Based on the official Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer that initially served as the post-credits scene for Spider-Man: No Way Home before later dropping online, it appears the speculation that this movie is shaping up to be No Way Home on steroids is true, meaning audiences can expect plenty of appearances from big-name characters who haven’t officially been “confirmed” for the film.
This brings us back to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a film that looks like it wants to replicate No Way Home’s winning formula, but is going about it in a way that might end up taking things too far.
The biggest concern is that the Doctor Strange franchise hasn’t had as much time to grow as the Spider-Man one did prior to No Way Home.
The difference is that No Way Home was a Spider-Man event, keeping the focus on characters from within that sub-franchise.