Sam Raimi to Direct ‘Doctor Strange 3' — World of Reel
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Raimi only came on board the last 'Doctor Strange' after original director Scott Derrickson parted ways with Marvel due to “creative differences.” The script had many rewrites up to that point — an actor claimed it had been rewritten 33 times.

Sam Raimi is staying in the MCU as he’s all but closed a dealdirect ‘Doctor Strange 3’ (via The InSneider).

In July, Raimi signed on to direct the horror thriller “Send Help.” It remains unclear whether Raimi will direct that movie first, or ‘Doctor Strange 3.’Here’s hoping he chooses the horror-thriller.

I also wish Raimi more luck in directing this latest ‘Doctor Strange’ movie than the last one. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” although it grossed $955M worldwide, was not that well received critically or by fans and had a pre-production filled with drama.

Raimi only came on board ‘Multiverse of Madness’ after original director Scott Derrickson parted ways with Marvel due to “creative differences.” The script had many rewrites up to that point — an actor in the film claimed it had been rewritten 33 times.

  • iAmTheTotEnglish
    202·
    2 days ago

    Does anyone actually watch MCU movies anymore…?

    Deadpool & Wolverine grossed 1.3 billion in the theatres.

    • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
      812·
      2 days ago

      And you really think that Deadpool’s performance has reversed the fortunes of the MCU….?

      Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think audiences have forgotten that the Deadpool franchise that was made successful outside of MCU, much less X-Men.

      Point is, call me skeptical that that the enthusiasm for that one off event, will be carried over into the next MCU turd they plop into theaters.

      • iAmTheTotEnglish
        134·
        2 days ago

        The Marvels grossed 206.1 million. Guardians 3 grossed 845.6 million. Quantumania grossed 476.1 million.

        I’m not trying to convince you to like them boss, I’m just answering your question of “Does anyone actually watch MCU movies anymore…?” which is a resounding: Yes, they do.

          • iAmTheTotEnglish
            133·
            2 days ago

            The argument is for “yes people watch them.” 200 million is a lot of people watching them, regardless of what the movie cost to make.

              • iAmTheTotEnglish
                134·
                2 days ago

                Okay, look, I didn’t think I was going to have to defend this position so hard, but here I am. I don’t know movie theatre prices in USD, so I converted US$200 million into my currency and divided it by a very conservatively expensive ticket price and got over 9 million people.

                I cannot stress enough I am not trying to make an argument for or against its success. But 9 million people is a lot more than 0 people.

                  • iAmTheTotEnglish
                    84·
                    2 days ago

                    Okay, of domestic boxoffice records in 2023, two of those were in the top ten. Seem pretty popular to me.

                    (edited to add: I didn’t say I wasn’t defending their popularity, I said I wasn’t defending their [financial] success)

          • iAmTheTotEnglish
            143·
            2 days ago

            I wasn’t trying to prove their profitability, I was trying to prove that yes, people watch them in response to you asking if people watch them still.