Has Marvel conjured the perfect actor to play the Master of the Mystic Arts?
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) will play the title hero in Doctor Strange according to Deadline.
Scott Derrickson is directing. No official release date is set yet.
Stephen Strange was name dropped by Hydra operatives in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
The star is likely to tied to a long-term contract with multiple films including Avengers 3.
Dr. Strange was a brilliant, arrogant surgeon whose career was cut short. While seeking a cure and new purpose in Tibet he encountered The Ancient One and started a new path which made him the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.
What do you think of this possible casting?
By Editor