Dr. Strange Conjuring Directors

With a majority of the mainstream superhero properties already having a turn in the spotlight, studios have begun dipping their toes into uncharted waters. This year saw the release of several lesser known comic book characters that resulted in a rather mild reaction from the general public with Thor and Captain America and a hefty disinterest in Green Lantern. You can't help but wonder how the "C" and "D" list heroes will fare in the public eye when a property as sure as X-Men once was also turned out lukewarm results. Still the genre continues on with reboots abound and attempts to bring characters to the big screen that it seems only devoted fans would care for.

Last June revealed that Marvel was intending to go forward with a Doctor Strange film by hiring Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to pen a treatment for the hero with magic hands. The duo recently turned in drafts for Conan and Cowboys And Aliens so handling the magical side of the Marvel universe may fit them well. Twitch is now reporting that the duo has indeed turned in a script to the House of Ideas with positive enough reaction to have the draft forwarded to several directors to oversee the project.

The site also notes that Edgar Wright's Ant-Man draft has also been turned in giving some sign of Marvels comment to these character concepts that are bizarre and relatively unknown. I'm quite excited to see some of the weirder areas of comics explored but it doesn't necessarily translate to success with the general public. Hopefully these characters will be welcomed to enough success for the companies to turn out some profit from them.

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[moviefan]

Can't wait to see who marvel studios brings in for strange, and same goes for casting.