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On-screen title card.

Doctor Strange is a 2016 film and the second in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase Three. It was produced by Marvel Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was directed by Scott Derrickson, from a screenplay by himself, Jon Spaihts, and C. Robert Cargill.

It was followed in 2022 with the sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with a new writer and director.

Release dates[]

  • Hong Kong: October 13, 2016
  • United States: November 4, 2016

Briefing[]

Stephen Strange, renowned surgeon, is caught in a near-fatal accident, which ends his career when his hands are crushed, sending him on the long path of rediscovery and into the mystical teachings of the Ancient One. Strange must look beyond the world he has come to know if he is to become a Master of the Mystic Arts and save the world from the dark forces bleeding into the world.

Debriefing[]

Cast[]

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Production[]

Notes[]

  • Amy Landecker and Meera Syal as Doctors Bruner and Patel, respectively, are credited even though their scenes were ultimately cut from the finished film.
  • Benedict Cumberbatch's stand-in was Peter Alberti.
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor's stand-ins were Liam Henry and Lee Admassie.
  • Rachel McAdams's stand-in was Georgie Carter.
  • Benedict Wong's stand-in was Cem Ozgan.
  • Mads Mikkelson's stand-in was Sam Hare.
  • Tilda Swinton's stand-ins were Al Cerullo and William Richards.
  • Cumberbatch is also uncredited as the motion capture and voice of Dormammu, along with an unidentified British actor's voice. Tony Todd also provided an alternate take in case Cumberbatch's voice wasn't used.

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