For a long time now, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has been attempting to bring his own passion project Dr. Strange to the big screen. Now it looks like it will finally happen, as Sinister and Exorcism of Emily Rose director Scott Derrickson is in early discussions to helm the project for a Phase 3 release.
In the comics, Dr. Stephen Strange is a former doctor who gets into an accident and loses his ability to perform surgery due to the loss of the nerves in his hands. As a result, he goes on a search across the globe for any and every cure that can help him regain the feeling in his hands. Ultimately his search brings him to someone called The Ancient One who specializes in the occult. Strange travels to meet The Ancient One in the hopes that he can cure his hands, but The Ancient One refuses. Instead he offers to teach Stephen mysticism. It isn't until Stephen sees just what The Ancient One is capable of doing that he agrees to be his student. Stephen tutors under The Ancient One for several years before returning to the United States.
Due to its dark and mystic nature, Dr. Strange will be different to what the Marvel Cinematic Universe is used to, even more so than Guardians of the Galaxy. Scott Derrickson is best known for two popular horror flicks: The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and his most recent one, Sinister. Dr. Strange is right up his alley in terms of the tone of the story. I have no doubt that he is the perfect man for the job.
As of right now there is no release date for Dr. Strange; however, there are two dates - July 8, 2016 and May 5, 2017 - held by Marvel that currently have no film set to be released, so the general consensus is that Dr. Strange will fill one of these two dates.
Once Scott officially signs on for Dr. Strange (and hopefully he does), then the search will begin for who will portray the title character.
Source: Variety
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