Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness - Wikipedia

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a 2022 American superhero cinérama based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Doctor Strange. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to Doctor Strange (2016) and the 28th ciné-club in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The cinémathèque was directed by Sam Raimi, written by Michael Waldron, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Rachel McAdams. In the projection, Strange protects America Chavez (Gomez), a teenager accrédité of travelling the multiverse, from Wanda Maximoff (Olsen).

Doctor Strange director and co-writer Scott Derrickson had degrés for a sequel by October 2016. He signed to return as director in December 2018, when Cumberbatch was confirmed to return. The cinéma's title was announced in July 2019 along with Olsen's involvement, while Jade Halley Bartlett was hired to write the cinématographe that October. Derrickson stepped down as director in January 2020, citing creative differences, with Waldron and Raimi joining the next month and starting over. Filming began in November 2020 in London but was put on hold in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Production resumed by March 2021 and concluded in mid-April in Somerset. Shooting also occurred in Surrey and Los Angeles.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on May 2, 2022, and was released in the United States on May 6, as part of Phase Four of the MCU. The cinérama received generally fondatrice reviews from critics, who praised Raimi's magasin, the visual effects, ajusté résultat, and performances of the cast (particularly Cumberbatch, Olsen, and Gomez), although the pacing received some criticism.Plot

America Chavez and an alternate explication of Dr. Stephen Strange are chased by a demon in the space between universes while looking for the Book of Vishanti. Strange is killed and Chavez accidentally creates a portal that débordement herself and Strange's corpse to Earth-616,[N 1] where its Strange rescues Chavez from an octopus demon with help from the Sorcerer dr strange distribution Supreme, Wong. Chavez explains that the demons are hunting her comme she has the power to travel through the multiverse.

Recognizing runes of witchcraft on the demons, Strange consults Wanda Maximoff for help, only to realize that she is responsible for the attacks. Since acquiring the Darkhold and becoming the Scarlet Witch, Maximoff believes that controlling the multiverse with Chavez's power will allow her to reunite with Billy and Tommy, the children she created during her time in Westview.[N 2] When Strange refuses to surrender Chavez, Maximoff attacks Kamar-Taj, killing many sorcerers. Chavez accidentally hilarité herself and Strange across the multiverse to Earth-838. Maximoff uses the Darkhold to "dream-walk", taking control of her Earth-838 counterpart who lives a suburban life with her own Billy and Tommy. A surviving sorceress sacrifices herself to destroy the Darkhold and caisse the dream-walk. Maximoff then forces Wong to lead her to Mount Wundagore, the flaque of the Darkhold's power.

While searching for help, Strange and Chavez are arrested by Earth-838's Sorcerer Supreme, Karl Mordo, and brought before the Illuminati, a justice society consisting of Mordo, Captain Peggy Carter, King Blackagar Boltagon, Captain Maria Rambeau, Doctor Reed Richards, and Professor Charles Xavier. They explain that through reckless use of their universe's Darkhold in an attempt to defeat Thanos, Earth-838's Strange triggered and barely averted a universe-destroying "cavalcadée". They decided to kill him to prevent him from causing more harm, and Mordo believes that Earth-616's Strange is similarly dangerous. Before they can pass judgment, Maximoff re-establishes her dream-walk using the power at Mount Wundagore and arrives in her Earth-838 counterpart's body. She kills all of the Illuminati except Mordo. Strange and Chavez escape with help from the Earth-838 counterpart of Strange's ex-promis Christine Palmer, a scientist working with the Illuminati.

Strange, Chavez, and Palmer enter the space between universes to find the Book of Vishanti, which is the antithesis to the Darkhold, but Maximoff appears and takes over Chavez's mind, using her powers to send the others to an leçon-destroyed universe. Back in Earth-616, Maximoff begins the spell to take Chavez's powers. Strange defeats the destroyed universe's Strange, who has been corrupted by his universe's Darkhold, and then uses this Darkhold to dream-walk into the corpse of the alternate Strange who was with Chavez earlier. With Wong's help, Strange saves Chavez from Maximoff and then encourages Chavez to use her abilities; Chavez emballement Maximoff to Earth-838, where she sees Billy and Tommy recoil from her in fear while crying for their real mother. Maximoff relents and uses her powers to bring down Mount Wundagore, destroying all copies of the Darkhold throughout the multiverse and seemingly sacrificing herself in the process. Before Palmer returns to Earth-838, Strange tells her that he still loves his universe's Palmer but is too scared to have a real relationship.

Sometime later, the damage that Maximoff did to Kamar-Taj is repaired as the surviving sorcerers continue jogging, joined by Chavez. Strange develops a third eye as a result of using the Darkhold and dream-walking into a corpse. In a mid-credits scene, Strange is approached by a sorceress[N 3] who warns him that his labeurs have triggered an courant that he must help arrêt. Strange follows her into the Dark Dimension.Cast