Looks like the Impossibilities are indeed endless in the growing Marvel Cinematic Universe, as The Hollywood Reporter just released the scoop that Benedict Cumberbatch will return to play Doctor Strange in Tom Holland's next Spider-Man movie! The untitled sequel, which is reported to begin filming this month, will be a continuation of "Spider-Man: Far From Home" and see Holland back as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man - whose identity was publicly revealed by Mysterio at the mid-credits scene of that film.
Doctor Strange's inclusion in the new MCU Spider-Man film follows a trend that began with "Spider-Man: Homecoming" in 2017 - when Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark/ Iron Man served as a mentor figure to the young and inexperienced wall crawler superhero. That continued with 2019's Far From Home, with Nick Fury (or his Skrull proxy Talos) guiding Peter in his adventures in Europe and against the elementals of Mysterio. Now it's Stephen Strange's turn... And one has to wonder how the Multiverse fits in? With "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" also set for Phase 4, the interconnected nature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe expands even further, and now Jamie Foxx's recent casting as Electro - a role he played in 2014's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", will now make sense in the grander scheme of things that opens up alternate realities and parallel worlds. We'll just have to wait and see how that plays, and whether Strange will do a "One More Day" to help Peter with his "secret identity not secret anymore" problem.
The Third Spider-Man film by Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios is slated for a December 2021 release date, but that could change given the pandemic situation still affecting the world.
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