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    Dr. Stephen Strange was once a gifted but egotistical surgeon who sought out the Ancient One to heal his hands after they were wounded in a car accident. Instead, the Ancient One trained him to become Master of the Mystic Arts and the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.

    Could We See A Dr. Strange Movie By Pixar?

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    There's been rumblings over a Doctor Strange movie recently. We know Marvel is looking to pushing out some of their lesser known characters into new movie franchises. It makes perfect sense that Disney would especially want to do this after they made their big purchase of Marvel. We've also heard that Stan Lee mentioned doing a cameo in the Doctor Strange movie even though we haven't heard anything official about it. 
     
    The latest buzz about the movie according to Empire and Spider-Man: Fever writer, Brendan McCarthy is that Pixar might be doing an animated version of Doctor Strange. 
     
    Could this be what Disney has plan for the Sorcerer Supreme? We haven't seen a full Disney-produced Marvel movie. Will they attempt to bring Strange to theaters with Pixar's help? Would Pixar make a movie on a property they didn't create? What exactly did McCarthy hear when he was "in Hollywood"? 
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    Apparently McCarthy let it slip: 

    "I was over in Hollywood earlier this year, mooching about, and I had a meeting at Disney, and the conversation drifted around to Pixar animating the Dr Strange movie. Wouldn't that be nice?"

    Obviously "wouldn't it be nice" doesn't mean it will happen. I'm sure a Doctor Strange movie will happen. I would just be really surprised if Pixar was directly involved. All of their movies have been based on their own creations. They've never adapted someone else's idea. I would also be surprised if their first Marvel/Disney venture was Doctor Strange. I would think if an animated theatrical release happened, it be for a better known character. Sorry Doc.   
     
    What are your thoughts on this? Would you rather see a live-action Doctor Strange or an animated one?    
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    #1  Edited By Magian

    Actually I wouldn't mind seeing an animated Doctor Strange.

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    #2  Edited By Dr. Detfink

    As much as I love Pixar, this is a terrible idea. 
     

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    #3  Edited By Precise

    He already had an animated movie, i want to see a live action one.

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    #4  Edited By darkrein
    @ComicMan24: I Don't think an animated Dr.Strange film would be bad, so long as they don't alter the character too much. (The 2007 Doctor strange movie)
    I would still prefer LA though.
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    #5  Edited By Magian
    @darkrein said:
    " @ComicMan24: I Don't think an animated Dr.Strange film would be bad, so long as they don't alter the character too much. (The 2007 Doctor strange movie) I would still prefer LA though. "
    There is already an animated with him?
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    #6  Edited By rschomber

    animated dr. strange sounds good... but pixar??? i don't know if that is the best idea...

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    #8  Edited By RavenDark

    Animated sounds better...
    Disney/Pixar did made a decent "Prince of Persia"(live-action with cg) when I was skeptical, so the result shouldn't be so bad...

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    #9  Edited By Magian
    @darkrein: Thanks. I can't believe I missed it.
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    #10  Edited By Nighthunter

    Liam Neeson as Doctor Strange
    Guillermo del Toro directing
    Neil Gaiman screen writing
     Live action movie
    PLEASE!

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    #11  Edited By darkrein
    @ComicMan24: It wasn't a bad movie, it was just odd seeing Dr.Strange use a sword.
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    #12  Edited By taugehz

    This could be an opportunity for Pixar to branch out into a more realistic style of CGI, that would be interesting to see.

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    #13  Edited By Magian
    @darkrein: I should check it.
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    #14  Edited By gmanfromheck
    @Nighthunter: There was a rumor that Patrick Dempsey wanted to play the Doc. 

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    #15  Edited By ckal

    I'll pretty much cry if Doctor Strange turns out to be an animated movie.

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    #16  Edited By frsty13

    I'm skeptical, but if anyone could pull it off, it'd be Pixar.

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    #17  Edited By iLLituracy

    I'm down with Pixar touching any of Marvel's properties. Pixar does quality work. In fact, you know what I want to see? A Pixar Ant-Man movie.

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    #18  Edited By leokearon

    It would be interesting, as long as someone call pull off the wierd realms of Steve Ditko I wont mind
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    #19  Edited By ReverseNegative

    hmmm...

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    #20  Edited By danhimself

     no one will ever agree with me but the perfect Dr. Strange would be:  

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    #21  Edited By haydenclaireheroes

    I not a big Doctor Strange fan so I probably will not see it. 

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    #22  Edited By BenB
    @danhimself:  RIGHT ON!
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    #23  Edited By spider-man 2996

    Live action please
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    #24  Edited By Night Thrasher

    Pixar + Silver Surfer + Ving Rhames voice acting = win!

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    #25  Edited By BuddyBulson

    As much as i love live action i would like to see this happen. I originally wanted disney/pixar to make the runaways and not do it live action so they could capture everything from the comics.

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    #26  Edited By Pizawle

    Love, LOVE Pixar but I do not want them to do this. If they ever do a Marvel film it should be something grander since Pixar cannot just keep doing Marvel films.

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    #27  Edited By Lvenger

    We need a live action Doctor Strange movie if it's ever going to be a box office success. If Pixar want to do an animated series that's fine but DS needs a live action film.

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    #28  Edited By crusader8463

    I never followed Dr.Stranger in the comics, however after watching that cartoon movie they did of him a few years back I became very interested in him. So count me in for a " I would watch it".

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    #29  Edited By Joey Ravn

    "That's what a comic writer said" should totally become a new meme :P

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    #30  Edited By goldenkey
    @danhimself:
    He's told old now, but he would have been great for the role.
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    #31  Edited By goldenkey

    I thought they should have been writing Antman for a CGI movie.  With all the good effects they did with Harry Potter why would they not want to make it live action.  Stupid idea
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    #32  Edited By -Vigil-

    Pixar could make even Dr. Strange cool.

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    #33  Edited By roadbuster
    @G-Man said:
    "What are your thoughts on this? Would you rather see a live-action Doctor Strange or an animated one?"  
    I'd like to see Marvel take animation more seriously and pursue feature film quality animation for their properties because  the characters are their truest when illustrated (one of the reasons Capcom's Versus series with Marvel licenses is so iconic while many other Marvel videogame properties have fumbled) and because animated feature films can be serious business (they certainly have been in Japan and domestically, albeit when geared towards children in the latter category) over live action which I feel is a slightly crowded field and somewhat formulaic at this point (not to say unenjoyable but diminishing returns). 
     
    That said, I want Pixar nowhere near Doctor Strange.  As a property it is almost completely against their creative philosophy.  It's a somewhat rigid pre-existing IP ("story, story, story"), completely fantastic limitless magic (whereas Pixar films ground themselves with explicit rules to make the fantastic realistic - whether talking rats/toys/cars, far future robots, or dream powered monsters there's an underlying mechanical realism to everything compared to the complete arbitrary anarchy that is Doctor Strange), it's borderline demonic (but at the very least not family friendly in the sense Pixar films generally are), it's corporate property meant to maximize merchandising ("story drives everything" - the earlier point is more with respect to the integrity of the original IP from a continuity/story standpoint, but here it's with respect to the business... Marvel wants money but Pixar wants the ultimate story and while not mutually exclusive the ideals can clash and cause compromises to Pixar's creative philosophy), and finally the Pixar brand (so creatively it's all about story, but on the business end "Pixar" means something that "Doc. Strange" would compromise).
     
    Of course, Disney has several competent and quality animation departments (both 2D and 3D) aside from Pixar to take up the cause.
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    #34  Edited By ForbushBug

    Going from Stan cameo to tossing out the idea of Pixar doing it makes it sound like we're a long time away from seeing this puppy.

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    #35  Edited By Mr.Q
    @Nighthunter said:
    " Liam Neeson as Doctor Strange Guillermo del Toro directing Neil Gaiman screen writing  Live action moviePLEASE! "
    i actually like the sound of that.
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    #37  Edited By zoist
    @Donovan Montgomery: That's pretty much common knowledge for anyone who collects comics.
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    #38  Edited By Donovan Montgomery
    @zoist:
    Just letting the new folks know :) 
     
    You watch it?  If so, how did you like it?
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    #39  Edited By grayrick949
    @danhimself: it ...strangely (no Pun intended) fits 
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    #40  Edited By Gambit1024

    If anything should be done by  Pixtar it should be the Fantastic Four... Silver Surfer too. 
     
    Doc's gotta be live action

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    #41  Edited By difficlus

    we need a SS film, doctor strange animated won't be bad, especially given Pixar's great track record...

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    #42  Edited By ImperiousRix

    I would love to see a Dr. Strange film, and animated might be a better way to go.  If Pixar's handling it, that could have the potential to be amazing.

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    #43  Edited By Jord

    Pixar Dr. Strange is certainly an interesting idea.  Their movies are consistently pretty good, unlike the Marvel films... 
     
    In regards to live-action, they've already cast a decent Dr. Strange actor as Tony Stark; RDJ would've been cool. 
     
    However, Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) is perfect for the role: 
     
     
     
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    #44  Edited By xerox_kitty

    Pixar & Strange...?  Ooh, yes please!!

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    #45  Edited By Chibi-Iroh

    Everyone else is getting live action movies then by damnit they can give Doctor Strange one to.

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    #46  Edited By zoist
    @Donovan Montgomery I saw it about 10 years ago on a bootleg vhs I bought from Jay and Silent Bobs secret stash. As for what I think, well it sucked. I like the intro with all of the 70's style demonography but the story strayed too far for me. That stupid ring and using Morgan Le Fay when they could have used Mordo. And I'm assuming the demon that gave Morgan her orders was supposed to be Dormammu but I don't remember them mentioning him by name. I could be wrong tho, like I said it's been about 10 years since last I saw it. And I can't bring my self to sit thru it again. But yeah, it was hard to watch just like the 1970's Captain America.
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    #47  Edited By MrMazz

    and animated doc strange would be good since it would be the cheapest way to produce a high value sfx heavy mystical romp. they defiantly have the story telling down id be interested in seeing what the art style is 

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    #48  Edited By MysterioMaximus
    @Nighthunter said:
    " Liam Neeson as Doctor Strange Guillermo del Toro directing Neil Gaiman screen writing  Live action moviePLEASE! "
    ...I'd actually really like that!
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    #49  Edited By The Sadhu
    @danhimself:
    I totally agree with you!  Tom Seleck would make the perfect Doctor Strange!
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    #50  Edited By Adam Michaels

    I will respectfully disagree with anyone who doesn't like this idea. In fact, there are many comic book characters who would be better translated in animated form than in live-action. There are just more possibilities in animation (particlarly 3D animation). Not to mention the wide range of creatures that Doctor Strange deals with will be much more believable in animation. 
     
    But I'm not anti-live-action-Dr. Strange either. In fact, if anyone has seen Sorcerer's Apprentice, it's a pretty safe bet that Disney are probably the only ones who can pull off a Doctor Strange film in live-action. The effects on Sorcerer's Apprentice were breathatking if you ask me. And that's definitely what a Doctor Strange live-action film need, believable effects.
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