This was Guillermo del Toro’s Doctor Strange movie: ‘An Alcoholic in the Twenties’

Neil Jamanthe author of the original comic book Sandman One of those responsible for his speech Adaptation a NetflixHe talked about the proposal he made with the director William the Bull a marvel To adapt the character Dr. Gharib On the big screen, shortly before the start of UCM, in 2007. A project that was rejected by Marvel Studios because at that time they had other plans and among them was not the Sorcerer Supreme, intellectual property at the time unknown and what was exchange currency To obtain an initial loan of 525 million dollars so that it is Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is how Screen Rant’s media captures it, detailing both designs’ amazing insight into the Marvel character.

Doctor Strange is completely different from the current doctor

So, thanks to a recent interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast from Josh HorowitzAnd the Jaiman Share a story that included William the BullAnd the Kevin Fig A very special take on the supreme wizard in Marvel Comics. An encounter that took place in 2007, shortly before the premiere of the film Humber de Hierro s amazing structurethe first two pieces of the giant puzzle that will become the MCU shortly.

“Kevin and I have talked a few times over the years about a few things. The only thing I wish, though, is that they probably took the best commercial idea… Well, I remember back in 2007 there was some vague talk about Dr. Strange. Then he spoke to William the BullWe had some ideas for Stephen Strange. I told Kevin Feige that we can do it with del Toro. But he told me, “We just want to focus on the main Marvel characters right now. Stephen is way over the line. We don’t want to go this wayGaiman explains.

“There were some really cool things about this idea. The only thing we really wanted to do was for Dr. Strange to go on his own adventures, to become one. An alcoholic and disabled doctor. All these kinds of things will happen in twenties of the last century. So the idea was to show him what he was like before he became the world’s greatest magician, probably in the early thirties. He has lived in Greenwich Village for ninety years, and looks the same in physical appearance. Has anyone noticed. We just like this idea. It was as if time was up. But other than that, it could have kind of been Steve Ditko’s adaptation‘ concludes the author.

As we know, it wasn’t until 2016 when Dr. Gharib He became a part of UCM with starring in his first solo movie Benedict Cumberbatchhas become one of the mainstays of UCM today thanks to its interventions in crossovers and more last delivery.

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