Passage: Various incarnations of a Doctor Strange film adaptation had been in development since the mid-1980s, until Paramount Pictures acquired the film rights in April 2005 on behalf of Marvel Studios. Thomas Dean Donnelly ak Joshua Oppenheimer te pote sou tablo nan mwa jen 2010 yo ekri yon senaryo. Nan mwa jen 2014, Derrickson te anboche nan dirije ak re-ekri fim nan ak Spaihts. Cumberbatch te chwazi pou wòl la eponymous nan mwa desanm 2014, ki mande yon chanjman nan orè pou travay alantou angajman l 'yo. Sa te bay Derrickson tan pou travay sou script la tèt li, pou ki li te pote Cargill sou ede. Fim nan te kòmanse fotografi prensipal nan Novanm 2015 nan Nepal, anvan li deplase nan Wayòm Ini a ak Hong Kong, epi li fini nan New York City nan mwa avril 2016.
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