![]() And if Mordo was mad about Stephen breaking the rules to save the entire planet, just wait until he hears about what the guy did during the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home. It took a while for that bill to come due, but Strange’s reckoning has arrived. Crucially, Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is also back for the first time since his post-credits scene in Doctor Strange, in which he denounced the Masters of the Mystic Arts altogether: “I see what’s wrong with the world … too many sorcerers.”ĭespite being an ally and something of a mentor to Strange in their cinematic debuts, Mordo returns in Multiverse of Madness in what appears to be his villainous role in the comics, as one of Strange’s archenemies. Nic West (Michael Stuhlbarg), and the current Sorcerer Supreme, Wong (Benedict Wong), who was granted the lofty title after Strange disappeared during the Snap. ![]() Mordo leaves behind the Masters of the Mystic Arts in response to Strange’s manipulations of nature-and his discovery that the Ancient One had been doing the same-but not before reminding Strange that actions never cease to have consequences: “The bill comes due, always … a reckoning.”Īlong with the mystical doctor, several characters from Doctor Strange will be returning for the sequel, including his ex-girlfriend Dr. Strange manages to trap Dormammu in a time loop and then strike a bargain with him to leave Earth alone, but doing so forces Strange to break that inviolable rule of not tampering with the natural order of life. Despite the fact that she’s centuries old, nobody ever questioned how she was doing it.)īy the end of the movie, Strange transforms from a novice into the world’s only hope against a scary, purple space entity named Dormammu, who brings the Dark Dimension to Earth and threatens to consume all of humanity in the process. (Of course, the Ancient One has secretly been drawing energy from the Dark Dimension to extend her life. The Ancient One, Wong, and Baron Mordo help teach Strange the ways of the mystic arts, including how to draw energy from other dimensions across the multiverse without breaking the fundamental laws of nature. The Sorcerer Supreme takes the unsuspecting former surgeon on a psychedelic tour across the multiverse to show him how little he understands of the true nature of his existence. Within moments of meeting the Ancient One in Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange visits the Quantum Realm and beyond. (Note: There won’t be any spoilers below for Multiverse of Madness, or at least nothing beyond what already has been revealed in the film’s overabundance of trailers, but everything else that’s come before it in the MCU is fair game.) Doctor Strange Screenshots via DisneyĪ year before Doctor Strange hit theaters, Ant-Man introduced MCU viewers to the Quantum Realm, an alternate dimension that Scott Lang reaches by shrinking his body to a subatomic level. Let’s take a look back at the many projects that have set the stage for Multiverse of Madness and what they can tell us about Doctor Strange’s next chapter. So ahead of its release on Friday, a refresher is in order. The long-awaited sequel is set to tie in characters and plotlines from past MCU films and TV shows alike, even more so than the standard Marvel affair. Following Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson’s departure from Multiverse of Madness in early 2020 because of “creative differences,” Raimi was entrusted with the reins of a movie that was teased as a mind-bending journey across the multiverse that would weave in elements of horror that the MCU has never seen. Twenty years after Sam Raimi directed the industry-shifting Spider-Man, the filmmaker returns to helm another Marvel movie. Now, more than five years after the release of 2016’s Doctor Strange and nearly three years since Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen helped announce its sequel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, Multiverse of Madness finally arrives on Friday. ![]() Thanks to the pandemic, however, the film faced multiple delays, and other projects shifted ahead of it on Marvel’s Phase 4 slate. ![]() In another universe, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness would have arrived in crowded theaters across the world almost exactly a year ago, a few months after WandaVision premiered on Disney+ to help set up the blockbuster movie. ![]()
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