Most of the comic book superheroes being newly introduced to the cinema often need an introduction, but director Scott Derrickson is going to break that tradition. According to Badass Digest’s Devin Faraci, Marvel Studio’s forth coming Doctor Strange film will not be an origin story. Here is what Faraci had to say on the Schmoes Know Network show:
Doctor Strange, they had a script in house forever….It’s a pretty standard origin story for Doctor Strange, it’s gotta Baron von Mordo as the bad guy. That’s all gone. Marvel’s new thing is no more origin stories. So Doctor Strange’s movie no longer has an origin. It begins in media res, it’s got Doctor Strange all ready established as The Sorcerer Supreme. It’s a totally new script. Jon Spaiths is working totally new, on his own, without any of the previous stuff. They’re not even touching the previous script….This is not going to be 20 minutes of him as a doctor.
Given that Marvel has already introduced a lot of superheroes with their Cinematic Universe clearly established, it doesn’t seem like too big of a leap to just jump straight into a new hero without introduction. It makes the film feel new and exciting as it’ll bypass the expected climb for the hero to arise for his name. He’s a sorcerer? Awesome, let’s get to a real story with that character than just building him from the ground up. Hopefully this type of storytelling will spill over into other superhero flicks that aim to bring more main protagonists to the screen.
Source: Schmoes Know Network