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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.
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‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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