{"id":26122,"date":"2013-01-25T19:16:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T00:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=26122"},"modified":"2017-11-07T19:08:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T00:08:32","slug":"ant-man-and-maybe-dr-strange-coming-from-marvel-after-avengers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/25\/ant-man-and-maybe-dr-strange-coming-from-marvel-after-avengers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ANT-MAN And Maybe DR. STRANGE Coming From Marvel After AVENGERS 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are months away from Marvel’s Phase 2 officially beginning and talk has already turned to Phase 3. Could a certain Sorcerer Supreme be joining Ant-Man<\/strong> in Marvel’s post-Avengers 2<\/strong> plans? MTV seems to think so.<\/p>\n

MTV’s Splash Page blog<\/a> has posted an article detailing their recent conversation with Marvel’s Kevin Feige and interviewer Josh Wigler is making it out like he got a big scoop–that Phase 3 will definitely contain films built around Ant-Man and Doctor Strange.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, some times scoop really isn’t scoop. Ant-Man\u00a0<\/strong>has been confirmed as Marvel’s first film in their third phase back in October<\/a> when Disney announced its future release schedule and the film appeared on it. Feige was only confirming what the world already knew.<\/p>\n

Doctor Strange<\/strong>, well, that would be a scoop–if a film was actually confirmed. This is what appears on the blog:<\/p>\n

“\u2026 ‘Ant-Man’ is the only one officially announced, but you probably don’t have to look too far to guess at the next list of characters we’re toying with and beginning to develop.”<\/p>\n

Could the oft-rumored “Doctor Strange” be a part of those plans?<\/p>\n

“‘Doctor Strange,’ which I’ve been talking about for years, is definitely one of them,” he confirmed. “He’s a great, original character, and he checks the box off this criteria that I have: he’s totally different from anything else we have, just like ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’ He’s totally different from anything we’ve done before, as is ‘Ant-Man,’ which keeps us excited.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please make note of the wording. Doctor Strange is a property that they are “toying with and\u00a0beginning\u00a0to develop.” Once again, this is old news. Marvel reportedly put Doctor Strange film on the fast track back in 2011\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and writers were attached to the project all the way back in 2010<\/a>. So “development” on the film has been underway for going on three years, and toying with probably since a script was delivered–assuming one was.<\/p>\n

Feige did not confirm that Doctor Strange was definitely part of Phase 3 or even close to going into production. I mean, I love if it was, I think the concept would be a great fit for the big screen. But Marvel has a number of other projects–Black Panther, Inhumans, Runaways, and surely a bevy of more sequels– that will compete with the two film spots a year Marvel is allotted. If Wigler asked the same question about any of those films, he’d probably get the same answer.<\/p>\n

So, Doctor Strange in anything but a done deal yet. Unless Wigler comes back with a solid release date, it the same old same old for Doctor Strange. No scoop here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will Doctor Strange be part of Phase Three? MTV seems to think so. We’re not so sure. <\/div>\n

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