Doctor Strange 2 Concept Art Reveal Alternate Zombie Strange Designs
WARNING: Major spoilers for Doctor Strange 2!
Concept art from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness reveals alternate designs for zombified Defender Strange or what has become known as Dead Strange. Since releasing in theaters on May 6 and Disney/Marvel Studios’ Multiverse of Madness has earned $800 million worldwide, surpassing Warner Bros./DC Films’ The Batman to become the highest-grossing film of 2022. As the follow-up to Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange, the sequel sees director Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man) make his grand return to the comic book genre. Its cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Xochitl Gomez making her MCU debut as the universe-jumping America Chavez.
With a script by Michael Waldron, Multiverse of Madness utilizes Phase 4’s multiverse concept to introduce multiple versions of its main characters as well as a few other surprise variants. That said, during the film’s opening sequence, audiences meet Defender Strange—an alternate version of the titular sorcerer who will do whatever it takes to keep America’s powers from falling into the wrong hands. Unfortunately for America, Defender Strange is killed before her and his corpse are transported to Earth-616. Despite remaining dead, Defender Strange proves vital to the film's finale: 616 Strange uses the Book of the Damned to “dreamwalk” into his corpse and weaponize the souls of the damned against the Scarlet Witch and save America atop Mount Wundagore. The sequence feels like quintessential Raimi thanks in large part to the design of Dead Strange and his not-so-friendly ghosts.
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