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Scott Derrickson is part of a tiny group of filmmakers who were chosen for a Marvel Studios project but actually backed out. After massive success directing the first “Doctor Strange” film, Derrickson was quickly asked to come back to helm the sequel, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” However, after quite a bit of development, Derrickson and Marvel Studios decided to part ways, citing creative differences.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo delves into the underworld to wrestle with the emotions of “Eric.” The Abi Morgan-written Netflix series follows Vincent, a neurotic puppeteer whose son goes missing, leading him to attempt to solve the case with his son’s imaginary friend – a monster named Eric. The show stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Dan Fogler, Ivan Morris Howe, and more.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo pops in a tape to discuss “V/H/S/85” with director Scott Derrickson (“Doctor Strange,” “Sinister,” “The Black Phone”). The sixth installment of the beloved horror anthology series follows five sinister found footage tales that delve into the grim underbelly of 1980s America.

Scott Derrickson is part of a tiny group of filmmakers who were chosen for a Marvel Studios project but actually backed out. After massive success directing the first “Doctor Strange” film, Derrickson was quickly asked to come back to helm the sequel, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” However, after quite a bit of development, Derrickson and Marvel Studios decided to part ways, citing creative differences.

It’s hard to not see how a Marvel Comics character like Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange has taken over the surrogate role of MCU leader post-Tony Stark as the cinematic universe has entered The Multiverse Saga, Strange’s domain. However, the British actor seemingly finds it hard to get those deeply emotional or character-driven scenes when you don’t have much screen time to play with in specific instances when they’re simply aiming to move the story along.  As Cumberbatch tells The Talks in a recent interview, when you only have five minutes in a massive Marvel movie like “The Avengers,” it can be tough as an actor to land the emotional aspects when the development of character isn’t exactly the focus and it can be mostly about servicing the story at hand.  READ MORE: Neil Gaiman & Guillermo Del Toro Pitched A ‘Doctor Strange’ Movie To Marvel That Would Have Taken Place In The 1920s “It’s not some sort of acting gym where you’re stripping off layers of self to reveal a layer of truth all the time,” said Cumberbatch.

Author and comic book writer Neil Gaiman has been making quite an impact on television in recent years with his series “American Gods,” “Good Omens,” “Lucifer,” and the newly released “The Sandman” on Netflix.

Even before his “Spider-Man” trilogy, filmmaker Sam Raimi arguably helped jumpstart the superhero genre with his Liam Neeson-starring flick “Darkman.” An R-rated take on the genre, the film came out a year after Tim Burton’s “Batman” and years before popular mature comic book films like “The Crow” and “Blade.” READ MORE: Benedict Cumberbatch Was “Sad” About ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Director Change But Is Excited By What Sam Raimi Brings To The Film The director is making a triumphant return to Marvel

It’s 1978 in North Denver, and the bleachers at the baseball diamond are filled with peel-top beers and brown corduroy. A Little League team is on the field; the star player swings at two strikes, then slams in a home run.

Indonesian Timo Tjahjanto (“Headshot“) has been on a creative tear for some time now, only slowed down because of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2018 and now, he’s released four features and one short; “May the Devil Take You” (2018), the critically acclaimed Netflix actioner “The Night Comes for Us” (2018), “Hit and Run” (2019), “Portals “(2019) and “May The Devil Take You Too” (2020).

Benedict Cumberbatch‘s film Doctor Strange’s sequel titled Multiverse of Madness will be slightly different from the previous movie of the franchise. Recently writer Michael Waldron spoke to Vanity Fair and revealed that 2 celebrities actually inspired a new take on the superhero.

Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige recently opened up about the Doctor Strange whitewashing controversy.

When Marvel Studios set out to bring “Doctor Strange” to the big screen, there was one massive question about the character’s history that needed to be answered—how do you translate the role of The Ancient One to the modern setting? For decades, the character has shown up in the comics as a stereotypical mystic Asian man that shows Stephen Strange how to wield magic. Clearly, as a society, we’ve moved past that sort of portrayal.

When Marvel Studios set out to bring “Doctor Strange” to the big screen, there was one massive question about the character’s history that needed to be answered—how do you translate the role of The Ancient One to the modern setting? For decades, the character has shown up in the comics as a stereotypical mystic Asian man that shows Stephen Strange how to wield magic. Clearly, as a society, we’ve moved past that sort of portrayal.

Considering Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have been conditioned to expect all sorts of crossovers between characters in the films, when the first Marvel Studios TV series premiered earlier this year, “WandaVision,” people were hoping to see some big guest stars show up. The biggest guess would have been seeing Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), but that never came to be.

Benedict Cumberbatch starrer Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a sequel to the 2016 Doctor Strange, is one of the most anticipated movies in the Marvel fandom. Ever since the project was announced in July 2019, Marvelites have been speculating over what the plot is going to involve.

The sequel to Doctor Strange is making headlines as the director of the film, Scott Derrickson said a good bye to the film. The news of the director parting ways from the Marvell Cinematic film, citing creative differences with Marvel Studios.

It has been confirmed that Scott Derrickson has dropped out of directing the next installment in the Marvel Studios Doctor Stange series. Variety reports that Derrickson and Marvel have parted ways over ‘creative differences’, a mutual decision by the studio and the filmmaker.

The director of the second Doctor Strange film has quit the project due to “creative differences”, it has been announced.

While fans are eagerly waiting for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to hit the big screens, Scott Derrickson has announced that he will no longer be directing the film. Scott Derrickson is stepping down as director of Marvel’s upcoming film and he announced the news a statement released on Twitter, in which he revealed that he has decided to quit the film because of some creative differences.

Scott Derrickson is stepping down as director of Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” Variety has learned.