MARVEL DOCTOR STRANGE

skystrike · Post time 24-11-2015 12:52 AM

Edited by eddlisa_uyuk at 30-12-2015 01:13 AM

Doctor Strange is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is intended to be the fourteenth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Scott Derrickson with a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Michael Stuhlbarg.

After Stephen Strange, the world's top neurosurgeon, is injured in a car accident that ruins his career, he sets out on a journey of healing, where he encounters the Ancient One.

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange:

A neurosurgeon, who after a horrific car accident, discovers the hidden world of magic and alternate dimensions.[4] Cumberbatch, who spent his gap year teaching English at a Tibetan monastery in Darjeeling, India,[5] stated that the mysticism in the film resonated with him: "I'm very excited about that spiritual dimension, obviously. It's something that’s been a huge part of my life. I meditate a lot. That's a huge tool in trying to calm myself, get away from the crazy circus of it all, have a focused mind as well as be a kinder, considerate person in the world. I took a lot of stuff away from my experience in Darjeeling... It was a profoundly formative experience at a very young age. It's something I've tried to keep in my life."[6]

Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One:

A mystic from a foreign land who becomes Strange's mentor and is training pupils to be the next sorcerer supreme. Marvel Studios initially searched for a male actor, but rethought the role and made it female.[7][8] However as of July 2015, Swinton did not know if she would portray the character as a female or male.[9] Producer Kevin Feige explained, "As we were developing this film we looked at the Ancient One as a mantle more than a specific person. The sorcerers have been around for millennia, protecting us from things we didn't know about until this story. There have been multiple [Ancient Ones], even if this one has been around for five hundred years, there were others. This is a mantle, and therefore felt we had leeway to cast in interesting ways."[10] Feige expanded saying, Swinton "does an amazing job of being sort of ambiguous in terms of gender. I think you'll see us playing it in ways that she's played other characters that way. Clearly she's a woman, but it is very ambiguous in her portrayal."[11]

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo:

A former student of the Ancient One, along with Strange. Unlike the comics, the character is not completely villainous and is an amalgamation of different characters from the Doctor Strange mythos.[8][12]