Like clockwork, Marvel recently fired one of its directors most likely for daring to try and have his own artistic voice in this Disney machine. The first Doctor Strange isn’t a great movie by any means, but Scott Derrickson clearly cared a lot about making the character’s mind-bending magic work on screen and filtered it through his own horror background. So yeah it’s a bummer to see him get booted from Doctor Strange: In The Multiverse of Madness because Marvel cares more about WandaVision crossovers or whatever. Rachel McAdams already bounced.
However, if a recent report on Variety is to be believed, I will go absolutely ballistic if Marvel pulls this same stunt with the potential replacement director. If Sam Raimi is really directing Doctor Strange 2, Marvel better stay the hell out of his way.
Sam Raimi is an inspired choice for basically any movie, and that includes a Doctor Strange sequel. Of course the director of one of the most visually inventive horror movies of all-time, Evil Dead, can tackle a subject as trippy as Doctor Strange. Of course the director of the reigning champ of Marvel superhero movies, Spider-Man 2, can bring that same magnificence to another 1960s Steve Ditko co-creation. Benedict Cumberbatch seems down for some Bruce Campbell shenanigans.
Raimi’s talent isn’t in question here. But Marvel’s meddling is. Not to say things couldn’t go well. Raimi’s most recent movie was 2013’s Oz: The Great and Powerful, a big Disney blockbuster. And you would hope that Kevin Feige, who saw Raimi’s work up close and personal as an executive producer on the Spider-Man trilogy, would know that nonsense from the studio was the only reason Spider-Man 3 wasn’t quite as spectacular as the others.
But Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness is coming in only a little over a year, May 2021. So we’re totally afraid Marvel could pressure Raimi to just make the movie Marvel wants to get it ready in time. And if that’s the case why even hire Raimi in the first place? I’m just saying if Doctor Strange is really going into the multiverse, one of those multiverses better feature some Tobey Maguire. The MCU already brought back J.K. Simmons.
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