Writer/director James Gunn reacts to leaked footage from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Throughout its Phase 4, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has gradually developed the idea of its multiverse with projects like WandaVision, Loki, What If…?, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. With a script by Loki writer Michael Waldron, director Sam Raimi’s upcoming Multiverse of Madness will delve deeper into the live-action multiverse than ever before. This is through an unpredictable variety of cameos facilitated by Disney and Marvel Studios’ newly acquired characters from Fox.
Multiverse of Madness’ cast is already confirmed to include Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Xochitl Gomez making her MCU debut as the universe-hopping America Chavez. When the first official trailer was released earlier this year, it revealed multiple variants, including Patrick Stewart as a version of Professor Charles Xavier—who is presumably a member of the Illuminati. More recently, Marvel Studios confirmed appearances by Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell) and Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch) in a 15-second TV spot. If that wasn’t enough, a new spoiler-heavy leak has seemingly revealed even more about the film, and Gunn is here to condemn it.
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Gunn recently took to Twitter to react to the Multiverse of Madness leak, which is making the rounds online. Though he adopts an admonishing tone, Gunn actually finds a way to joke about it by sharing fake footage. His post includes a clip from one of the Church of the Rock’s pop-culture-inspired plays in Winnipeg, Canada, which sees Loki poised to crucify Iron Man set to R.E.M's
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