Doctor Strange Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Dr. Strange was a self-centered New York surgeon robbed of his touch after a car accident. After a stint as a wandering derelict, he encounters a healer in the Himalayas and learns to tap into psychic powers to battle wrongdoers.

Action Adventure Superhero

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Doctor Strange.

• 
  Benedict Cumberbatch

  ... Doctor Stephen Strange

  1917, The Penguins of Madagascar

• 
  Rachel McAdams

  The Notebook, Send Help

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  Tilda Swinton

  ... Anicent One

  Zero Theorem, The Room Next Door

• 
  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, 2012

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  Mads Mikkelsen

  Mufasa: The Lion King, The Black Kaiser

• 
  Michael Stuhlbarg

  The Post, Tom Cruise/Alejandro Iñárritu Movie

Crew Behind the Film

The Doctor Strange behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Scott Derrickson last directed The Gorge and The Black Phone. The film's writer Thomas Dean Donnelly last wrote Conan The Barbarian and A Sound of Thunder.

Director

Scott Derrickson

Screenwriters

Thomas Dean Donnelly
Joshua Oppenheimer
Jon Spaihts

Producer

Kevin Feige

Production Details

What we know about the Doctor Strange movie production.

Key Facts

• Doctor Strange is the latest film in Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Phase 3’s goal
• Dr. Strange is a formerly cocky surgeon who loses the use of his hands, and while on a last ditch attempt to heal himself, discovers magic.
• As Marvel chief Kevin Feige explains, "Doctor Stephen Strange, brilliant neurosurgeon, bit of an arrogant fellow who gets in a car accident and ruins what he thinks are the tools of his trade: his hands. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the supernatural, that involves everything from quantum mechanics to string theory. The idea of this film is to open up a whole new corner of the cinematic universe. We want to enter, through Strange, the world of parallel dimensions."
• Based on the Marvel character originated in 1963 by Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.

Production Updates for Doctor Strange

Oct 2016

Completed

Changed Doctor Strange movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Apr 2016

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Nov 2015

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Production has begun. The film will be shot in several locations around the world, including London, New York, Hong Kong and Kathmandu, Nepal.

Nov 2015

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Shooting starts December 2015 in London.

Jun 2014

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

May 2013

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Marvel Studio president Kevin Feige confirmed the film is in development for a 2016 release date. The film would be come during Phase 3 after Ant Man.

Jun 2010

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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