Dr. STRANGE The Movie Gets Writers

If you recalled, a couple of years ago, when Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) said he’d be interested in making a live action movie based on Marvel’s character, DR. STRANGE, Marvel’s head honcho Kevin Feige said that DR. STRANGE Movie is seriously part of the plan, after THE AVENGERS hit the big screen…

I thought it was part crazy part dumb idea because unless you’re a true comic book geek or a hardcore Spider-Man fan, you’re not going to be too familiar with this particular character, let alone care much to actually see him portrayed on the big screen. But then CHUD said Marvel is thinking about making low budget movies for their secondary characters and then the other day, Latinoreview heard that instead of a full length feature, they might come in short films, attached to Marvel’s upcoming films especially THE AVENGERS.

Today, Deadline reported that Marvel has hired screenwriting team Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to write DR. STRANGE. Donnelly and Oppenheimer penned the upcoming CONAN reboot and the game-based movie UNCHARTED: DRAKE’S FORTUNE which is in development and they also wrote a draft for COWBOYS & ALIENS which is currently in production.
Feige said he wants to eventually tap into the magical realm of the Marvel universe,.. looks like he’s gettin’ what he wished for.
This DR. STRANGE The movie will mark the first Marvel’s production under Disney’s banner. But once again, it’s unclear if it’s a full length feature or if it’s going to be a short film.

There are several versions of DR. STRANGE.. you know how it is with comic book characters, especially the ones that have been around for decades, they could go through all kinds of alternate realities
For the complete bio on DR. STRANGE, head on over to Marvel, but here’s a brief explanation, via Wikipedia…

“Stephen Strange is a world-renowned but selfish neurosurgeon, until a car accident damaged his hands, preventing him from conducting surgery. Depressed and scouring the world for a cure to his condition, Strange locates a hermit called the Ancient One in the Himalayas. After Strange selflessly attempts to thwart the Ancient One’s traitorous disciple, Baron Mordo (who would become one of Stange’s most enduring antagonists), he is taught the mystic arts.
As the Ancient One’s disciple, Strange encounters the entity Nightmare[48] and a number of odd mystical foes, before battling his eventual arch-foe: Dormammu, a warlord from an alternate dimension called the “Dark Dimension”. Strange is also aided by a nameless girl, who is eventually revealed to be the niece of the villain and called Clea. When Strange helps a weakened Dormammu drive off the rampaging beasts the Mindless Ones and return them to their prison, he is allowed to leave unchallenged.
Doctor Strange is a master magician, and was the holder of the title of “Sorcerer Supreme” of the Marvel Universe for many years. Eternity, the sentience of the Marvel Universe, has described Strange as “more powerful by far than any of your fellow humanoids”.”