1) There Have Been Several Other Movie Attempts
Though it has taken until 2016 for Doctor Strange to appear on cinema screens, it is not through lack of trying. There have previously been many attempts to make a Doctor Strange movie, with some very big names attached.
Since the 1980s, the likes of Back to the Future’s Bob Gale, horror director Wes Craven and The Dark Knight scribe David S. Goyer have been attached to the project, but without anything coming to fruition. Guillermo del Toro and Neil Gaiman were also going to collaborate on the movie at one point – though that was always doomed to failure thanks to del Toro’s knack for having his pet projects cancelled.
In 2009, Marvel reignited work on the movie, which eventually led to Sinister’s Scott Derrickson landing the director’s chair. After about thirty years, the Doctor Strange movie is finally happening, and going by the trailer, it looks to be worth the wait.