A new report from Latino Review has been posted, which if true could give us an idea of the plot of the currently filming Doctor Strange movie.
If you’re not interested in seeing any of the alleged details, don’t read after this sentence.
The “Doctor Strange” movie actually starts much earlier than anyone expected, opening in 1968 Kathmandu where some Zealots of dark magic manage to open a portal to another dimension. Leading them is a character named Kaecilius, a name taken from a character associated with Baron Mordo in the Marvel Comics.
We leave the mystery of magic in the 1960s behind to catch up with brilliant Stephen Strange in modern day New York operating on a gunshot wound. He’s a brilliant surgeon who is a bit arrogant until one night, while chatting on the phone, he clips his car, causing an accident that damages his hands.
After several surgeries from Dr. Nicodemus West, Strange’s hands still aren’t healed enough to return to being a doctor. An encounter with magic (and sub-atomic particles) leads him on a journey to find the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), and when he finds her, she initially refuses to teach him.
That’s what they’re filming right now in Nepal, as there will be a scene in the movie where Cumberbatch’s Strange gets his now-wild facial hair under control, and shaves it down to the classic Doctor Strange facial hair we’re all expecting.
From the information released, it sounds like they’re going to be with the classic origin story, something which seems to corroborated by the set photos which have been released. It also appears to taken some influence from ‘The Oath’, with the inclusion of Dr. Nicodemus West, recently confirmed to be played by Michael Stuhlbarg.
What do you think? Does this sound accurate? Is there anything you would like to see incorporated? Let us know below!