Here are all the key movies and TV episodes viewers will want to be familiar with ahead of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The biggest movie in the MCU's Phase 4 to date, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness promises to redefine the nature of the MCU itself. Its protagonist, Stephen Strange, is about to launch himself on a journey across the dimensions — coming face-to-face with terrifying new enemies and powerful allies.
The MCU's multiverse lies at the heart of Phase 4, granting Marvel Studios creative opportunities to reimagine their greatest heroes and villains. At first, the impact of the multiverse was remote. Although it was introduced in Loki, that story was outside of the timestream, meaning the heroes had no idea that reality itself had just been transformed. But it has steadily encroached ever-closer to the so-called "Sacred Timeline," with Doctor Strange himself causing multiversal chaos when one of his spells backfired in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness features both Benedict Cumberbatch's Stephen Strange and Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch, meaning viewers will want to be familiar with key moments from both their lives. Meanwhile, Marvel has deliberately promoted several of the variants involved in the timeline, meaning it's possible to identify key episodes of Marvel's What If...? that will need to be checked out, too. Here are all the essential MCU movies and TV shows viewers will need to rewatch to fully understand this film.
Viewed in chronological order, Avengers: Age of Ultron is the first movie on this list. This is because it serves as Scarlet Witch's origin story,
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