Benedict Cumberbatch has confirmed that he remains committed to adapting Rogue Male, the classic British novel that he says inspired Ian Fleming to write James Bond. Cumberbatch and his production company SunnyMarch announced in 2016 that they planned to adapt Geoffrey Household’s book, but the…

Benedict Cumberbatch has bemoaned the “grossly wasteful” nature of making movies, referencing his “horrific” diet when playing Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Speaking on Ruthie’s Table 4 podcast, the Sherlock actor said his Doctor Strange eating regimen was overseen by a chef and included enough meals…

Benedict Cumberbatch is seemingly not done playing Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor recently hinted at his return in a new movie next year. “There are some Marvel capers in the making next year,” Cumberbatch said while being a guest in the JW3 Speaker Series. It’s…

The controversial casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One in 2016’s Doctor Strange was a mistake, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has admitted. Speaking to Men’s Health for a cover story on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu, Feige said the uproar over casting Swinton as the Tibetan…

Even as he preps the sequel to his original pic, Benedict Cumberbatch is in talks to first reprise his role of Doctor Strange in Sony and Marvel’s next installment of the Spider-Man franchise. Tom Holland is set to return as Peter Parker with Jon Watts returning to direct. Sources tell Deadline, the plan is for…

We’ve confirmed that it’s true: Marvel is looking to close a deal with Sam Raimi to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness following Scott Derrickson’s departure from the project. Derrickson will remain an executive producer on the sequel. The sequel was announced at San Diego Comic-Con last summer…

Scott Derrickson is set to return as the director of Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange sequel, which has Benedict Cumberbatch reprising his role as the title character, who was last seen disintegrating into dust-like particles at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. Stephen Strange was a brilliant but arrogant…

Steve Ditko, a comic-book artist who co-created the Marvel characters Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee, has died in New York. He was 90. The NYPD public information officer told Deadline that he was found in his apartment on June 29 and likely had been dead for a couple of days. Ditko studied art at…

Near the home of his Sherlock BBC TV character, Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the fictional detective, took a real-life leap into action, proving that his portrayal of a hero in Avengers: Infinity War and Doctor Strange may not be just a role. Cumberbatch reportedly rescued a London delivery bicyclist who was…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that my…

Oscar nominated for their labors on Marvel’s Doctor Strange, visual effects supervisors Stephane Ceretti and Richard Bluff are emblematic of the magic their craft can bring to big screen endeavors. Injecting magic into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring film, the pair had an…

UPDATE, TUESDAY WRITETHRU with actuals: There were a lot of moving parts to the international box office this frame with Chinese New Year titles taking the Top 3 spots and setting a new single-day record. Sony’s Resident Evil: The Final Chapter came in tops for Hollywood with an added $26.8M for an offshore cume…