'Doctor Strange' clip: Benedict Cumberbatch tries out his spells in battle
LOS ANGELES -- Stephen Strange is learning on the job.
He's a quick study, sure, but he's just been scratching the surface of the Mystic Arts when, wouldn't you know it -- the Sanctum Sanctorum is under attack.
And that's really all you need to know about the clip below, debuting exclusively on Mashable. (We'd have a whole alternate universe's worth to say about Doctor Strange, but reviews are embargoed until early Sunday, so ... we'll sit on our hands until then. And it won't be easy.)
From director Scott Derrickson, whose background is mostly horror (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Deliver Us From Evil), Doctor Strange introduces to the Marvel Cinematic Universe the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Stephen Strange, a next-level experimental surgeon who loses the use of his hands in a car accident.
His quest to heal via the Mystic Arts plunges him -- and the entire MCU -- into realms no one had ever imagined even possible, and Benedict Cumberbatch is ... oops, that's right. That review embargo! Must ... not ... say ... more ...
... though we were allowed to tweet a little about it on Wednesday night.
Doctor Strange hits theaters on November 4.
Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
