'He's Coming': Marvel Star Benedict Cumberbatch Has 'More Than a Sense' of When We'll See Doctor Strange Again, But Will it Be Avengers: Doomsday or Secret Wars?

Doctor Strange prima Benedict Cumberbatch has said helium knows erstwhile he'll backmost arsenic Marvel's caped sorcerer — suggesting an imminent instrumentality whitethorn present beryllium connected the cards.

Cumberbatch's sanction was mysteriously absent from Marvel's large seat uncover confirming the main stars of Avengers: Doomsday. But fans person agelong suggested the multiversal quality has to beryllium successful the movie successful immoderate capacity, adjacent if helium is being kept nether wraps. (And, certainly, there's been proposition that other, spoilery MCU stars person besides returned without being announced.)

Now, Cumberbatch has said successful an interrogation that his quality is so "coming" backmost to the MCU, and knew erstwhile this would be. But the histrion stopped abbreviated of saying whether helium knew due to the fact that helium had filmed caller scenes arsenic Strange already, oregon whether helium had simply been booked to sprout thing successful future.

Avengers: Doomsday has present wrapped its main photography up of its merchandise connected December 18, 2026, but it's expected the movie volition get Marvel's modular bundle of further shooting astatine the commencement of adjacent year, up of Avengers: Secret Wars main photography opening aft that.

So, adjacent if Cumberbatch hasn't filmed thing yet, there's inactive a accidental he'll popular up successful Doomsday — and it's hard to judge Marvel won't springiness him astatine slightest a cameo. As 1 of the MCU's characters with the champion cognition of multiversal shenanigans, you'd expect he'd beryllium astatine the forefront of sorting retired immoderate Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom is up to.

But possibly that's wherefore he's not being fixed a beforehand spot — arsenic he'd benignant it each retired excessively quickly. Story-wise, Marvel whitethorn consciousness it amended to prevention Strange for a post-credits country successful Doomsday, oregon adjacent conscionable for Secret Wars entirely.

"I person much than a sense, but I can't stock it," Cumberbatch told Collider, erstwhile asked if helium knew erstwhile audiences would spot Strange again. "He's coming. At immoderate constituent you decidedly will."

Cumberbatch was past seen successful the MCU battling the Scarlet Witch backmost successful 2022's Doctor Strange successful the Multiverse of Madness, which already feels similar immoderate clip ago. The movie ended connected a mates of cliffhangers, with Strange inexplicably sprouting a 3rd eye, past being whisked disconnected by Charlize Theron's Clea to hole different multiversal incursion — and that's the past we've heard of him since.

The actor's reply is akin successful code to the knowing effect precocious fixed by Wolverine prima Hugh Jackman, who was besides asked astir a instrumentality for his fan-favorite clawed character. "I americium ne'er saying 'never' ever again," Jackman quipped, portion holding steadfast connected the details. As of yet, there's been nary proposition he'll look successful Doomsday either.

But intelligibly Marvel already has a bully consciousness of who it wants to see successful Secret Wars, too, since a caller study tipped Stranger Things histrion Sadie Sink arsenic besides appearing successful the 2027 sequel, reprising her mysterious relation that she's acceptable to debut successful adjacent year's Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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