{"id":14395,"date":"2014-12-29T06:25:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/?p=14395"},"modified":"2014-12-29T06:25:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T14:25:53","slug":"did-director-scott-derrickson-reveal-the-first-official-photo-of-benedict-cumberbatch-as-doctor-strange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=14395","title":{"rendered":"Did Director Scott Derrickson Reveal the first official photo of Benedict Cumberbatch As DOCTOR STRANGE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Doctor-Strange-Marvel-Comics-Cover-Art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12737\" src=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Doctor-Strange-Marvel-Comics-Cover-Art.jpg\" alt=\"Doctor-Strange-Marvel-Comics-Cover-Art\" width=\"620\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Marvel revealed that Scott Derrickson was tapped to direct the sorcerer supreme Doctor Strange in his titular film fans went nuts over the news, then when Marvel revealed the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch in the rule it felt like a dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>Now, thanks to the wonders of twitter we may have our first look at the Doctor himself, at least in what appears to be in the form of some pre-production artwork.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>&#8220;Strange but not a stranger&#8221; &#8211; Talking Heads <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/30lPiwfGhk\">pic.twitter.com\/30lPiwfGhk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Derrickson (@scottderrickson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottderrickson\/status\/546913777396891648\">December 22, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What many have noticed is the obvious Tony Stark Goatee that the doctor is sporting, which is likely due to the fact that this is still pre-production. But either way, this is a fantastic first look if the director was simply trying to show fans the feel of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Doctor Strange is currently a part of Marvel Phase 3 and set for a November 4, 2016 release date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWhen Marvel revealed that Scott Derrickson was tapped to direct the sorcerer supreme Doctor Strange in his titular film fans&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=14395\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Did Director Scott Derrickson Reveal the first official photo of Benedict Cumberbatch As DOCTOR STRANGE?&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-14395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-featured","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Did Director Scott Derrickson Reveal the first official photo of Benedict Cumberbatch As DOCTOR STRANGE? 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