
While Raimi had to follow some of the story already told in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he also revealed to Rolling Stone that the studio gave him “complete creative freedom” to tell his own story in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. I never even saw all of WandaVision I’ve just seen key moments of some episodes that I was told directly impact our storyline.” “Therefore, we had to really study what WandaVision was doing, so we could have a proper through line and character-growth dynamic. I just know that halfway, or maybe three-quarters of the way into our writing process, I’d first heard of this show they were doing and that we would have to follow it,” he said. “I’m not really sure what the WandaVision schedule was or how it changed. He also told the magazine about how the movie follows the storyline of Disney Plus’ 2021 miniseries, WandaVision, starring Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch / Wanda Maximoff. Not just dealing with one character, or even five characters, but multiversal versions of those characters - and each one has a storyline.” “It’s probably the most complex movie I’ve ever had anything to do with. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2022, director Sam Raimi explained how Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is different than any other Marvel movie. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness sees Doctor Strange continue to learn of the repercussions that come with messing with time and space. The character was first introduced in the Marvel Comics issue, “Strange Tales #110,” in 1963.ĭoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is set after the events of 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which sees Doctor Strange break open the Multiverse to help his fellow Marvel superhero, Peter Parker / Spider-Man, become anonymous again. Stephen Strange, a neurosurgeon (also known as Doctor Strange) who, after a career-ending car crash, discovers magic and becomes a Master of the Mystic Arts to protect the earth. The film-which is the 29th movie in the MCU overall-stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the second movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Doctor Strange franchise after 2016’s Doctor Strange.
