In 2019, Marvel had to review his plans in disaster. Scott Derrickson, who had worked for several years on the second part of the adventures of Stephen Strange, has just folded back luggage. The director withdrew from the project after creative disputes whose details remained under sealed. A few months after the announcement of his departure, Marvel announced that she had a great blow.
The House of Ideas was offered the services of a director with a solid reputation among superhero lovers as much as horror aficionados: Sam Raimi. For his first film having to combine these two inspirations, Kevin Feige’s business seems to have found The ideal director. The dad ofEvil Dead and the first trilogy Spider-Man So landed there, while exploring the multiverse which was still far from having delivered all its secrets.
In front of his camera, it is therefore a new adventure of Doctor Strange which is immortalized. When America Chavez requests her help to escape the red witch, Stephen embarks on a frantic race through worlds and multiple universes. Officially, it is The first time Raimi seize the comic hero born in 1963. Except that … he had it already mentioned in the early 2000s.
Sam Raimi has the ideas
In 2004, Sam Raimi, David Koepp and Alfred Gough continue the adventures of Peter Parker in the cinema with a story evolving around the famous Doctor Octopus. The latter developed a source of energy as powerful as it is infinite. “The power of the sun in the palm of my hand”the scientist is nevertheless victim of an accident which affects the mechanical device which allows him to manipulate his creation remotely. He is now a prisoner of his robotic tentacles and has the firm intention to improve them.
In the film, we are witnessing a scene where the editorial staff of the Daily Bugle is looking for a nickname For this new villain. Several pseudonyms are thrown, including one that comics fans already knew very well at the time. Ted Hoffmana recurring journalist, suggests the name of Doctor Strange, J. Jonah Jameson is not particularly excited by this idea, arguing that The nickname is already taken. If he does not specify in what circumstance, Spider-Man 2 already confirmed that Doctor Strange officiated in the streets of New York. This idea will never be put back on the table. It was only a wink, not the promise for him to devote a film to the magician who will later be embodied by Benedict Cumberbatch.
Note that it is the brother director Ted Raimi who delivers the replica. This is one of the many cameos in the trilogy, which also involves Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead), Joe Manganiello, Octavia Spencer, Randy Savage or Stan Lee.
Back in grace for Raimi
After Spider-Man 3 And his poor critical reception, Sam Raimi had promised himself that we would not take it there anymore. The director was very affected by the reproaches addressed to the last part of the adventures of Peter Parker in front of his camera. However, at the end of the 2010s, the director learns that Marvel actively seeks a new director for Doctor Strange 2. His name has been pronounced many times by the Maison des Idées, enough to make him cogitate. He entrusted to People that it was the requirement required by this kind of proposal that convinced him to stack. And it is clear that it is undoubtedly a question of One of the best MCU movies in the deecting era of the franchise.
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For the time being, the director officially has no project on fire. His return to the MCU is far from being insured. If Doctor Strange has to occupy an important place in the next films Avengersno third film is officially developing. Kevin Feige cultivates the mystery as to what the future reserves for his franchise after the exit of Secret Wars In 2027.
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