His role as Stephen Strange introduced magic into the MCU, and now he’ll be stepping off Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and onto a more grounded take on wizardry in our world with War Magician.
Of course, it’s tough to separate Benedict Cumberbatch from his Marvel role as the Master of the Mystic Arts in the Doctor Strange movies.
Cumberbatch has been filming the sequel to his 2016 introduction to the superhero universe since November ahead of its early 2022 release date.