Doctor Strange 2 Original Runtime Was Much Longer Than Final Cut
The original Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness runtime was much longer than the film's final cut. Building off of the multiverse storylines of projects like Loki and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness promises to deliver more twists to the MCU as the franchise makes its way through Phase 4. The movie's trailers featured the voice of Patrick Stewart as Professor X as Strange was brought before the Illuminati, offering a tease of what the filmmakers had in store. But before viewers got a chance to see the finished product, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness had an unexpected surprise in its runtime.
In an era where major studio tentpoles are embracing longer runtimes (see: The Batman being 3 hours), Marvel's latest is going in the opposite direction. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is just over two hours, making the movie much shorter than initially anticipated. Given the film's massive scope hinted at in the trailers, the truncated runtime came as a shock to many. However, there was a time when the movie ran much longer.
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Speaking with Collider, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness director Sam Raimi was asked about the runtime. He commented the initial cut of the movie was considerably longer, before they whittled it down to the final cut. Check out Raimi's response in the space below:
«Well, the first cut was… I actually don't remember the length of it. It was probably like two hours and 40 minutes, and it slowly came down even though we did the reshoots. We took out material even though the reshoots went in. So, it slowly got down to about two hours and five minutes is
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