Marvel's Doctor Strange Movie: The Story So Far

Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ movie looks set to finally become a reality as it has been reported that directors and writers are being eyed up to bring the magical character to life.

Along with a director Marvel are also shopping for a writer. An original draft was made years ago by Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly and there’s no word if any of this will be used. Instead it’s rumoured ‘Kung Fu Panda’ writers Jon Aibel and Glenn Berger are being approached with Marvel wanting either a writer and a filmmaker who can work together or a filmmaker who can do both.

It’s about time that this magical comic creation finally got a proper big screen outing. He first appeared in the comic ‘Strange Tales No. 110’ in 1963. Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange was a brilliant but greedy neurosurgeon who’s career is left in jeopardy after a car accident damages his hands. Strange’s search for a cure leads him to a scorcher called ‘The Ancient One’ in the Himalayas who teaches him the mystic arts, transforming himself into 'the mightiest magician in the cosmos’. While we'll have to wait a while before the 'Doctor Strange' movie is a reality, luckily there's always plenty happening in that Marvel Universe to keep us going namely the forthcoming 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.

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