The Sorcerer Supreme is set to make his big screen debut next year, with Marvel Studios currently in production on the Benedict Cumberbatch-headlined Doctor Strange.
However, the Master of the Mystic Arts could have had a movie back around the release of the original Iron Man, had Marvel Studios been interested in a pitch from Neil Gaiman and Guillermo del Toro, and Gaiman has been sharing a few thoughts on the matter on his Twitter account.
“I still wish Marvel had been interested in a Guillermo del Toro and me Doctor Strange movie, because I wanted to write Clea so badly after 1602. It was a conversation I had with Marvel Films back in 2007. At the time Doctor Strange was way down their list and we let it go. It was a conversation or two. Del Toro was making Hellboy 2. I remember he had one particularly brilliant idea for a way to do Doctor Strange.”
Neil Gaiman and Guillermo del Tor doing Doctor Strange? Now that would surely have been something to see…
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Doctor Strange is set for release on October 28th, 2016 in the UK and November 4th, 2016 in the US, with Scott Derrickson (Sinister) with a cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) as Stephen Strange, Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer) as The Ancient One, Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) as Baron Mordo and Rachel McAdams (True Detective) and Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) in as-yet-unconfirmed roles.
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Originally published December 2, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
