Tickets for Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness” are now on sale and tied to that are some new posters, a new clip, and some interview sound bites from the film’s beloved director Sam Raimi.
Speaking with Fandango, the “Evil Dead” and “Drag Me to Hell” filmmaker confirmed comments by Marvel’s Kevin Feige who says the ‘Strange’ sequel contains elements of horror in it – a genre the MCU generally steers clear of:
“I think what [Kevin] meant, from my point of view, is that this film has a flavor of horror to it. I think when the original director, Scott Derrickson, and Kevin promoted the coming of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, they said that it was going to be the first Marvel superhero film that had an element of horror to it.
I hope I’m not misquoting them. But even after Scott left the picture due to creative differences, that was still the mandate – to make the first Marvel film that had an element of horror. So, I kept true to their original statements.
I think that’s what Kevin means, because it is spooky at some times and scary at others. It’s unknown what you’ll find in the multiverse. It’s within that unknown that suspense and darkness exists. A tool to titillate the audience’s fear.
Plus, Doctor Strange in the comics has always dealt in universes and dimensions that were quite spooky, so we tried to bring some of that into this film.”
Raimi of course is also famous for directing the original “Spider-Man” trilogy at Sony Pictures with this film marking his first return to the genre and to Marvel.
In the wake of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and with the ‘Strange’ sequel opening up multiverse possibilities, Raimi was asked about a potential fourth Tobey Maguire-led and Sam Raimi-directed “Spider-Man” being made one day. Turns out Raimi is open to the idea:
“I’ve come to realize after making ‘Doctor Strange’ that anything is possible, really anything in the Marvel universe, any team-ups. I love Tobey. I love Kirsten Dunst. I think all things are possible.
I don’t really have a story or a plan. I don’t know if Marvel would be interested in that right now. I don’t know what their thoughts are about that. I haven’t really pursued that. But it sounds beautiful.
Even if it wasn’t a Spider-Man movie, I’d love to work with Tobey again, in a different role. It’s like the world’s best toy box to be able to play at Marvel. I’d love to come back and tell another tale, especially with the great management they’ve got there.”
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” opens in cinemas on May 6th.
