Benedict Cumberbatch on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: It's the most fantastic new phase of Marvel

Are you prepared to open the doors to the Multiverse? In a new featurette, Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Doctor Strange, talks about the project. He said that the direction they are heading in this film is quite exciting. It's Marvel's most wonderful new phase.

According to Elizabeth Olsen, who portrays the powerful Scarlet Witch, they are jumping into multiple dimensions in this plot. However, gaining access to the multiverse opens up a huge Pandora's box.

Benedict Wong, who plays the sorcerer Supreme Wong, is ecstatic about what's in store. He shared that they had entered uncharted terrain. The actor believes the audience will be surprised. These other universes attract a slew of fresh characters.

"Telling this story was such a massive undertaking for the filmmaker Sam Raimi. It had to be big because it had to depict not just their universe, but numerous universes as well. It was a fantastic opportunity to bring together two of the most formidable superheroes.

While Cumberbatch added that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has got a darker tone to it. He said that with Sam Raimi at the helm, he's a master at it.

Raimi continues that he wanted the fans to exclaim, "Oh! Cool." That was, after all, their goal. They wanted to give the fans precisely what they wanted, but not what they expected.

The MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its bounds further than ever before with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Travel into the unknown with Doctor Strange as he crosses the mind-bending and deadly other realities of the Multiverse with the help of old and new mystical allies to fight a terrifying new opponent.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stühlbarg, and Rachel McAdams star in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Sam Raimi is the director, and Kevin Feige is the producer. Executive producers are Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Eric Hauserman Carroll, and Jamie Christopher. Michael Waldron penned the film's screenplay.