It has been a Marvel-ous 24hrs of news springing from Disney+ Day. But that’s over now, and some attention needs to be paid to one of the most crucial MCU films arriving on the silver screen, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Unfortunately, the update can be seen as a bit of a mixed bag.
According to THR, the Doctor Strange sequel is going back for six weeks of “significant” reshoots and additional photography in Los Angeles. That’s more than the typical production budgets into the schedule and suggests a couple of things. Either something REALLY doesn’t work within the screenplay and it needs to be rewritten and those scenes reshot. Or something major has been added that requires these changes.
Considering all of the secrecy surrounding this film and all of the Multiverse stuff Marvel is doing right now, my money is on the latter.
Director Sam Raimi, writer Michael Waldron, and star Benedict Cumberbatch are on board for the reshoots. But what about co-star Elizabeth Olsen who is said to play a major part as Scarlet Witch? Maybe these new scenes involve Xochitl Gomez, who is set to make her MCU debut as the reality-hopping America Chavez?
You’d think the Sorcerer Supreme could simply wave his hands and fix any problems with his own movie.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opens May 6th 2022.
