Mystical New Photos and Concept Art From Marvel's DOCTOR STRANGE
Earlier this morning, we got our first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange in Marvel's upcoming film. EW has since released some new images from the film, including new photos of Cumberbatch sporting the awesome look of the Sorcerer Supreme, along with some extremely cool concept art for you to check out. There's some great stuff here, one piece in particular teases the psychedelic visual tone of the film. I can't wait to see this charcter in magical action on the big screen!
Each image comes along with a quote from Cumberbatch, director Scott Derrickson, and producer Kevin Fiege. The one above included a quote from the actor saying:
“These gestures are ways of creating the magic. It’s a beautiful thing, it’s balletic, it’s very dynamic. And once the boys in the backroom get to work on it, there’s going to be crazy s--t going on."
"There’s all sorts of craziness [in Doctor Strange]," says Cumberbatch. "Falling, flying, jumping, fighting, punching, getting punched. It’s really rough and tumble."
"I’m perpetually awestruck that I’m getting to make this movie," director Scott Derrickson tells EW. "I keep waiting for the knock on the door when somebody says, 'This movie’s too weird, we can’t make this.'"
"When this comic appeared in the early '60s, it really informed, in a way that is pretty amazing, a lot of the psychedelic '60s as we know it. I don’t know that they were doing anything weird in the bullpen in Marvel, but certainly the stuff they were doing inspired all those people who were doing mind-expansion experiments at the time," explains producer Kevin Feige. "So, that's inherent to the property. And that's our mission statement for the visual effects on this movie."
"[Benedict] was someone that we were very interested in for a very long time," reveals Feige. "But he kept getting more popular, and more popular, and he kept getting busier, and busier, and it looked like the timing wasn’t going to work. So we looked at some other actors for a while and ultimately decided, ‘We have to try and make it work with Benedict and with his schedule.’"