The latest news involving Marvel/Disney today was the possibility of the duo placing short films in front of feature films, to introduce less known characters to general audiences.
One of those less known characters, "Dr. Strange" seems to be going further with a feature film, with Deadline reporting...
Marvel Studios has hired Conan scribes Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to write Dr. Strange, marking forward progress on a long-gestating superhero property
Dr. Strange was created by Stan "the Man" Lee in and artist Steve Ditko. Steven Strange was a New York surgeon robbed of his touch after a car accident. After a stint as a wandering derelict, he found his way to a healer in the Himalayas, where he learned to tap into psychic powers to battle evil wizards and other wrongdoers. His mind is his weapon, rather than the brute force that distinguish most memorable Marvel heroes.
Marvel Studios currently has "Thor", "Captain America: The First Avenger", and of course "The Avengers" in the works. And after, the studio has one more film committed to be distributed through Paramount which will most likely be a third "Iron Man" film. Plus Marvel is separately working on film for "Runaways" as well as "Ant-Man", with Edgar Wright tapped to direct. Marvel is making the deal with the writers' reps at Gersh and Underground and they should get going on Dr. Strange shortly.
DCMF Like Ant-Man & Iron Fist, Dr. Strange is considered a D or C-list character, which means he isn't known much in the comic/hero world. So Marvel making the "Sorcerer Supreme" a feature film, is taking a gamble, box office wise. But it seemed to work for Iron Man, so who knows.
Including who should play Doctor Strange, What do you think?