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By The Hoary Hosts Of Hoggoth, It’s The First Trailer For Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’!
After releasing a teaser poster for it earlier today, Marvel Studios has finally conjured up a trailer for their fourteenth(!) film, Doctor Strange! Directed by Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister), this mystical extension of the Marvel Cinematic Universe arrives in theaters this November 4th. Without further adieu, I give you the first cinematic glimpse of the Sorcerer Supreme himself…
By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth indeed! While it entirely fits within the Marvel aesthetic, the magical and mind-bending (as well as reality-bending) imagery looks pretty damn great. We’ve been told the script had an almost pseudo-Lord of Illusions vibe, so it will be interesting to see if any such darker elements have made it into the final film. Judging off of what is shown here, the possibility is certainly there, at least.
There’s not much to go on in the way of plot still, aside from Dr. Stephen Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) maiming-accident and first encounters with Baron Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), but that’s all we need at this stage. The point of this trailer is to intrigue audiences and I suspect this trailer will do just that. For now, this looks like a winner.
Still, many questions remain. Is McAdams playing Clea or Night Nurse, as both have been rumored. Hell, perhaps she is both! Will Mordo turn on Strange and The Ancient One before the end of the film? Exactly which big Strange nemesis is “Hannibal” star Mads Mikkelsen portraying? Nightmare? The Dread Dormmamu? Someone else entirely? Who is B-movie action star Scott Adkins playing? A friend or a foe? I guess we’ve got a ways to go before any of these (and other) questions are answered.
Doctor Strange arrives in theaters on November 4th, 2016. The film is directed by Scott Derrickson, from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlberg, Benedict Wong, Amy Landecker, and Scott Adkins.
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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