How Benedict Cumberbatch’s ‘Doctor Strange’ will bend minds

On Nov. 4, former hotshot surgeon turned Master of the Mystic Arts Stephen Strange, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, enters the thriving Marvel Cinematic Universe. And director Scott Derrickson (“Sinister,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”) assures fans of the comics that the movie will indeed be a trip.

“It’s pretty psychedelic,” the filmmaker says. “If your love for the early Stan Lee-Steve Ditko comics was that visual, psychedelic ambition, I think you’ll be pretty satisfied. The primary resource for the visual design of the whole movie came from those comics.”