Mads Mikkelsen has been cast as the primary antagonist in the Doctor Strange movie. In the past, Mikkelsen has acted in several book-based projects such as King Arthur, The Three Musketeers, and Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky.
Vanity Fair reports that Benedict Cumberbatch plays the titular comic book hero; his character is a neurosurgeon-turned-sorcerer. Other cast members include Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios and a producer on Doctor Strange, sat for a conversation with Entertainment Weekly and explained that “Mads’ character is a sorcerer who breaks off into his own sect. [He] believes that the Ancient One is just protecting her own power base and that the world may be better off if we were to allow some of these other things through.” Marvel Entertainment has set the theatrical release date for Nov. 04, 2016. (via Variety)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oscar nominated for the incredible 12 Years A Slave (also known as one of the few movies to ever make me openly sob in the theater), is the latest prestigious thespian to join the ranks of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ejiofor, long rumored to be a part of the upcoming Doctor Strange in some form or fashion, was confirmed today by Deadline to be playing the role of Baron Mordo, the Sorcerer Supreme’s long-time enemy. In the comics, Mordo is Strange’s fellow pupil under the guise of The Ancient One (reportedly being played by Tilda Swinton), and after Strange thwarts Mordo’s plans to kill their instructor, they become adversaries.
Deadline’s report is quick to note that this version of the character will actually be “an amalgamation of characters culled from Doctor Strange’s mythology”. This sounds a bit similar to the approach taken with Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2, but hopefully the results will turn out a bit better here.
Doctor Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and will see release on November 4, 2016.
So, readers, what do you think about the new Baron Mordo?
Before my rant I want to explain one thing. None of what I am about to say should be taken as racist, feminist or any other kind of -ist, but this entire attitude of Marvel is becoming tiresome. Hey, let’s take an established character and make them A.) Black or B.) A Woman. Falling into neither category this is hard for me to say, but I think it’s a cop out that Marvel can’t just make new characters instead to encompass this. They did a new Ms. Marvel, right? This shouldn’t be that hard to do. Just seems like mindless lip service to me.
Douglas,
http://marvel.wikia.com/Earth-199999
It’s Earth-199999.
No idea if it still exists outside of the whole Secret Wars on Infinite Earths conglomeration.
Think of it as another version of the 616 Marvel Universe, like the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610).
Same shit, different day.