Concept art recently revealed for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness by artist Darrell Warner reveals Benedict Cumberbatch as a weird variant named Marvelous Melvyn.
Before Sam Raimi was brought in to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesswith Michael Waldron joining him as the film’s writer, strange doctor director Scott Derrickson was set to return for the sequel with Jade Bartlett penning the screenplay.
This original version of the film included a variant of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange who was a street magician – Marvelous Melvyn.
Darrell Warner’s concept art shows how Benedict Cumberbatch could have looked like Marvelous Melvyn in the original version of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
The image shows a Stephen Strange version of Benedict Cumberbatch wearing a garish orange dress with a fez perched atop his head on a snowy New York sidewalk. “‘Marvelous Melvyn’ is a piece I completed very early in the first lockdown following an alternate ‘strange’ aspect/universe in Scott Derrickson’s script,” Warner said of the design.
Check out Marvelous Melvyn below:
Although it ultimately does not appear in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessMarvelous Melvyn’s concept art was selected as a finalist in the “Live Action Character” category at this year’s Concept Art Association Awards.
Here is the synopsis of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness:
The MCU is unlocking the multiverse and pushing its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the multiverse to face a mysterious new adversary.
Directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay written by Michael Waldron, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg and Rachel McAdams.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is available now on Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD 4K Ultra HD, and is also streaming exclusively on Disney+. Be sure to keep following Heroic Hollywood for all the latest news on Doctor Strange’s future in the MCU, and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more original video content!
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