The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness director Sam Raimi will soon put his stamp on the Marvel franchise with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and you better believe he will be bringing a “flavor” of horror to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with Fandango, Raimi, who is, of course, a celebrated horror director, teased how the Doctor Strange sequel will differ from the rest of the MCU, calling the movie the first Marvel outing with “an element of horror.”
The idea of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness being a Marvel movie with a horror flare has been mentioned before by Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, no less. And who better to bring that to life than Sam Raimi? The filmmaker continued, clarifying Feige’s comments, and teasing the scares in store as Doctor Strange enters the multiverse.
“I think what [Kevin] meant, from my point of view, is that this film has a flavor of horror to it. I think when the original director, Scott Derrickson, and Kevin promoted the coming of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, they said that it was going to be the first Marvel superhero film that had an element of horror to it. I hope I’m not misquoting them. But even after Scott left the picture due to creative differences, that was still the mandate – to make the first Marvel film that had an element of horror. So, I kept true to their original statements.”
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This spookiness has already been hinted at throughout the marketing for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with the latest footage offering a further glimpse at the zombies, monsters and the evil, three-eyed Doctor Strange that threaten to destroy the fabric of reality.
“I think that’s what Kevin means, because it is spooky at some times and scary at others. It’s unknown what you’ll find in the multiverse. It’s within that unknown that suspense and darkness exists. A tool to titillate the audience’s fear. Plus, Doctor Strange in the comics has always dealt in universes and dimensions that were quite spooky, so we tried to bring some of that into this film.”
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Will Further Explore the Marvel Multiverse
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Despite the release of several trailers, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is still shrouded in mystery. What we do know is that the movie will find Stephen Strange seeking help from his ally Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme, and the Avengers’ most powerful Scarlet Witch, Wanda, as he attempts to fix the broken multiverse. But a terrible threat looms over humanity, and even more surprising, the greatest threat in the universe looks exactly like Doctor Strange.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Benedict Wong as Wong, Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/ Scarlet Witch, Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 6, 2022, as part of Phase Four of the MCU.
