BuzzFeed - Sorcerer Supreme, indeed. Doctor Strange Marvel Benedict Cumberbatch Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters Benedict Cumberbatch is nearing a deal to star in Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange as the titular mystical hero, according to multiple trade reports on Monday. The news comes just under 24 hours before a mystery Marvel Studios' event in Los Angeles, in which the company is expected to make some significant announcements about its upcoming slate of films. (Reps for Marvel and Cumberbatch did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BuzzFeed News.) If that sounds weirdly familiar, it's because the last time casting news broke about who would play Stephen Strange, it was just about 24 hours before Marvel Studios' panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July, and the actor in line to play the role was Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix. Those talks obviously came to naught, and Cumberbatch â whose name had long been bandied about as a possibility for the role â appare
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