Doctor Strange 2: Feige Confirms Spider-Man 3 Ties Into Raimi’s Multiverse of Madness
Even though Spider-Man 3 wasn’t among the long-list of Marvel projects that were given new updates during yesterday’s Disney’s Investors Day, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige did confirmed that, just like WandaVision, the third Tom Holland-led Spider-Man film will indeed connect to the events of Sam Raimi’s upcoming Doctor Strange sequel.
In addition, Feige has revealed that the production has already begun on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in London, describing the highly-anticipated project as “a thrilling, scary, and minding-bending adventure.” After previous fan speculations, he has also finally revealed that The Baby-Sitters Club actress Xochitl Gomez will indeed take on the role of fan-favorite Marvel hero America Chavez, marking the character’s live-action film debut.
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Cumberbatch will next be reprising his role as Dr. Stephen Strange in the Tom Holland-led Spider-Man 3 in addition to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The sequel is being described as the first horror film in the MCU with Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch returning as the titular sorcerer supreme and Elizabeth Olsen also appearing as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch. According to Kevin Feige, the upcoming Disney+ shows WandaVision and Loki will both directly impact the events the Doctor Strange sequel.
Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch appeared in Avengers: Endgame, where they were both last seen attending Tony Stark’s funeral. Loki also appeared in Endgame and was last seen after the events of the Avengers’ first battle in New York, where he escapes with the Tesseract cube.
Originally set to be directed by Scott Derrickson, the sequel will now be helm by Spider-Man‘s Sam Raimi with Loki head writer Michael Waldron set to rewrite the script that was first written by The Turning scribe Jade Bartlett. Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Benedict Wong will be reprising their roles, with Rachel McAdams recently confirmed to make her return as Dr. Christine Palmer.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will hit theaters on March 25, 2022.
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The first Doctor Strange movie was released in 2016 with Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the titular role. Joining him in the film were Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo, Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Nicodemus West. It also featured the MCU debut of critical characters from the pages of Marvel Comics, including Benedict Wong as Wong, plus Mads Mikkelsen as villain Kaecilius, and Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One (who is of Celtic origin in the film instead of East Asian origin). Doctor Strange was directed by Scott Derrickson, whose previous credits were primarily horror films like The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, and Deliver Us from Evil.