Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
Benedict Cumberbatch will be back as Doctor Strange in 2022 withDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , but what starts the titular multiverse of madness ? Doctor Strange was last seen come back from the dead inAvengers : Endgame , helping the combined heroes take on Thanos and his forces as the Mad Titan pursued the Infinity Stones for the last clip .
Shortly afterAvengers : Endgamehit theaters , Kevin Feige - President of Marvel Studios - annunciate the coming slate of the Marvel Cinematic Universe , and the enigmatically - titledDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesswas among them . The moving picture ’s title has create palpable machination as fans debatewhat ' Multiverse of Madness ' actually meansfor the character and the MCU at large .
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Marvel fans will already be intimate with the conception of the Multiverse ; a series of alternate Earths and parallel universes , where the differences can be infinitesimally small or devastatingly huge . Marvel Studios ' first enliven showWhat If?will explore a number of these divergent timeline , including Peter Parker becoming Hawkeye and Peggy Carter becoming Captain America . Doctor Strange 2presumably sendsDoctor Strange hurtling through the multiverse , fight and chance his way back to his own earth , most likely saving suppose multiverse in the process . But what will cause Doctor Strange ’s journeying through the multiverse ? What starts the ' multiverse of madness ' ? Here are all the established theory so far .
Scarlet Witch
It ’s already been announced thatWanda Maximoff - the Scarlet Witch - will be appearing alongside Doctor StrangeinDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , following her coming into court in Disney+ showWandaVision . From the brief glimpses ofWandaVisionthat audiences have already find out , Wanda seems to be living multiple lives with her deceased lover Vision in some kind of warped reality / dream state .
This has led to the theory that Wanda is either already jumping throughthe multiverse inWandaVision , or she has been trapped in a aspiration by an opposition ( see Nightmare , below ) or that she has suffer her mind with brokenheartedness and begun to make alternate realities all by herself . It ’s likely that Scarlet Witch is the cause of the multiverse of madness due to her marquee appearance in the sequel , in addition to her story of creating alternative timeline - like the House of M - in Marvel Comics , thanks to her realism - heave powers . If Marvel Studios were to utilize the House of M substitute realism , they could even finallybring the X - Men into the MCU .
Other grounds attributed to Scarlet Witch being the cause of the multiverse of madness stem from Doctor Strange ’s collateral obligation for Vision ’s expiry inAvengers : Infinity War . After give up the Time Stone to Thanos , the delirious Titan immediately direct to Earth where heripped the Mind Stone from Vision ’s heading , killing him . Wanda Maximoff could trust retaliation for Doctor Strange ’s script in her boyfriend ’s end , which may then extend to the Multiverse of Madness .
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Loki
Loki is due to appear in his own Disney+ showLoki , conform to the events ofAvengers : Endgame ; could that be a stepping stone tobecoming the villain ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?News has already better that his self - titled show will center around the 2012 version of Loki that escaped with the Tesseract after the Avengers ' clock time - traveling flub , and with the Space Stone inadvertently in his possession , 2012 Loki can jump around the population wherever he wants .
The Avengers
The Avengers themselves may have been the cause of the result ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . As the Ancient One explained to Smart Hulk inAvengers : Endgameduring their ' time heist ' of the Infinity Stones , if one of the Stones is absent from its place in time it can do that reality to branch off and lose balance . This would create a darker , sliver reality . Smart Hulk anticipate this ominous prophecy by suggest that the Avengers return the Stones to their original place in the timeline when done with them in their present , thereby restoring residuum . The Ancient One is lastly persuaded when informed thatDoctor Strange volitionally give up the Time Stoneto Thanos , as he would n’t have done that if there were no other agency .
disregarding of the fact that Captain America returned all the Infinity Stones to whence they make out followingAvengers : Endgame(resulting in a presumably awkward interaction with Red Skull ) , each rock was still removed from the place in space and time they were supposed to be . It could be potential that theremoval of the Time Stone- not to mention the others - head to the fracturing of realities that the Ancient One monish of . Disturbingly , this would mean that the Avengers might be responsible for the start of the fracturing of the multiverse inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness .
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Thanos
The Ancient One warns Smart Hulk that the remotion of the Time Stone ( as well as the other Infinity Stones ) leaves the universe defenseless against any number of threats . What would she have to say when she learns that Thanos decided to destroy all the Stones after successfully using them to wipe out half of all lifespan in the universe ? One theory is that Thanos ' destruction of all the Stones removes the very fundamentals of creation , thus potentially leading to topsy-turvyness and danger in the integral multiverse . IfThanos ' devastation of the Infinity Stones moderate to the multiversecollapsing in on itself - a true Multiverse of Madness - Doctor Strange will ask all the help he can get inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness .
Dormammu
InDoctor Strange , the Sorcerer Supreme was capable to trump the Dread Dormammu by trapping him in an endless closed circuit of being confronted by Strange and dispatch him , over and over again . This force Dormammu to promise never to round Earth again , and the multidimensional being is bind by his give-and-take ; that does n’t think of that fans will never see him again . IfDormammu returns forDoctor Strange 2 , he could be getting revenge on him by way of causing the multiverse madness .
Nightmare
When Scott Derrickson was still due to direct the then - nameless subsequence toDoctor Strange(he has since been replaced by Sam Raimi ) he was vocal about having Nightmare be the villain . Nightmare was intended to be the villain ofDoctor Strange , but was considered too exposition - clayey . Marvel rooter will recognize Nightmare as the ruler of the Dream Dimension , and is rather fond of invest Strange through all manner of trial and tribulations for his own amusement . Scott Derrickson may have do to instal Nightmare as the villain before his amicable divergence from the theater director ’s chair ; he is remaining on as an Executive Producer so it ’s possible he can still exert some kind of influence overDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . Nightmare would make sense as the cause of the Multiverse of Madness .
If the events ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of the Madnessare a follow - on fromWandaVision , one theory ( further explained onMovieWeb ) go that Nightmare is responsible for sending Wanda Maximoff into repetitive fantasies of a picturesque life-time with her in a heartfelt way - digress Vision . The abbreviated footage seen fromWandaVisionshow Wanda and Vision in a number of different sitcom - esque scenario . This could be the Dream Dimension in activity ; when combined with Wanda ’s reality - altering powers , it could be the start ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . However , with Derrickson gone from the director ’s chairwoman , Nightmare ’s cellular inclusion now calculate less probable .
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Doctor Doom
At this point , any possibility pointing to Doctor Doom being the villain inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessis pure speculation . The emphasis on Doctor Doom as a thaumaturge first and a scientist second in his currently on-going comical book series suggest that an appearance in theDoctor Strangefranchise could be a fitting first stair forDoom in the MCU . His magical abilities could certainly assist in ripping through the multiverse , but time will secern if Doctor Doom is the grounds of the event ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness .
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