With a New Movie Around the Corner, Doctor Strange Enters the Big Leagues
Nick Nadel's Tuesday column examines the increasingly busy intersection between comic books and the movies.
Remember all that talk about Iron Man being a B-level Marvel hero? Seems pretty silly in retrospect, right? Well, the same could be said for Doctor Strange soon. Though he hasn't carried his own ongoing series in years, Marvel Films president of production Kevin Feige recently hinted that Doctor Strange could make it to the big screen as early as 2012. As with Iron Man, you shouldn't discount the Sorcerer Supreme. Here's how a Doctor Strange movie could expand Marvel's ever growing bag of movie tricks.
Oh, the Horror
Marvel has dipped its toes into the supernatural with mixed results in the past (Ghost Rider gave me nightmares for all the wrong reasons), but Doctor Strange presents an opportunity to dive head first into the occult. Earlier this year, rumors swirled that Guillermo del Toro and Neil Gaiman (a geek dream team supreme) were working on an adaptation. Del Toro would no doubt push the horror elements of Doctor Strange, but, sadly, he is currently busy with other projects. Still, Gaiman has expressed interest in the character on a number of occasions, and used him memorably in his 1602
series. Hopefully, Gaiman and del Toro will tackle the good doctor before Brett Ratner swoops in and has him blasting demons with a
magic shotgun.
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