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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Will be the “First MCU Horror Film” #SDCC
If the announcement of a new Blade film as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe wasn’t exciting enough, it was revealed that the Doctor Strange sequel will be the first ever MCU horror film.
During Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, the title was announced as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and will play up “the gothic, the horror,” explained director Scott Derrickson, who also helmed several horror films including The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Sinister.
Variety noted that Derrickson explains that the horror-fied sequel will lead Benedict Cumberbatch to dark and damaging places, though he will have company in Elizabeth Olsen, who will reprise her role as Scarlet Witch.
The events of her Disney Plus series “Wandavision” will lead her to Doctor Strange’s doorstep, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige added.
The basic premise of the character’s source material is that he is a world-class surgeon whose abilities are taken away in a horrific accident. After searching the world over to find a way to heal himself, he eventually finds himself under the tutelage of The Ancient One, who trains him in the mystic arts. Now the Sorcerer Supreme, he must battle dark forces from our world and other realms.
Doctor Strange will enter the Multiverse of Madness on May 7, 2021.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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