Seems like they keep knocking these castings out of the park.
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The Martian’s Benedict Wong Joins Doctor Strange to Play Wong, Doctor Strange’s Sidekick
There are already lot of people in Marvel's upcoming Doctor Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch, ancient being Tilda Swintonas an ancient being, Chiwetel Ejiofor as the possible villain, Transparent's Amy Landecker, a trained martial artist, and Oscar-nominee Rachel McAdams. Now, like a frat bro ignoring the rules of hot-tub safety, Marvel has decided there's space for one more in the party.
The studio has castThe Martian and Marco Polo's Benedict Wong as Doctor Strange's sidekick, Wong. In the comics, Wong is Doctor Strange'smanservant. In the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter, he performs "healing duties, assists in occult matters, is knowledgeable in martial arts and tends to Strange’s affairs."
Wong, who was born in Britain, is the first Asian actor Marvel has cast in a major role in the project, which is based on material that frequently cites East Asian mythology. The studio previously gave the role of a Tibetan mystic to Swinton.
There are already lot of people in Marvel's upcoming Doctor Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch, ancient being Tilda Swintonas an ancient being, Chiwetel Ejiofor as the possible villain, Transparent's Amy Landecker, a trained martial artist, and Oscar-nominee Rachel McAdams. Now, like a frat bro ignoring the rules of hot-tub safety, Marvel has decided there's space for one more in the party.
The studio has castThe Martian and Marco Polo's Benedict Wong as Doctor Strange's sidekick, Wong. In the comics, Wong is Doctor Strange'smanservant. In the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter, he performs "healing duties, assists in occult matters, is knowledgeable in martial arts and tends to Strange’s affairs."
Wong, who was born in Britain, is the first Asian actor Marvel has cast in a major role in the project, which is based on material that frequently cites East Asian mythology. The studio previously gave the role of a Tibetan mystic to Swinton.
That article didn't even mention that Mads Mikkelson (Hannibal) will be the main villain.
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/28/doctor-strange-mads-mikkelsen
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/28/doctor-strange-mads-mikkelsen
video inside the link
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/docto...ide-new-looks-at-benedict-cumberbatch-a131278
Love this character. Even the old ass 70s movie. Hope they don't fuck this up because Antman was a sleeper, maybe this can be too.
early reports are real good
Isn't this things supposed to come out in November? If so were are the promotional materials? The first teaser trailer at least? I guess Comic-Con in the summer is when they will go promotional heavy. Which they need too considering Dr.Strange is not a character that many people know.
I'm looking forward to this
Regardless of how the movie is, there's no doubt they got some top notch talent. Don't forget that Tilda Swinton and Rachel McAdams are in it too.
That's kinda why I like Jessica jones and Luke Cage.
Fighting in some regular shit lol. Jeans and T shirt.
But maybe thats why their fight scenes weren't so good? You need something tight to move right?
Fighting in some regular shit lol. Jeans and T shirt.
But maybe thats why their fight scenes weren't so good? You need something tight to move right?
Doctor Strange Set Photos: Benedict Cumberbatch’s Costume in Action
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Following the trend established during Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there are not one but two Marvel Studio films releasing this year. The first is the vigorously hypedCaptain America: Civil War, in which opposing factions led by Iron Man and Captain America will square off. The second is Doctor Strange, a film that will establish the more mystical side of the MCU – an area where many of Marvel’s current cinematic roster would be found wildly out of their element.
Since unveiling our first look at Benedict Cumberbatch in his full Doctor Strange attire (looking as he had stepped straight off the comic book page) a smattering of set photos and videos have appeared online, giving an even better impression of how Cumberbatch will embody the role of Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme. As filming continues this weekend in London (standing in for NYC), more photos have cropped up which feature not only Cumberbatch but also his Doctor Strange co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor (playing Baron Mordo).
Take a look below at a handful of set photos depicting Strange and Mordo suited up and ready for battle.
In the past Marvel Studios has never shied away from their characters having bright and colorful costumes, but it’s undeniable how downright “comic-booky” Cumberbatch and Ejiofor appear. Yet, there’s sense of weight and structure to these robes, which certainly lends a bit of realism and will hopefully counteract them appearing too costume-y. Still, some of the poses caught on camera – and in particular these actions shots courtesy ofJust Jared – give Doctor Strange something of a Power Rangers-vibe – especially the images that show Cumberbatch and Ejiofor joined by other students of the Ancient One, coming together to wield their magics and battle evil.
However, for as silly as these actors may appear now, sporting colorful wizard robes while dramatically pointing and posing their hands, once the visual effects work is added these scenes will surely come across as epic as intended. Fans already got a bit of taste of how magic is conjured in the MCU with Scarlet Witch in Age of Ultron, but Doctor Strange will depict characters displaying a multitude of magical powers. MCU guru Kevin Feige has already revealed that Strange himself will have variety of abilities, from casting spells to opening portals. He can also fly thanks to his Cloak of Levitation, which is possibly what we see being filmed in those photos that snapped Cumberbatch in mid-leap.
Captain America: Civil War will release on May 6, 2016, followed by Doctor Strange – November 4, 2016; Guardians of the Galaxy 2 – May 5, 2017; Spider-Man – July 7, 2017; Thor: Ragnarok – November 3, 2017; Black Panther – February 16, 2018; The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 – May 4, 2018; Ant-Man and the Wasp – July 6, 2018; Captain Marvel – March 8, 2019; The Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 – May 3, 2019; Inhumans – July 12, 2019; and as-yet untitled Marvel movies on May 1, July 10 and November 6, 2020.
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Following the trend established during Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there are not one but two Marvel Studio films releasing this year. The first is the vigorously hypedCaptain America: Civil War, in which opposing factions led by Iron Man and Captain America will square off. The second is Doctor Strange, a film that will establish the more mystical side of the MCU – an area where many of Marvel’s current cinematic roster would be found wildly out of their element.
Since unveiling our first look at Benedict Cumberbatch in his full Doctor Strange attire (looking as he had stepped straight off the comic book page) a smattering of set photos and videos have appeared online, giving an even better impression of how Cumberbatch will embody the role of Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme. As filming continues this weekend in London (standing in for NYC), more photos have cropped up which feature not only Cumberbatch but also his Doctor Strange co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor (playing Baron Mordo).
Take a look below at a handful of set photos depicting Strange and Mordo suited up and ready for battle.
In the past Marvel Studios has never shied away from their characters having bright and colorful costumes, but it’s undeniable how downright “comic-booky” Cumberbatch and Ejiofor appear. Yet, there’s sense of weight and structure to these robes, which certainly lends a bit of realism and will hopefully counteract them appearing too costume-y. Still, some of the poses caught on camera – and in particular these actions shots courtesy ofJust Jared – give Doctor Strange something of a Power Rangers-vibe – especially the images that show Cumberbatch and Ejiofor joined by other students of the Ancient One, coming together to wield their magics and battle evil.
However, for as silly as these actors may appear now, sporting colorful wizard robes while dramatically pointing and posing their hands, once the visual effects work is added these scenes will surely come across as epic as intended. Fans already got a bit of taste of how magic is conjured in the MCU with Scarlet Witch in Age of Ultron, but Doctor Strange will depict characters displaying a multitude of magical powers. MCU guru Kevin Feige has already revealed that Strange himself will have variety of abilities, from casting spells to opening portals. He can also fly thanks to his Cloak of Levitation, which is possibly what we see being filmed in those photos that snapped Cumberbatch in mid-leap.
Captain America: Civil War will release on May 6, 2016, followed by Doctor Strange – November 4, 2016; Guardians of the Galaxy 2 – May 5, 2017; Spider-Man – July 7, 2017; Thor: Ragnarok – November 3, 2017; Black Panther – February 16, 2018; The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 – May 4, 2018; Ant-Man and the Wasp – July 6, 2018; Captain Marvel – March 8, 2019; The Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 – May 3, 2019; Inhumans – July 12, 2019; and as-yet untitled Marvel movies on May 1, July 10 and November 6, 2020.
Can anyone fill me in on who that villain is?
Teaser trailer drops tonight
Where? During what?
Jimmy Kimmel
By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth, Doctor Strange has arrived! Marvel’s master of the mystic arts, played by Benedict Cumberbatch using an American accent that takes a second to get used to, makes his grand entrance in a two-minute teaser trailer released Tuesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The clip sets up the broad strokes of the origin story: Dr. Stephen Strange, brilliant but self-absorbed New York neurosurgeon, suffers a debilitating injury in an accident and can no longer function.
His search for a cure takes him around the globe and into the realm of the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), who introduces him to realities beyond ours.
More: Behind the Scenes Photos of ‘Doctor Strange’—From Concept Art to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Final NYC Battle
Along the way we are introduced to the rest of the all-star cast. Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays Stange’s rival, Mordo.
Rachel McAdams, whose character has not been named but appears to be a fellow hospital worker attending to the doctor… and eventual love interest?
And Mads Mikkelsen as the film’s villain, potentially longtime Strange comic-book adversary Dormammu, or perhaps an apostate of the Ancient One possessed by Dormammu. Whatever the case, he’s got some mads magical abilities.
As promised by director Scott Derrikson, the film includes some trippy visuals of alternate dimensions.
And while Strange at one point insists he doesn’t believe in “fairy tales of chakras or energy or the power of belief,” he gets convinced otherwise.
Because by the trailer’s end, we finally meet the Sorcerer Supreme in his classic caped costume striding the stairs of his base, the Sanctum Sanctorum, ready to confront some existential threat unlike any seen before in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Doctor Strange materializes in theaters on Nov. 4.
Here’s a look at the film’s poster, also released Tuesday:
The clip sets up the broad strokes of the origin story: Dr. Stephen Strange, brilliant but self-absorbed New York neurosurgeon, suffers a debilitating injury in an accident and can no longer function.
His search for a cure takes him around the globe and into the realm of the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), who introduces him to realities beyond ours.
More: Behind the Scenes Photos of ‘Doctor Strange’—From Concept Art to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Final NYC Battle
Along the way we are introduced to the rest of the all-star cast. Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays Stange’s rival, Mordo.
Rachel McAdams, whose character has not been named but appears to be a fellow hospital worker attending to the doctor… and eventual love interest?
And Mads Mikkelsen as the film’s villain, potentially longtime Strange comic-book adversary Dormammu, or perhaps an apostate of the Ancient One possessed by Dormammu. Whatever the case, he’s got some mads magical abilities.
As promised by director Scott Derrikson, the film includes some trippy visuals of alternate dimensions.
And while Strange at one point insists he doesn’t believe in “fairy tales of chakras or energy or the power of belief,” he gets convinced otherwise.
Because by the trailer’s end, we finally meet the Sorcerer Supreme in his classic caped costume striding the stairs of his base, the Sanctum Sanctorum, ready to confront some existential threat unlike any seen before in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Doctor Strange materializes in theaters on Nov. 4.
Here’s a look at the film’s poster, also released Tuesday:
It looked very good however at this point my issue with it is twofold: One, why have a female as The ancient one? Two, if you're gonna have a female as The Ancient One, why have this pasty ass white broad as her instead of an Asian? I don't like that shit, but its not at all a deal killer. If indeed the pasty ass broad is The Ancient One, who is the voice at the beginning talking to Dr. Strange that says: "Steven Strange...Might I offer you some advice. Forget everything that you think you know" BTW, where is Wong and will Clea be in the storyline?
I don't like that Benedict Wong being Wong. Is he of Asian descent, yes but does he look the part, ehhh, no. He looks like all he's concerned about is a hot dog and snacks. IJS
The person talking at the beginning sounds like Baron Mondo.
i thought he was a villan
What the Doctor Strange Trailer Reveals About the Movie
Open your third eyes, folks — the first teaser trailer for Doctor Strange has arrived in our dimensional plane! This November’s Scott Derrickson–directed Marvel superhero outing will be the first to step outside of the sci-fi and war-movie genres and into the bold new world of magic-suffused fantasy. As you’d expect, it has a lot of its star, Benedict Cumberbatch (though there’s a surprising twist to his performance!), and a lot of portentous voice-over. But what do we actually learn about what’s going on in this mystical flick? Let's astrally project ourselves into a deep dive.
The first image is of a smashed car windshield, but it’s initially so out-of-context as to almost seem abstract. It feels like Marvel is trying to hit us with a core theme of the trailer — and, presumably, the movie — which is breaking through barriers after violent change.
There’s our protagonist, Dr. Stephen Strange, played by Cumberbatch, floating and seemingly unconscious after a car crash. In traditional comics depictions, Strange is initially a wildly successful surgeon — and a profoundly arrogant one. But the accident and his subsequent maiming humbles him and sends him on a quest for meaning that leads him to his magical powers. Again, this image feels like a bit of slightly ham-fisted thematic information: After a trauma, Strange finds himself floating through life and removed from his usual consciousness.
We also get voice-over from what sounds like Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays Karl Mordo. In the comics, Mordo is one of Strange’s archnemeses, but Ejiofor has said in the past that it’s not so simple in the movie, and that Mordo has a long relationship with Strange’s eventual teacher, the Ancient One (whom we’ll see in a bit). Here, he’s going full Morpheus with his dialogue:
“Stephen Strange, might I offer you some advice? Forget everything that you think you know.”
That last word is pronounced more like “knaw,” perhaps implying that Mordo has a non-American, non-British accent.
Hmm, where is this demolished automobile? The barbed-wire-topped fence implies some kind of guarded facility. The headlights in the distance on the left seem to be coming out from under either an overpass, a toll area, or some kind of checkpoint. We’re somewhere out of the ordinary, but I’m not sure of anything beyond that.
Now Strange is in what appears to be a South Asian location during his post-accident soul-search.
We flash back to what I assume is the immediate aftermath of the crash and get our only glimpse of Rachel McAdams. We don’t get any information about who she is, but she’s wearing medical scrubs. There had been speculation that McAdams would play Strange’s traditional love interest, Clea, but in the comics, Clea is a mystical, otherworldly entity. This lady looks pretty human.
We get a couple of side-by-side pairings, which seem to be images of Strange before and after the crash. The first pairing shows him in a fancy tux, then in a ratty T-shirt and jacket. I guess his sense of style was shattered along with his car.
Then we see him first raising his hands in surgery, then raising them in some kind of cage with graffiti in the background. Stephen’s hands are crucial to the Doctor Strange mythos — they’re smashed up pretty bad in the accident, making him unable to perform his beloved surgery. In the cage image, you can see red scars on his poor little paws.
Mordo walks through what looks like an area with a high concentration of East Asians — it could be somewhere in Asia, or maybe it’s Manhattan’s Chinatown? No one seems to notice that there’s a dude in weird, green robes, but that fits with an idea that’s been at the core of Doctor Strange stories since their very beginning in 1963: The mystic action is often wholly invisible to the average, non-magical bystander.
We see Strange again, but more importantly, we hear him for the first time. And holy crow, Cumberbatch is using an American accent! “I don’t believe in fairy tales about chakras or energy or the power of belief,” he intones. Ah yes, the ol’ Refusal of the Call.
not been happy about the whitewashing.
“You’re a man looking at the world through a keyhole,” she tells Stephen. “You’ve spent your life trying to widen it. Your work saved the lives of thousands. What if I told you that reality is one of many?” Okay, so maybe the movie has two Morpheuses. She’s talking about another key Doctor Strange notion: Other magic dimensions exist adjacent to our own, and only a select few can traverse them.
Rogue One trailer, this one delivers us actual gimpses of Mads Mikkelsen. He’s almost certainly a villain in this movie. Can’t you tell by the Alice Cooper-esque eye makeup? There’s speculation that he’s traditional Strange villain Dormammu, but if that’s true, he’s had a serious makeover — this guy’s head isn’t on fire.
put it on Twitter, “If Inception and The Matrix had a movie baby, it would be this.”
And we end with Strange in full superhero costume (though mostly in silhouette), walking through the base of operations he’s had since his earliest appearances: his Sanctum Sanctorum. It’s usually depicted as being in Greenwich Village, where rents for a pad that sweet were significantly cheaper in 1963.
Open your third eyes, folks — the first teaser trailer for Doctor Strange has arrived in our dimensional plane! This November’s Scott Derrickson–directed Marvel superhero outing will be the first to step outside of the sci-fi and war-movie genres and into the bold new world of magic-suffused fantasy. As you’d expect, it has a lot of its star, Benedict Cumberbatch (though there’s a surprising twist to his performance!), and a lot of portentous voice-over. But what do we actually learn about what’s going on in this mystical flick? Let's astrally project ourselves into a deep dive.
The first image is of a smashed car windshield, but it’s initially so out-of-context as to almost seem abstract. It feels like Marvel is trying to hit us with a core theme of the trailer — and, presumably, the movie — which is breaking through barriers after violent change.
There’s our protagonist, Dr. Stephen Strange, played by Cumberbatch, floating and seemingly unconscious after a car crash. In traditional comics depictions, Strange is initially a wildly successful surgeon — and a profoundly arrogant one. But the accident and his subsequent maiming humbles him and sends him on a quest for meaning that leads him to his magical powers. Again, this image feels like a bit of slightly ham-fisted thematic information: After a trauma, Strange finds himself floating through life and removed from his usual consciousness.
We also get voice-over from what sounds like Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays Karl Mordo. In the comics, Mordo is one of Strange’s archnemeses, but Ejiofor has said in the past that it’s not so simple in the movie, and that Mordo has a long relationship with Strange’s eventual teacher, the Ancient One (whom we’ll see in a bit). Here, he’s going full Morpheus with his dialogue:
“Stephen Strange, might I offer you some advice? Forget everything that you think you know.”
That last word is pronounced more like “knaw,” perhaps implying that Mordo has a non-American, non-British accent.
Hmm, where is this demolished automobile? The barbed-wire-topped fence implies some kind of guarded facility. The headlights in the distance on the left seem to be coming out from under either an overpass, a toll area, or some kind of checkpoint. We’re somewhere out of the ordinary, but I’m not sure of anything beyond that.
Now Strange is in what appears to be a South Asian location during his post-accident soul-search.
We flash back to what I assume is the immediate aftermath of the crash and get our only glimpse of Rachel McAdams. We don’t get any information about who she is, but she’s wearing medical scrubs. There had been speculation that McAdams would play Strange’s traditional love interest, Clea, but in the comics, Clea is a mystical, otherworldly entity. This lady looks pretty human.
We get a couple of side-by-side pairings, which seem to be images of Strange before and after the crash. The first pairing shows him in a fancy tux, then in a ratty T-shirt and jacket. I guess his sense of style was shattered along with his car.
Then we see him first raising his hands in surgery, then raising them in some kind of cage with graffiti in the background. Stephen’s hands are crucial to the Doctor Strange mythos — they’re smashed up pretty bad in the accident, making him unable to perform his beloved surgery. In the cage image, you can see red scars on his poor little paws.
Mordo walks through what looks like an area with a high concentration of East Asians — it could be somewhere in Asia, or maybe it’s Manhattan’s Chinatown? No one seems to notice that there’s a dude in weird, green robes, but that fits with an idea that’s been at the core of Doctor Strange stories since their very beginning in 1963: The mystic action is often wholly invisible to the average, non-magical bystander.
We see Strange again, but more importantly, we hear him for the first time. And holy crow, Cumberbatch is using an American accent! “I don’t believe in fairy tales about chakras or energy or the power of belief,” he intones. Ah yes, the ol’ Refusal of the Call.
“You’re a man looking at the world through a keyhole,” she tells Stephen. “You’ve spent your life trying to widen it. Your work saved the lives of thousands. What if I told you that reality is one of many?” Okay, so maybe the movie has two Morpheuses. She’s talking about another key Doctor Strange notion: Other magic dimensions exist adjacent to our own, and only a select few can traverse them.
And we end with Strange in full superhero costume (though mostly in silhouette), walking through the base of operations he’s had since his earliest appearances: his Sanctum Sanctorum. It’s usually depicted as being in Greenwich Village, where rents for a pad that sweet were significantly cheaper in 1963.
Yes sir. Marvel is consistent with the high level of talent. One of the primary reasons they're pounding DC.
I thought so at first, but I think he's a rival who ends up teaming up with Strange to fight the villian, who is played by Mads Mikkleson.
Yea I think strange and mordo working together, but later on they might become rivals
Why are they not getting the Eye of Agomotto right? The classic piece would look great as is!...but I'm a comic geek soo, I guess it's small stuff. I understand some things translate better on screen, but the eye should look like an eye. Give me some little easter egg for all of the Marvel staff who's kids I put through college with my milk money!