‘Doctor Strange 2’ writer hypes up the hero’s new love interest

This isn’t a Christine Palmer appreciation post, so spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will naturally follow.

Even though every version of the title hero we encountered was pining for the one that got away, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness still managed to fall into the same trap as its predecessor by not giving audiences much of a reason to invest in the relationship between Benedict Cumberbatch’s former surgeon and Rachel McAdams’ Christine Palmer.

In Scott Derrickson’s opener, she was given the thankless and standard love interest role, with the animated “What If… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?” doing the best job we’ve seen from the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far in deepening the dynamic between the pair.

However, the first credits scene of Sam Raimi’s sequel hinted that Christine might be out of the picture for good, with Charlize Theron’s Clea making her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut. Hiring an A-list superstar for such a role would indicate a loose plan is already in place, with writer Michael Waldron referencing their comic book history during his appearance on Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast.

“We always knew we wanted to introduce Clea, who in the comics is you could say the great love of Doctor Strange, but really in a lot of ways his formidable equal as a sorcerer herself. Her backstory is fascinating, she’s the niece of Dormammu, the giant floating head from the first movie.

They have a lot of great adventures in the comics, and we knew we wanted to introduce her, but it felt like we had to close the book to some extent on his love story with Christine Palmer, Rachel McAdams’ character.”

That could be the first hint as to where the inevitable Doctor Strange 3 is heading, with Theron set to become Cumberbatch’s sparring partner when he next takes center stage in his own standalone movie.

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A distressingly bad Nicolas Cage thriller wages war on the streaming Top 10

Nicolas Cage may have claimed that he’s never given anything less than 100% commitment to any role he’s ever played, even when he was scraping the bottom of the VOD barrel for the better part of a decade, but it’s really difficult to imagine that 2014’s abysmal Tokarev had the Academy Award winner at full tilt.

Paco Cabezas’ generic action thriller went under the name of Rage in various territories, but even the altered nomenclature couldn’t prevent audiences from giving it a hard pass. Incredibly, despite holding a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 12%, it only ranks as the 13th worst-reviewed entry in Cage’s filmography on the aggregation site, but it’s definitely got a good claim to being the most boring.

The memeable leading man stars as a reformed criminal who turned his life around to make a decent fist of the construction business, where he’s now a happily married doting father. However, once his daughter is kidnapped and found murdered via a bullet from the titular Russian-made pistol, Cage’s Paul Maguire rolls up his sleeves and gets down to revenge.

As per FlixPatrol, Tokarev has cast aside the overwhelmingly negative reception from critics and audiences to pulverize the Paramount Plus most-watched list, where it currently ranks as the eighth-top title on the platform’s global chart.

Clearly, the vague hint of some classic Cage Rage has been enough to encourage subscribers that hitting play is a risk worth taking, even if it’s one they may end up regretting 94 minutes later when the credits roll.

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Elizabeth Olsen clears up her MCU contractual status after ‘Doctor Strange 2’

Kevin Feige revealed not so long ago that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is set to pivot away from tying its stars down to multi-picture contracts in favor of signing them up on a project-by-project basis, which makes sense for a number of reasons.

Not only does it prevent the franchise from shoehorning a familiar face into a feature film or Disney Plus exclusive to use up an option, but it should also in theory create more excitement and enthusiasm among the talent. Instead of the onscreen stars showing up because they have to, they’ll need to be given a script that appeals to them, and a genuine reason for returning to the fray.

Speaking to Collider, Elizabeth Olsen confirmed that she inked a one-and-done deal for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, similar to what she did for WandaVision, so she isn’t currently attached to Marvel Studios.

“I sign extensions every time they want me to do a movie. I just signed a very short one at the beginning, so everything’s constantly just, it’s always adjusting for me. No. I don’t think of this either as the end. I don’t know in what capacity I’ll be back. I don’t know how to do it without, I don’t want spoilers.”

Olsen may not be tied to the MCU in an official capacity, but it would be foolish to imagine that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness marked the Scarlet Witch’s final hurrah, especially when she’s already emerged as one of the most integral players in the post-Infinity Saga landscape.

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