32 Facts About Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a 2022 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Doctor Strange.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness signed to return as director in December 2018, when Cumberbatch was confirmed to return.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on May 2,2022, and was released in the United States on May 6, as part of Phase Four of the MCU.

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America Chavez and a version of Stephen Strange are chased by a demon in the space between universes while searching for the Book of Vishanti.

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Chavez explains that the beings are hunting her because she has the power to travel through the multiverse.

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Mordo believes that Earth-616's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is similarly dangerous, but Maximoff reestablishes her dreamwalk at Mount Wundagore and arrives in her Earth-838 counterpart's body before they can pass judgment.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness then takes over Chavez's mind, using her powers to send the others to an incursion-destroyed universe.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness develops a third eye as a result of using the Darkhold and dreamwalking into a corpse.

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Also appearing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness film are Sheila Atim as Sara, a Master of the Mystic Arts, and Adam Hugill as the voice of Rintrah, a minotaur-like being from R'Vaal who is a student at Kamar-Taj.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness explained that he had been "kept in the loop" on how the Avengers films were using Strange due to his close relationships with Joe Russo—the co-director of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame —and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness explained that it was their intention for the film to serve as a guide into a "much creepier side" of the MCU, even after Derrickson's departure, and they wanted to explore the "mind-bending frightening side" of the multiverse.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness had been reluctant to direct another Marvel superhero film after the mixed critical reaction to Spider-Man 3, feeling that he needed a break from that genre, but he accepted the job because of the challenge of getting the film into production right away and because he was a fan of the Doctor Strange character and Derrickson's work on the first film.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness said this was "almost impossible", and Raimi felt "very rushed and panicked" trying to meet the May 2020 production start date.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness described Multiverse of Madness as Raimi's return to "big superhero movies", and said it would have every aspect of a Sam Raimi film, including a "slightly scarier direction" which he felt Raimi had a strong track record with.

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Palmer said Waldron's work introducing the multiverse in Loki allowed Marvel Studios to "jump into telling a good story" without having to re-explain those ideas for the audience, and helped bring "a lot of heart to [the] sci-fi concepts".

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness looked at how the character had developed through his other MCU appearances, and Raimi praised how Waldron's imagination and knowledge of Marvel history contributed to the script.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness wanted to avoid the film getting "overstuffed" by adding a different multiverse-related villain such as Kang the Conqueror, and felt that this would create a "watered-down version of Wanda [who] wouldn't be the protagonist, and she wouldn't really be the antagonist".

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The story of Multiverse of Madness is still set up by WandaVision, but the film was developed to work for viewers who did not watch the series.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness wanted to do something similar with Maximoff by introducing the Illuminati as a group of characters that fans would be excited to see and then have Maximoff kill them all.

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Until then, Waldron had been writing the script expecting Multiverse of Madness to be released before No Way Home.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was in contact with No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers throughout the writing process, and after the release date change they adjusted their respective scripts so instead of Multiverse of Madness "blowing the lid on the multiverse" it would pick up after No Way Home with Strange already having multiverse experience.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness said the film was more collaborative than his previous MCU appearances, for which he felt like he was "just along for the ride".

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Olsen shot for three weeks before pandemic restrictions increased near the end of December due to a surge of COVID-19 cases Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness United Kingdom, with another lockdown in England announced from January 6,2021.

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Also Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness group is John Krasinski as Fantastic Four member Reed Richards.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness believed this was Doctor Strange Supreme, an alternate version of the character introduced in What If.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness held its world premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on May 2,2022.

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The film was released Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness United Kingdom on May 5,2022, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness United States on May 6, in 4DX, RealD 3D, IMAX, Dolby Cinema, ScreenX, and Superscreen.

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Tickets were still available Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness United Arab Emirates, which The Hollywood Reporter stated was an indication that the film could still be released there.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness praised Raimi's directing style of the film that he regarded as one of "the most singularly identifiable vision of an MCU director".

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness thought the film was "unsatisfying in some respects", but praised the final act, which he felt starts to "play more to Raimi's strengths – [it's] looser, more kinetic and occasionally goofy despite [the] big stakes".

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness criticized the characterization in the film, and felt that "the story keeps coming back to incredibly shallow character traits like Wanda's grief, Strange's unspoken love for Christine, or America's uncertainty about her own powers" instead of focusing on the potential of the multiverse, and criticized the use of CGI, though he added that the film did contain Raimi's "visual flair".

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is nominated in three categories at the 2022 Golden Trailer Awards: "Nightmare" for Best Fantasy Adventure and Best Summer 2022 Blockbuster Trailer, and "Ready" for Best Summer 2022 Blockbuster TV Spot.

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