Marvel is putting some thought into how magic could work in a Doctor Strange movie...and we may have a release window, too!
Wondering how the rules of magic are going to function in the Marvel movies? You're not alone...and they're working on it. With all indications pointing towards a Doctor Strange movie getting ready to take shape, we're going to need answers to those questions sooner rather than later. Luckily, Kevin Feige is out there making the rounds for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and he's got some words about how Doctor Strange will work.
Feige told Badass Digest about some of the preliminary plans for the rules of magic in the Marvel movie world. "Are you watching the Cosmos series? That’s magic, [the quantum physics]. It’s unbelievable. If somebody knew how to tap into that stuff, what’s the difference between that and magic?"
Mr. Feige also said that “Doctor Strange needs to be a Ditko/Kubrick/Miyazaki/The Matrix mind-trip.” That sounds good to us. Quite good, in fact. Really, it would be nice to see Marvel take a hard left turn into genuine weirdness in one of these movies. It seems like the plan going forward is for Marvel to make movies that feature superheroes, rather than superhero movies. Thor: The Dark World wasn't entirely successful as a purely fantasy offering, but it definitely strived for that vibe in its better moments, while Iron Man 3owed more to traditional action movies (and the vision of Shane Black) than it did to any generally established superhero tropes. A darker, more surreal tone for Doctor Strange would be welcomed.
But there's more! Talking with the Huffington Post, Feige envisions the Doctor Strange movie coming to fruition in "Maybe three or four years." So that immediately takes it out of contention as one of the movies that would potentially compete with Batman vs. Superman on the May 6, 2016 release date. There's another as-yet-unrevealed Marvel movie scheduled for July 8th, 2016, but based on Feige's statement, that's still too soon. Marvel also has May 5th, 2017 locked up, too. So, just for the moment, let's pencil that in as the earliest possible date we're likely to see a Doctor Strange movie. It isn't much to go on, we admit.
More on Doctor Strange as we get it!
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