'Doctor Strange' New Movie News: Film to be Marvel's Fantasia

We haven't received too much details on Marvel's upcoming 'Doctor Strange' adaptation starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular Sorcerer Supreme, but if there's one thing we know it's that it'll be unlike any film we've seen from the studio yet.

The director of photography on set, Ben Davis recently spoke with Screen Daily about what kind of project Marvel was planning on producing. He makes an emphasis on stating that its very different from what Marvel Studios usually does.

"Most of the work within it is about other dimensions," he says. "And I described it, I think, when I was talking to Marvel as Marvel's Fantasia, in a way, because it's so sort of out there and different to everything else that they've done."

"There's a lot of previsualisation, and there's a lot of work which is very hard. You look at it and you see the imagery that they've created for it and you think, 'well how the hell do we shoot that!?' because it's all sort of Escher stuff. It's all very out there. I can't really say much more about it, I'm afraid. But I think it'll be really interesting, and it's a very dark movie, I'm pleased to say. [DOPs] always love the word 'dark'. The trouble is that most producers don't like dark. Mostly you get into [Digital Intermediate process] and people don't seem to like dark anymore!"

There was also a statement made by HTXT.Africa on the concept art of Cumberbatch as Sorcerer Supreme. They describe it as being very dark. They explain:

"Doctor Strange looks dark. Very dark. As in scraping the edge of 'horror-movie-dark' and information imparted about the film from Marvel Studios head, Kevin Feige, supports this appraisal. According to Feige, the film will have a firm footing in the shadowy world of the occult and supernatural. While we're not expecting it to be a true blue horror film, but if it could provide as many chills as say Constantine (the TV series, NOT the film), then that would be great. Oh, and Benedict Cumberbatch looks very fetching in his Doctor Strange get-up. Very fetching."

'Doctor Strange' plans on arriving in theaters on November 4, 2016.