Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness revealed at Comic-Con 2019

Benedict Cumberbatch will be joined by Elizabeth Olsen in the sequel.

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July 20, 2019 7:21 p.m. PT

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS ARRIVES MAY 7, 2021 #MarvelSDCC #SDCC2019 pic.twitter.com/Mo0Zld8bFS
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽‍♀️➡️#SDCC (@misscp) July 21, 2019

Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is set to team up with Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) when the two return to the big screen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Marvel Studios confirmed the sequel and its entire plan for Marvel Phase 4 during their Saturday Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019.

With the film's title, a version of the Marvel multiverse also seems to have been confirmed by Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige. This has been teased at before in previous Marvel movies, including Spider-Man: Far From Home.

The events you see Wanda go through in the series will be directly tied to the multiverse, and lead into this movie, confirms @Kevfeige !! Seriously, talk about madness 😮 #MarvelSDCC
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽‍♀️➡️#SDCC (@misscp) July 21, 2019

Tiny spoiler from Spider-Man: Far From Home here too for anyone that was wondering about that multiverse:

“Just because Beck was lying about the multiverse doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist,” @Kevfeige (-_^) #MarvelSDCC
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽‍♀️➡️#SDCC (@misscp) July 21, 2019

The sequel is currently set for May 7, 2021, with Scott Derrickson returning to direct. The Doctor Strange film will arrive after the Eternals on Nov. 6 2020 and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on Feb. 12, 2021.