Dr. Strange
Screenplay by Coopkiller
Act 1
Opening Scene: A hospital is filled with groaning patients and hurrying doctors and nurses. One of these doctors, Stephen Strange, is rushing to a surgery he woke up late for. He meets up with his fellow colleagues in the surgery room.
Enter Dr. Smith, Dr. Evans, and Dr. Gregory
Dr. Strange: Good morning doctors
Dr. Smith: It’s the afternoon, Strange
Dr. Evans: Let’s just hurry up with the surgery okay. I’ve got an important meeting to go to
Dr. Gregory: Alright, proceeding along then.
Stephen Strange starts to carefully make an incision with the scalpel. His hand is shown shaking and wobbling. Eads of sweat start to drip from his forehead as he almost slips with the scalpel.
Dr. Strange: Damn it!
Dr. Evans: Don’t worry Strange, you’ve got this
Stephen readjusts his focus and continues to make the cut. He starts to feel better about his self as the cut continues to go straight. He keeps thinking things are going alright when he realizes he’s cut too far and then his hand shakes again and the scalpel slips into the patient’s heart.
Patient: Gaaahhh!!!
Dr. Smith: Oh no
Dr. Gregory: this does not look good
Strange, now in a state of half-consciousness from almost fainting, stumbles around and passes out. Both the patients and Strange are rushed to the emergency room in the hospital. A bunch of nurses and doctors are scrambling towards the hospital beds to see what all of the commotion is. FADE TO NEXT SCENE.
Strange wakes up a couple of days later to find bandages around his arm and his patient next to him, sleeping and slowly dying. A doctor walks in.
Doctor: Ah good, you’re awake Strange
Strange: Doctor, I remember some of what happened but could you give me the full details
Doctor: well you let your hand slip on your patient there and the scalpel fell in to his stomach. Unfortunately, your hand has suffered permanent nerve damage and that’s why you made the mistake. Sadly, you’ve been fired from your position as a doctor.
Strange: What!?
Doctor: Yes it’s true; you’re expected to leave as soon as you make a full recovery. We won’t be able to fix your hand but we can provide you with medicine to kill the spasms for a while.
Strange: Thank you for the information, but why are they firing me?
Doctor: Because you screwed up Strange. Here’s the newspaper in case your interested.
Strange picks up the newspaper as the doctor leaves the room. He opens up to the ads page looking for a job already. Instead, he sees an ad for something else. He reads the ad out loud to himself
Strange: “Mystic man heals injuries. The miracle healer will heal any injury, but for a price of $200. Location: The Himalayas”
Strange: Maybe I should pay a visit to this miracle healer when I’m out of the hospital
Cut to a couple of weeks later. Stephen Strange is back at his home, feeling angry and depressive, grumbling at the thought of telling his wife what just happened to him
Strange: Hey honey, I’ve got something to tell you
Cut to a woman walking down the stairs. Enter Meridian Strange, Stephen’s wife
Meridian: What did you want to tell me? (soft spoken voice)
Strange: Um….., Yeah this is going to be really hard for me to tell you. (nervous, shaky voice)
Meridian: Well?
Strange: I just lost my job due to an accident I caused
Meridian: What?!(angry voice)
Strange: Yeah, I found out I had suffered permanent nerve damage in my hands from that car accident a couple of months ago
Meridian: Damn it, Stephen! What the hell are you going to do then
Strange: I don’t know (cowardly, timid voice)
Meridian: “I don’t know”? what the hell is wrong with you. God, you never know what to do anymore, ever. Why am I still married to you?! Hell, you can’t even hold down a job!
Strange: but..
Meridian: But what huh? You can’t make money anymore due to your damaged hand. You know what, I’m filing for divorce.
Strange: No wait…
Meridian: It’s over, Stephen. Get your stuff and leave.
Cut to the next scene. Strange, is wandering on the side of the road looking for a place to stay when he fumbles into his pocket for a snack and he sees the same advertisement for the mystic healer. At that moment he decides to go spend all of his leftover money on plane tickets to the Himalayas. He goes to the airport and buys a ticket right then and there. He boards the plane, thinking to himself.
Strange: “Damn I hope this works”
Next Scene: Strange is at the Himalayas ready for his 5 day journey up the mountain. He travels farther and farther up the mountain, bleeding, thirsty and hungry. After 4 more days, he’s finally reached the top of the mountain. He stumbles towards the wooden temple locating the mystic healer and passes out in front of it, exhausted.
Cut to a few hours later, The mystic healer and a taller man with darker hair enter the room discussing something behind his back in another room Enter Baron Mordo and The Ancient One
Baron Mordo: It wouldn’t be wise to take him in master. He will just be another burden upon you
The Ancient One: Ah young Mordo, don’t forget, you still need a sparring partner. I heal this young man up, he’ll be in perfect condition to do so
Baron Mordo: He’ll be up for the training of a lifetime then
Cut to Stephen Strange walking into the room as they continue talking. Stephen Strange speaks up
Stephen Strange: Hi, my name is Strange. Stephen Strange. I was wondering if you could heal my hands. I saw your ad in the newspaper and I thought visiting you would help.
The Ancient One: Yes, I will heal your hands, but on one condition. Instead of paying me money, I want you to train with me.
Stephen Strange: What do you mean?
The Ancient One: I mean you will learn martial arts, and eventually, if you progress far enough, you will learn sorcery
Stephen Strange: Sorcery
The Ancient One: Yes, Sorcery. You will learn magic in the forms of combat, defense, healing and mental manipulation. Also, I’d like you to meet your new partner, Baron Mordo.
Baron Mordo: Nice to meet you, Mr. Strange
Stephen Strange: Nice to meet you too
Baron Mordo: are you ready to become what we call, a sorcerer supreme?
Stephen Strange: Yeah, I think I’m ready
Baron Mordo: You’re in for a hell of a time then.
So with his newfound confidence, Stephen Strange is ready to become the world’s greatest sorcerer, but it won’t be easy. He must practice hard to learn his skills.
End of Act 1
also, heres my cast
Dr. Strange-Adrien Brody

Baron Mordo-Liam Neeson
The Ancient One-Jackie Chan
Meridian Strange-Marion Cotillard
Nick Fury-Samuel L. Jackson
Dr. Evans-Christoph Waltz
Dr. Smith-Nicholas Cage
Dr. Gregory-Leonardo Dicaprio
The doctor characters will have major roles later in the story