Benedict Cumberbatch is Marvel’s Doctor Strange

<p>After months of speculation&comma; <em>Star Trek into Darkness<&sol;em> and<em> Sherlock<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s Benedict Cumberbatch will be the next in line to cast a spell onto Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s cinematic universe as Doctor Strange if reports are true&period; Multiple sources tell us that The BBC star and BAFTA winner has begun talks to play the Sorcerer Supreme in the character&&num;8217&semi;s very first film&comma; which is scheduled to start shooting May of next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news follows a well-chronicled contest for several rumored contenders for the cape and amulet&comma; including Joaquin Phoenix &lpar;<em>Her&comma; the Sixth Sense<&sol;em>&rpar; and Johnny Depp &lpar;<em>Pirates of the Caribbean<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Alice in Wonderland<&sol;em>&rpar;&period; <em>The Avengers&colon; Age of Ultron <&sol;em>and <em>Star Wars&colon; Episode VII<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s Andy Serkis and Tom Hardy were even reported at one point to be on Disney&&num;8217&semi;s hotlist for the role&comma; though the former&&num;8217&semi;s clearly got a full schedule&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the comics&comma; Doctor Stephen Strange is a neurosurgeon who becomes the Sorcerer Supreme and protector of earth against various mystical threats and wields many such powers himself&comma; namely from the ethereal entities that granted him his powers after an accident that ended his career&period; The character was created by comic legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first published by Marvel in <em>Strange Tales &num;110<&sol;em> in 1963&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Doctor Strange&comma; <&sol;em>as it&&num;8217&semi;s been tentatively titled&comma; releases <strong>July 8th&comma; 2016<&sol;strong> alongside <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hawkeye-versus-captain-america-deleted-fight&sol;">Captain America 3 <&sol;a>on <strong>May 6th<&sol;strong>&period;<strong> <&sol;strong>This coming year brings us <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;avengers-age-ultron-trailer-hits-early&sol;">The Avengers&&num;8217&semi; hulk-busting sequel<&sol;a> courtesy of Joss Whedon <strong>May 1st<&sol;strong> and Twentieth Century FOX&&num;8217&semi;s <em>The Fantastic Four<&sol;em> on <strong>Aug&period; 7th<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ll update you with more details as they come in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tell us&colon; What would you think of Benedict Cumberbatch wielding the power of the Sorcerer Supreme&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange-movie-cast-862815&sol;">Deadline<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;insidemovies&period;ew&period;com&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;27&sol;benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange&sol;">EW<&sol;a>&comma; &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thewrap&period;com&sol;benedict-cumberbatch-in-early-talks-to-star-in-doctor-strange&sol;">The Wrap<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;