SYNOPSIS OF DOCTOR STRANGE

Directed by	Scott Derrickson
Produced by	Kevin Feige
Written by	Jon Spaihts Scott Derrickson C. Robert Cargill
Based on	Doctor Strange by  Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Starring	Benedict Cumberbatch Chiwetel Ejiofor Rachel McAdams Benedict Wong Michael Stuhlbarg Benjamin Bratt Scott Adkins Mads Mikkelsen Tilda Swinton
Music by	Michael Giacchino
Cinematography	Ben Davis
Edited by	Wyatt Smith[1] Sabrina Plisco[2]
Production company	Marvel Studios
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	October 13, 2016(Hong Kong) November 4, 2016(United States)
Running time	115 minutes[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$165 million[4]
Box office	$664.6 million[5]

Doctor Strange is a 2016 Americansuperhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the fourteenth filmof the Marvel Cinematic Universe(MCU). The film is directed by Scott Derrickson, who wrote the film with Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill, and starsBenedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor,Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong,Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins, Mads Mikkelsen, and Tilda Swinton. In Doctor Strange, surgeon Stephen Strange learns the mystic arts from the Ancient One after a career-ending car accident.

Various incarnations of a Doctor Strangefilm had been in development since the mid-1980s, until Paramount Picturesacquired the film rights in April 2005, on behalf of Marvel Studios. Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer were brought on board in June 2010 to write a screenplay. In June 2014, Derrickson and Spaihts were hired to direct and re-write the film, respectively. Cumberbatch was chosen for the eponymous role in December 2014, necessitating a schedule change to work around his other commitments. This gave Derrickson time to work on the script himself, for which he brought Cargill on to help. The film beganprincipal photography in November 2015 in Nepal, before moving to theUnited Kingdom, and concluded in New York City in April 2016. Filming also occurred in Hong Kong.

Doctor Strange held its world premiere in Hong Kong on October 13, 2016, and was released in the United States on November 4, 2016, in 3D and IMAX 3D. The film has grossed over $664 million worldwide, and was met with positive reviews from critics. It also received anAcademy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.