When is Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness released in cinemas? Who’s in the cast? Is there a trailer? – RadioTimes

After tearing through realities in his debut and saving the Avengers with some time-travelling trickery, Doctor Strange is returning for a second solo movie.

Yes, Benedict Cumberbatchs warrior warlock is set to return for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Sorcerer Supreme once again accompanied by his trusty levitating cape and sidekick Wong.

But when will it be released? What is the plot? Heres everything you need to know

Marvel announced at Comic-Con in July 2019 that the film will be released on 7th May 2021.

Aside from the obvious return of Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular Strange, the big news from Comic-Con 2019 is that Elizabeth Olsens Scarlett Witch will feature in the film, though quite how still remains a mystery. Feige suggested that the upcoming Disney+ TV show WandaVision, which will centre around her character, will lead her to darken Stranges door.

Rachel McAdams (who plays Christine Palmer) and Benedict Wong (Wong) are also thought to be coming back for the sequel.

Director Scott Derrickson, who was at the helm for the 2016 film, had originally been due to reprise the position for the sequel.

However in January 2020 Derrickson announced that he would no longer be attached to the project, as a result of creative differences.

That came after a series of apparently contradictory comments about the films direction from Derrickson, who had promised the first scary MCU film, and Marvel chief Kevin Feige, who was quick to water down that promise.

As things stand, Derrickson has not been replaced but well update this page when a new director comes on board.

At this point, were not sure. But the end of the first Doctor Strange certainly set up Mordo as the main antagonist for future films. A post-credit scene saw the Master of the Mystic Arts apparently turn on Strange for meddling with natural law, claiming the Earth had too many sorcerers.

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However, there could be a new baddie on the block: Nightmare. Ruler of the Dream Dimension, the supervillain has the power to suck psychic energies from the subconscious minds of dreaming beings.

I really like the character of Nightmare and the concept that the Nightmare Realm is a dimension, Derrickson told IGN when questioned on which villain hed want to bring into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, before he had stepped aside.

We decided not [to use Nightmare in the first Doctor Strange film] because thats a bit of a complex idea to try to introduce everything we do introduce and introduce the idea of nightmares themselves as being a dimension. I hope somewhere down the line we do get to explore that because I think thats super cool concept.

According to a listing from Production Weekly, the plot will follow Dr. Stephen Strange as he continues his research on the Time Stone after the events of Avengers: Endgame, before an old friend turned enemy shows up, messing with the plan and causing him to unleash an unspeakable evil.

While he was still attached, Scott Derrickson had revealed that the sequel would play up the gothic [and] the horror of Doctor Stranges world, and speaking at the New York Film Academy, MarvelsKevin Feige explained that while the film wont be strictly horror,itll be a big MCU film with scary sequences in it.

I mean, there are horrifying sequences in Raiders [of the Lost Ark] that I as a little kid would [cover my eyes] when their faces melted Its fun to be scared in that way, and not a horrific, torturous way, but a way that is legitimately scary he added.

Within the Marvel comics, the multiverse is basically the popular science-fiction trope that infinite parallel universes exist containing radically or slightly different versions of the world we know. The main Marvel comics universe is dubbed Universe 616, and occasionally visitors and villains from other universes cross over for hugely important stories including the two Spider-Verse miniseries (which inspired 2018 animated movie Into the Spider-Verse) and the Exiles comic book, which featured a team of X-Men from different universes brought together to jump between worlds to take on dangerous missions.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home the multiverse was mentioned onscreen for the first time when con artist Quentin Beck/Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) falsely claimed to be from a parallel world. However, its been suggested that just because Beck lied doesnt mean there isnt a multiverse at all, with the fact that Skrull leader Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) took the backstory at face value suggesting that he may have been aware of the real multiverse.

If Doctor Strange does introduce the concept properly, it could allow for parallel versions of the characters we know and love, evil versions of heroes, heroic versions of villains and even some deceased Avengers coming back for a surprise cameo.

Many fans have also posited that the introduction of the multiverse could be the perfect way for Marvel to introduce the X-Men franchise to the Marvel Cinematic Universe so watch this space

Nope at the current time, the trailer and any sneak peek pictures are hidden away in the dark dimension.

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