The Disney+ series What if…? was actually an inspiration for the film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The Marvel Phase Four movie was a deep dive into the chaotic nature of the multiverse and, for the first time, delivered an unbridled look at the extent of its reach and the havoc that could be unleashed if their separated worlds collided.
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Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, has remained at the heart of the development and story building of the strange doctor sequel and it was his vision to recreate some of the What if…? Recap of Season 1 Episode 4 in the Marvel Movie Live.
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The overlap of Doctor Strange 2 With What if…?
Bryan Andrews, the director of the first season of the Disney+ animated series recently revealed some behind-the-scenes action that helped create Benedict Cumberbatch’s second solo venture. While the film tackled a host of new ideas, the crux of the matter was inherently about facing and overcoming personal loss and tragedy.
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This is a theme that is also found in What if…? episode 4 titled, What if… Doctor Strange had lost his heart instead of his hands? A simple twist of fate could shift the scales of the foreseeable future in waves that can forever change the fabric of present reality, which is what What if…? was striving to convey and what Kevin Feige was so mesmerized he wanted to replicate on the big screen.
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Kevin Feige’s advice to Doctor Strange 2 Crew
The Marvel Studios pioneer and visionary had a request to the team of writers and collaborators working on the Doctor Strange 2 script during its pre-production phase – whether they watch the What if…? Strange supreme episode. Bryan Andrews revealed,
‘Another reason is that Benedict Cumberbatch did an amazing job playing the villainous Doctor Strange, and that was long before’Multiverse of madness’ really started. They had idea pits, so Kevin made them look at our stuff and said, ‘You better be careful, because that shit is good.’
And they walked out of that meeting thinking, ‘Oh my God, what are we going to do for a movie?’ I think they borrowed a lot from what we were trying to do in this episode, which is crazy.
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While we don’t see Stephen Strange losing Christine Palmer to death in the sequel, audiences find a sense of letting go that comes with the sense of closure between the two. Now that the multiverse is open for traversal and Earth-838 is officially in the mainstream MCU, it remains to be seen if future re-enactments of episodes of What if…? are being brought into the fold by Marvel and to what extent.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is now streaming on Disney+ and What if…? Season 2 is expected to premiere on the streaming platform in 2023.
Source: Deadline
