According to Collider, The Turning scribe Jade Bartlett has been tapped to pen the screenplay for Marvel Studios‘ highly-anticipated sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which is set to debut on May 7, 2021.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is being described as the first horror film in the MCU with Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch returning as the titular sorcerer supreme and Elizabeth Olsen also appearing as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, with Olsen’s forthcoming Disney+ series WandaVision set to directly impact the events of the Doctor Strange sequel.
Joining him in the film were Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo, Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Nicodemus West.
However, it is not yet clear if director Scott Derrickson, who wrote the first film with C. Robert Cargill and Jon Spaihts, will also be co-writing the script with Bartlett or not.