We’ve had names on top of names rumored for the title role in Scott Derrickson‘s Doctor Strange and now Deadline is reporting Benedict Cumberbatch is in talks to take on the comic book role.
In the simplest of terms, Marvel’s Doctor Strange is a surgeon that suffers a life-changing car accident and eventually heads to the Himalayas, gains psychic powers and saves the day, protecting the Earth against magical and mystical threats.
Cumberbatch tops a list of actors that most recently included Colin Farrell, Keanu Reeves, Jared Leto and Justin Theroux.
The film is slated for a July 8, 2016 release.
