Like Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy before it, Doctor Strange was one of those movies that could revealed itself as the chink in the proverbial Marvel Studios armor. It was a property few mainstream audiences knew about, and it also threatened to tear down the very logic on which the Marvel Cinematic Universe was grounded in. Could they manage to incorporate magic and sorcery into this world with the likes of Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor without breaking it completely?

Before Benedict Cumberbatch landed the highly coveted role of Doctor Strange, Marvel and director Scott Derrickson met with a long line of Hollywood A-listers, including the likes of Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Oscar Isaac, Ewan McGregor, Matthew McConaughey, Jake Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Joaquin Phoenix, and Ryan Gosling. Aside From Phoenix, who was courted quite aggressively, we're not really sure how close any of these guys actually came to being cast - but apparently the studio was pretty high on Gosling at one point. Artist Court Chu worked on the film only very briefly, but he was a

While it's likely we'll see Doctor Strange's next full appearance in Avengers: Infinity War, the possibilities are endless when it comes to the future of Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme after his first film releases on November 4th. Director Scott Derrickson confirmed to Den of Geek that he's been thinking about ideas for a sequel, given his love for the character and the source material. "I love the character, I love the visual possibilities, and I know the comics so well - [the first movie is] the tip of an iceberg.

I seem to remember feeling around the time Doctor Strange was announced was all the buzz was entirely around Benedict Cumberbatch getting cast in the main role. There was a time where it was reported the actor couldn’t do it because a production of Hamlet would clash with the filming, but eventually, that was worked out. It seems that Cumberbatch was always the choice too. Speaking to Empire, director Scott Derrickson said that Cumberbatch was ‘the only actor we seriously considered’. However, it took some doing.

Scott Derrickson may be getting a little punchy. The director of the next Marvel film / franchise, Doctor Strange, was having fun on Twitter last yesterday and answered fans questions including which MCU movie is his favorite… Guardians of the Galaxy was his answer. But he also posted this odd looking tweet.     ƎϽNƎ˥OIΛ ϽIԀOᴚ⊥OHϽʎSԀ ˥∀NOISNƎWIᗡ-ᴚƎH⊥O ᗡN∀ ʎ⊥ISNƎ⊥NI ϽI⊥Ͻ∀˥∀ƃ ϽIԀOϽSOᗡIƎ˥∀ʞ ᴚOℲ 31-ƃԀ ᗡƎ⊥∀ᴚ — Scott Derrickson (@scottderrickson) August 13, 2016 Looking at it closely, what Derrickson has done is made up his own rating for his movie.