With the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness growing ever closer, IGN can exclusively debut a new behind-the-scenes featurette for the MCU sequel.
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This featurette gives fans a new look at the alternate versions of Stephen Strange appearing in the sequel. We see both the heroic “Defender Strange” (whose existence was first revealed via an action figure) and the frightening undead Doctor Strange.
In addition to that footage, both Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and drector Sam Raimi offer more insight into the development of the film, with Feige confirming the sequel was always intended to focus on the wider Marvel multiverse.
Feige says, “That was always where we were headed with the sequel to Doctor Strange, knowing that we wanted to explore the mind-bending, frightening side of the multiverse.”
Raimi, despite having already proven his Marvel cred on the original Spider-Man trilogy, notes that he saw this assignment as a “really good challenge.”
“I got a call from my agent saying that Kevin Feige and the Marvel team were looking for a new director for the new Doctor Strange movie,” says Raimi. “I was a big fan of the first one. It was really intelligent and interesting. So when that offer came in, I thought, ‘This would be a really good challenge.'”
Writer Michael Waldron recently reflected on the challenge of dealing with the multiverse, telling SFX Magazine: “The danger is you can expand your scope too wide, and you can actually reduce the stakes if you don’t make it personal as you go bigger and wider.”
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is out in theaters on May 6, and fans have been speculating whether everyone from Deadpool to Bruce Campbell will appear. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as multiple versions of Doctor Strange. Xochitl Gomez will make her MCU debut as America Chavez in the film, which also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo, Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, Elizabeth Olson as Wanda Maximoff and Benedict Wong as Wong.
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