Kevin Feige requested Marvel Studios be given the distribution rights to the Doctor Strange franchise to potentially use in the Marvel Cinematic Universe somewhere down the line. Despite being given what he asked for plans for Doctor Strange continued to stagnate until Phase 3 when he was announced as part of the schedule introduced at Comic Con Summer 2015 for a November 2016 release date. Horror director Scott Derricksen had been attached to the project beforehand and Benedict Cumberbatch was cast for the lead role sometime later in the year. Derricksen revealed in interviews that the film would heavily explore the concept of magic, which until that point had only been loosely hinted at existing. With alternate dimensions and the Lovecraftian monsters of Marvel's classic mythology making appearances as well. The biggest of which being Dormammu.

Filming began in mid 2015 slightly before the Comic Con it was officially confirmed as part of Phase 3 and was released November 4th 2016.

Cast

 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange


 * Mads Mikkelsen as Dormammu


 * Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo


 * Padma Lakshmi as The Ancient One


 * Rachel McAdams as Clea


 * Benedict Wong as Kan Wong


 * Michael Stuhlbarg as Nicholas West


 * Isla Fisher as Christine Palmer


 * Brittany Ishibashi as Tina Minoru


 * Donald Glover as Quentin Beck