With a pair of Avengers movies coming in 2026 and 2027, Marvel Studios seems to be getting back on the right track. That said, there are some other projects that fans have been asking about, and one of those is Doctor Strange 3. Considering Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness banked nearly $1B and ended on an intriguing cliffhanger, a sequel was a certainty even if they weren’t saying anything. Well, now its star Benedict Cumberbatch is saying something, and he’s got some news.
Speaking with Variety, Cumberbatch confirmed that Doctor Strange 3 is in the works, but it’s in the very earliest stages when they are still figuring out who will write and direct…
“They are very open to discussing where we go next,” Cumberbatch said. “Who do you want to write and direct the next one? What part of the comic lore do you want to explore so that Strange can keep evolving? He’s a very rich character to play. He’s a complex, contradictory, troubled human who’s got these extraordinary abilities, so there’s potent stuff to mess about with.”
The previous film concluded with Strange encountering Clea, played by Charlize Theron, who in the comics is a powerful mystic and the love of his life. Together, they go off to stop an incursion in the Dark Dimension.
So we know one place Strange will be turning up, but how about where he won’t be? Cumberbatch accidentally let slip that Strange won’t be appearing in Avengers: Doomsday…
“Is that a spoiler?” Cumberbatch asked. “Fuck it!”
So while Strange won’t be appearing in Doomsday because of “the character not aligning with this part of the story”, the will be “quite central to where things might go” in Avengers: Secret Wars.
With Robert Downey Jr. returning as Doctor Doom, and reports that Chris Evans is coming back as Nomad, the MCU is unpredictable right now and Doctor Strange is one of the few steadying elements. It doesn’t seem that Cumberbatch is eager to go anywhere any time soon, either.
