Doctor Strange News & Speculation thread - Part 2

[Chesterfield]

The ad campaign need to start ramping up!

 

[OutOfBoose]

Thanks for moving it to October 28, Marvel Russia. )

 

[Web-Head]

 

[OutOfBoose]

Looks perfect. But I don't know anything about Strange. Never read a single page of comics featuring him. Just saw some pics.

 

[Vartha]

Looks perfect. But I don't know anything about Strange. Never read a single page of comics featuring him. Just saw some pics.

well that 1978 movie is a way to get a quick run down. Tho it lacks alot of the actual mythos of the comics in some ways

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Looks perfect. But I don't know anything about Strange. Never read a single page of comics featuring him. Just saw some pics.

Read the oath. Its a great story.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I will. Thanks for suggestions.

 

[HunBoy]

 

[Surfer]

That 2nd poster I especially love, but both promotional pieces are very cool. Can't wait for this movie. It is going to be such a trip watching it all unfold with all it's crazy effects.

Surfer

 

[Enriquespy]

Gotta get my hand in one of those.

 

[jaymes_e06]

Eh... meh...

 

[OutOfBoose]

Finished reading Oath. Pretty fun stuff. Involves pretty much the cast from the movie. And even a scene of Night Nurse reviving Strange. The page with "that's why I never joined Avengers" is LMAO.

Overall, pretty short and sweet introduction to the characters.

 

[Moridin]

Moved up a few days in Ireland & the UK:

Marvel UK & Ireland ‏@MarvelUK 8h8 hours ago

New poster artwork for Marvel's #DoctorStrange is here! Coming to cinemas across UK & Ireland Tuesday October 25th

https://***********/MarvelUK

 

[Vartha]

WOW love that new poster!!!

 

[Godzillasaurus]

That theater layout looks dope AF

 

[Iceman]

They really have got this costume right. Glad they didn't downplay it.

 

[Vartha]

Nice, the Doctor Strange Prelude the Zealot is out

 

[Marvolo]

According to this https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/Movie/Doctor-Strange

It'll have a 130 minute run time.

That's a good runtime. Not too short. Not too long. Right in the goldilocks zone for a film like this.

 

[Vartha]

Does the symbol on his head have letters comprising the symbol?

Possibly a distorted D
Maybe M and N
A C lying on it's back or U
A H
A double-bladed T
Two halves of an O

The shape is almost a mockery of the Vishanti symbol or maybe a silhouette of sorts.

Well the Doc Strange "the Zealot" Prelude comic is out and nothing on the markings on his forehead IN the comic. I guess we'll have to wait for the movie. You DO see similar symbols all through the comic book but as magic and in books

 

[Henshin]

Well the Doc Strange "the Zealot" Prelude comic is out and nothing on the markings on his forehead IN the comic. I guess we'll have to wait for the movie. You DO see similar symbols all through the comic book but as magic and in books

Yeah the exact symbol is in the book about Cagliostro and changing time

 

[Web-Head]

That's a good runtime. Not too short. Not too long. Right in the goldilocks zone for a film like this.

Especially with the origin story involved. Still hope they give Mads enough screen time too and not cut some of his scenes.

 

[Typhoon22]

Especially with the origin story involved. Still hope they give Mads enough screen time too and not cut some of his scenes.

What's enough ?

I mean origin stories should never be too much about the villains imo.
Batman Begins was mostly about Batmans story (villains were not the focus and just served for Batman to shine). Same goes for most origin stories. The sequels is when you explore the villains.

I feel like people will moan about this films villain no matter what.
One of the two (hero and villain) is going to be underdeveloped regardless so I'd rather they focus on the heroes story for its first film.

My hope is that Mads stays on and is fully featured in the sequel alongside Mordo. Show Strange's origin and how he becomes Sorcerer Supreme by the end while building the villains slowly towards the end and letting them shine in the sequel. I would really hate if they kill him off with this film.

 

[Web-Head]

What's enough ?

I mean origin stories should never be too much about the villains imo.
Batman Begins was mostly about Batmans story (villains were not the focus and just served for Batman to shine). Same goes for most origin stories. The sequels is when you explore the villains.

I feel like people will moan about this films villain no matter what.
One of the two (hero and villain) is going to be underdeveloped regardless so I'd rather they focus on the heroes story for its first film.

My hope is that Mads stays on and is fully featured in the sequel alongside Mordo. Show Strange's origin and how he becomes Sorcerer Supreme by the end while building the villains slowly towards the end and letting them shine in the sequel. I would really hate if they kill him off with this film.

Enough to make him somewhat memorable, but I pretty much agree with everything you said.

I'm also not one of those who think the MCU really has a villain problem.

 

[Vartha]

Yeah the exact symbol is in the book about Cagliostro and changing time

But nothing about why he has it on his head in the movie. WE can guess why after reading the book, but, the others here might not yet know why. lol

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Scott Derrickson talks the Psychedelic Visuals and diversity of ‘Doctor Strange’:

http://heroichollywood.com/scott-derrickson-talks-psychedelics-doctor-strange/

Derrickson spoke with Los Angeles Daily News about what we can expect from the visuals (outside of what we’ve already seen in the trailers), and it sounds like viewers are going to be in for a real treat.

“It’s pretty psychedelic. If your love for the early Stan Lee-Steve Ditko comics was that visual, psychedelic ambition, I think you’ll be pretty satisfied. The primary resource for the visual design of the whole movie came from those comics.”

So no, the inspiration for Doctor Strange did not come from Inception, but from his original comics by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Derrickson went on to talk about the actors chosen for the roles, and why he thinks his “grounded actors” are perfect for the supernatural feel of Doctor Strange.

“I told them it should take a bold left turn, like the ’60s comics. And I think they liked how I gravitate toward real actors, talented actors who are grounded in performances that are real, while dealing with the supernatural. That’s why I’ve had great actors in genre films, which they usually don’t do. And that was certainly the case with ‘Doctor Strange.’ ”

Derrickson the added he thought the casting for the film was perfect, and confirmed that they even delayed production of the film to wait for Benedict Cumberbatch, because he was so perfect for the part.

“He is perfect casting. Myself and Kevin Feige and the other producers involved came to a consensus very quickly that Benedict was the right guy for the role. There’s just an overlap between his work and the comics that you can see and feel. You feel that he can play the intelligence, the arrogance, the unlikability and yet intrigue of Stephen Strange, and that the massive arc that the character goes through in those early comics is something that he would be able to portray.”

Lastly, the director wraps up the interview by speaking on diversity in the ilm. A lot of people were taken back when Tilda Swinton was cast as The Ancient One, who is typically an Asian male. Fans claimed it was whitewashing, but Derrickson explained that it was the opposite – whitewashing was not the intention, but adding a female to the cast who wasn’t the typical 28 year old Marvel stereotype. He also touches on Wong and why they decided to keep the Asian sidekick.

“Diversity in movies is absolutely the responsibility of producers and directors. In this movie, we have about as diverse a cast as I think you can get, and that was a very conscious decision. Tilda was a way of adding diversity in terms of not just an ethereal, enigmatic, otherworldly actress playing an ethereal, enigmatic, otherworldly character, but we’re bringing a middle-aged woman who’s not 28 years old in leather pants into the Marvel Universe in a major role. I was very happy with that, but I was also very conscious that in doing that I was erasing a significant potential Asian role. I was going to leave Wong out of the movie at first; he was an Asian sidekick manservant, what was I supposed to do with that? But once the decision was made to cast Tilda, we brought Wong back because, unlike the Ancient One, he could be completely subverted as a character and reworked into something that didn’t fall into any of the stereotypes of the comics.”