Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Title

Aliases

Doctor Strange 2, Stellar Vortex (working title)

Release Date(s)

May 4, 2022
May 6, 2022 (USA)

Film Details

Musicians

Danny Elfman

Cinematographers

John Mathieson

Editors

Bob Murawski; Tia Nolan

Distributors

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Production Companies

Marvel Studios

Running Time

126 minutes

Rating

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, frightening images and some language.

Budget

$200 million

Previous and Next Films
Previous	Next
Doctor Strange (October 26, 2016) Avengers: Endgame (April 24, 2019) Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 15, 2021)	—

Appearances

Featured Characters:

Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)

Supporting Characters:

America Chavez (First appearance)
Christine Palmer (Earth-838) (First appearance)
Wanda Maximoff (Earth-838) (First appearance) (Temporarily possessed by Scarlet Witch-199999)
Masters of the Mystic Arts
- Master Wong
- Rintrah (First appearance)
- Master Hamir (Apparent death)
- Sara Wolfe (First appearance; dies)
Illuminati (First appearance)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (First appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Apparent death)
Illuminati (First appearance)
- Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (First appearance; dies)
- Captain Marvel (Maria Rambeau) (First appearance; dies)
- Captain Carter (Peggy Carter) (First appearance; dies)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (First appearance; dies)
- Baron Karl Mordo (First appearance)
Ultron Sentries
Gargantos (First appearance; dies) (Controlled by Scarlet Witch)
Unidentified Demon

Other Characters:

Dr. Christine Palmer (Earth-199999)
Dr. West
Dr West's brother (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Defender Strange (Stephen Strange) (First appearance; dies) (Corpse possessed by Doctor Strange-199999)
Supreme Strange (Stephen Strange) (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback) (Vision or hallucination)
Sinister Strange (Stephen Strange) (First appearance; dies)
Numerous other Doctor Strange's (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Alternate Wong (Mentioned)
Tommy Maximoff (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Billy Maximoff (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Tommy Maximoff (First appearance)
Billy Maximoff (First appearance)
Numerous alternate Tommy and Billy's (Mentioned)
Numerous alternate Wanda's (Mentioned)
Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- Susan Storm (Mentioned)
Franklin Richards (Mentioned)
Valeria Richards (Mentioned)
Inhuman Royal Family (Mentioned)
Elena Chavez (First appearance) (Only in Memories)
Amalia Chavez (First appearance) (Only in Memories)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Mentioned)
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (Mentioned)
Thanos (Earth-199999) (Mentioned)
Vision (Mentioned)
Charlie (Christine's husband) (First appearance)
Donna Strange (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Donna Strange (Earth-Unknown) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Pizza Poppa (First appearance)
Thanos (Only in flashback) (Corpse)
Clea (First appearance)
Chthon (Mentioned)
Avengers (Mentioned)
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
Hydra (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Humans
Dinosaurs
Mutants (First appearance)
Inhumans (First appearance)
Robots
"Souls of the Damned"

Locations:

Multiverse
- Space between Universe's
- Earth-199999
  - Earth
    - United States of America
      - New York
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Greenwich Village
        New York City Sanctum
        
        Westview, New Jersery (Mentioned)
    - Nepal
      - Kathmandu
        Kamar-Taj
    - Wundagore Mountain (First appearance)
      - "Tomb/Temple of the Darkhold"
  - Mirror Dimension
  - Dark Dimension
- Earth-838
  - Earth
    - United States of America
      - New York
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Greenwich Village
        New York City Sanctum
        
        Central Park
        Headquarters of the Illuminati
        
        Memory Lane
        
        New Jersey
        Westview (First appearance)
        Wanda's Residence (First appearance)
  - Titan (Only in flashback)
- Various unidentified realities
- America Chavez' Home Reality (Only in flashback)
- Sinister Strange's Home Reality
  - United States of America
    - New York
      - New York City
        Manhattan
        Greenwich Village
        New York City Sanctum

Items:

Cloak of Levitation
Eye of Agamotto
Sling Ring
Brazier of Bom'Galiath
Book of the Vishanti (Destroyed) (First appearance)
Darkholds (Destroyed)
Sands of Nisanti (First appearance)
Hoverchair (First appearance)
Captain Carter's Shield (First appearance)

Events:

Incursions

Plot

Plot not yet listed

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange^[1]

Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch / Wanda Maximoff^[1]

Benedict Wong as Wong^[2]

Rachel McAdams as Dr. Christine Palmer^[3]

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Karl Mordo^[4]

Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez^[5]^[6]

Adam Hugill as Rintrah

Michael Stuhlbarg as Nicodemus West

Additionally, Patrick Stewart will appear in an undisclosed role.^[7]

Notes

Director Scott Derrickson teased Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will be the "first scary MCU film" at San Diego Comic-Con 2019.^[1]
The film ties in directly to the events of the Disney+ series WandaVision and Loki along with the film Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[1]^[6] This marks the first time an MCU film is directly tied to an MCU TV series.
Scott Derrickson, who directed and co-wrote the first Doctor Strange film, was originally signed on to return directing this film, but later left due to creative differences.^[8] Sam Raimi will direct the film, while Derrickson will remain as executive producer.^[9]
The film was originally supposed to open on May 7, 2021, but was pushed back to November 5 and then to March 25, 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]^[11] It was later pushed again to May 6, 2022, taking the release date of Thor: Love and Thunder.^[12]

Trivia

Raimi previously directed the 2000s Spider-Man trilogy, where he referenced Doctor Strange in the second film, due to being a massive fan of the character since childhood.^[13]
- The film's composer, Danny Elfman, was also the composer for the first two films in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.^[14]