Benedict Cumberbatch in Marvel's 'Doctor Strange' has just had an impressive outing in his superhero costume. The 'Doctor Strange' stills are such that to-be-released 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and 'Batman v Superman' movies will likely be forgotten. 'Doctor Strange,' directed by Scott Derrickson of 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose' and 'Deliver Us from Evil', is joined by 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' and 'Hannibal' star Mads Mikkelsen, 'The Notebok''s Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Fans are thrilled to see Cumberbatch perfectly fit Doctor Stephen Strange's persona based on these first official images released by Disney.
Cumberbatch gives a peek of how he worked on his 'Doctor Strange' character for the official stills: "I'm still in the infancy of learning all that. It was like, okay, I've got to keep throwing these poses, these spells, these rune-casting things, everything he does physically. I'm thinking, there's going to be a huge amount of speculation and intrigue over the positioning of that finger as opposed to it being there, or there. And I'm still working on that. We haven't played any of those scenes yet. I felt really self-conscious. But, then, by the end, it was great. It's like anything, you just have to experiment."
Derrickson also shares his wonder at being able to direct 'Doctor Strange': "I'm perpetually awestruck that I'm getting to make this movie. I keep waiting for the knock on the door when somebody says, 'This movie's too weird, we can't make this.'"
Here are a few important Doctor Strange updates: Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says Mikkelsen is going to be the villain but he is not Dormammu: "Mads' character is a sorcerer who breaks off into his own sect. [He] believes that the Ancient One is just protecting her own power base and that the world may be better off if we were to allow some of these other things through."
Feige also addresses speculations that MacAdams will either be Clea or Night Nurse: "Rachel McAdams plays a fellow surgeon that has a history with Strange and is his sort of lynchpin to his old life, once he steps into he role of a sorcerer. She is someone he connects with at the beginning, and reconnects with, and helps anchor his humanity."
Filming will wrap up in March and the film is set for a November 4, 2016 release.
