What's next? Who should direct 'Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness'

With Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson out for the sequel, we throw out our suggestions for who should replace him

Doctor Strange was one of the most visually stunning episodes in the decade-long run of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s also one of its most inessential. There’s nothing you learn about the titular character in his solo introduction to the series that can’t be learned in the character’s cameo in Thor: Ragnarok or the first fifteen minutes of Avengers: Infinity War, and unless you’re dying to see Chiwetel Ejiofor’s inevitable ally-turned-nemesis Baron Mordo, there’s not much to take away from the 2015 film aside from the aforementioned visuals.

It was director Scott Derrickson who was able to take those visuals from concept to screen, and many had shown excitement about the director’s return for the sequel, which was announced at Kevin Feige’s mic-drop moment at 2019’s San Diego Comic-Con. Feige outlined the next 4-5 years of films and shows on Disney+, and the ne…