First trailer for “Doctor Strange 2”
With Scarlet Witch into the multiverse
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the mighty hero Doctor Strange.
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In the first trailer for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”, the title character faces a powerful enemy: himself.
Peter Parker aka Spider-Man (Tom Holland, 25) has been fighting his way through the Marvel multiverse in “No Way Home” since December 16 in German cinemas. Another superhero is already going to the “Multiverse of Madness”, even if only in the form of the first trailer. In the sequel to “Doctor Strange” from 2016, which is due to hit theaters on May 4, 2022, Benedict Cumberbatch (45) gets prominent help: Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen, 32), better known as the mighty Scarlet Witch.
As is well known, she recently caused a lot of chaos in her own miniseries “WandaVision” at Disney +. As a result, she doesn’t think well when the Sorcerer Supreme suddenly appears in front of her nose in the trailer. “I’ve made mistakes and people have been hurt,” she says ruefully. But Strange waves it aside: “I’m not here to talk about Westview. We need your help. What do you know about the multiverse?”
Fight against yourself
Wanda’s expertise will be urgently needed. Because, as the end of the trailer suggests, Doctor Strange is facing his most powerful adversary to date: an evil version of himself.
In addition to Cumberbatch and Olsen, Rachel McAdams (43) as Christine Palmer, Chiwetel Ejiofor (44) as Baron Mordo and Benedict Wong (50) as Wong are again in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”. The director is Sam Raimi (62), who once captured the “Spider-Man” trilogy with Tobey Maguire (46) on film.