It looks
like Marvel was going to announce Joaquin Phoenix as Doctor Strange at this
year's San Diego Comic-Con. What happened?
Well it
seems that the frontrunner for director Scott Derrickson's Sorcerer Supreme
movie is having some doubts not about the character, but about the process of
making the film.
According
to Badass Digest the actors going to be announced at this year's Marvel Studios
panel at SDCC, but a deal couldn't be made.
"That weekend a Marvel
Studios insider told me they had tried their hardest, that they had pushed as
hard as they could, but they couldn't close the deal in time."
The site also confirmed that both
parties are in talks but cautions that there might be some problems regarding not
only the standard multi-picture contract, but also other aspects of production.
"[The] problems that
have kept the deal from closing remain, and they go beyond the basic fact that
Phoenix is balking at the heavy multi-picture contract: Joaquin Phoenix literally
doesn't know if he can work on this kind of movie. He's a great actor, and he
can play the role. But the Marvel Studios blockbuster machine is full of
pre-viz and fight-viz and green screen and massive reshoots. It's not a world
that's as comfortable for him, and he's just not certain he can do it."
As always
take it with a grain of salt, but this is probably good news to those of you
that don't want the actor to join the MCU, but for those of us that want him as
Doctor Strange, let's hope Kevin Feige can work out some magic and make the
actor sign the dotted line.
What do
you think?
Source -
Badass Digest
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