Ngokwezinhlobonhlobo, ama-studio eMarvel anxuse ku-Sam Raymi ngesiphakamiso sokuhola ifilimu "Dr. str støndj ne-Multivesenny madness." Ekuqaleni, isithombe bekufanele sibeke uScott Derrickson, kodwa muva nje ashiye uSihlalo womqondisi wephrojekthi ngenxa yomehluko wokudala, ngenkathi eshiya isikhundla sokuba ngumkhiqizi omkhulu. Ngokuqondene neRayim, mkhulu ngohlobo lwe-superhero, ngoba ku-zero ukhulume nguMqondisi weSpiderman Trilogy, lapho uToby Maguire agcwaliseka khona.
Iyiphi ingxenye yengxenye yesibili ye- "Dr. Strange" eyintando, imininingwane ayikabikho. Ngaphambi kwalapho, uDerricson wabika ukuthi uhlose ukwenza "ifilimu lokuqala elibi ngempela elingaphakathi kohlaka lwefilimu." Kucatshangwa ukuthi umthakathi we-allay uzoba ngomunye wabalingiswa abaphambili, futhi icebo lakhe lizocacisa ngochungechunge lwe-mini-uchungechunge lwe-mini-wanda / vizhn ", oluzokhishwa kulo nyaka. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMongameli weSarvel Studios Kevin Faiig waveza ukuthi uDkt Strøndzh 2 uzogxila kumafilimu asabekayo namafilimu we-1980s, kufaka phakathi ama-blockbusters Stephen Spielberg e-Indiana Jones.
Emfihleni entsha, iqhaza likaDkt Strange lizophinda ligcwalise iBenedict Cumberbatch. Iskripthi somdwebo sizobhala uJade Bartlett, kuyilapho inqubo yokudubula isazoqala ngoMeyi walo nyaka. Kwase-Raym, le phrojekthi izobuyela endimeni yomqondisi ngemuva kwesikhathi eside, kusukela eminyakeni yamuva nje igxile ekusebenzeni njengomkhiqizi.