Spider-Man: No Way Home
word of advice : SPOILERS forMarvel ’s What If … ?episode 4 , " What If … Doctor Strange lose His pith rather Of His Hands ? "
Marvel ’s What If … ?episode 4 tacitly debunked the fan theory that Doctor Strange ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) will be malign inSpider - Man : No Way Home . In " What If … Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead Of His Hands , " an alt - cosmos variation of the Sorcerer Supreme go delirious with tycoon as he prove to vacate the death of his beloved , Dr. Christine Palmer ( Rachel McAdams ) . Not even an alternate interpretation of Doctor Strange sent by theAncient One ( Tilda Swinton)could stop the insane Sorcerer Supreme from collapsing his timeline .
Doctor Strange will be Peter Parker ’s ( Tom Holland ) fresh wise man ( of sorts ) inSpider - Man : No WayHome , take the traditional seat of Tony Stark ( Robert Downey Jr. ) . Parker turns to the Sorcerer Supreme for magical help in resolving his quandary that the world now have a go at it he ’s Spider - Man , thanks to J. Jonah Jameson ( J.K. Simmons ) and Mysterio ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) publicly revealing Peter ’s underground identity inSpider - Man : Far From Home . But Doctor Strange ’s trick incidentally opens up the Multiverse , which mean Tom Holland ’s Spidey encounter the venomous foes of his predecessors , Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield , like theGreen Goblin ( Willem Dafoe ) , Doctor Octopus ( Alfred Molina ) , and Electro ( Jamie Foxx ) . However , devotee are also wary of Doctor Strange himself thanks to his unusual behavior inSpider - Man : No Way Home ’s trailer , and the theory persists that Doctor Strange is evil and the movie ’s secluded baddie .
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However , the fact thatWhat If … ?episode 4 showcased an evil Doctor Strange probably means that the Sorcerer Supreme wo n’t be evil inSpider - Man : No Way Homein nastiness of visual aspect . This is becauseWhat If … ?is purposely avoiding alt - universe scenario that will be seen in coming Marvel movies . What If … ? ’s straits writer A.C. Bradley and manager Bryan Andrews pitched several ideas for the animated serial but a few were spurn because of their similarities to MCU pic in Phase 4 . For instance , What If … ? ’s originative squad wanted to do an episode aboutJane Foster ( Natalie Portman ) becoming Thor , but that ’s the plot ofThor : Love and Thunder . Bradley also had an melodic theme for a Guardians of the Galaxy sequence that was scrapped because it was too penny-pinching toGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3.There was also a rejected rake about old human being Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans ) and Professor Hulk ( Mark Ruffalo ) team up up , butAvengers : Endgamedid it already in live - action .
By this logical system , if Doctor Strange is going to be vicious inSpider - Man : No Way house , Marvel would n’t allow an evil Doctor Strange to be the subject area of an entireWhat If … ?episode . What If … ?would have fundamentally take the wind out of the sheet of anevil Doctor Strange twistinNo Way Homethree months before the hotly - foresee third MCUSpider - Manmovie premieres . However , the Multiverse itself is fair biz since that ’s the entire basis ofWhat If … ? Spider - Man : Far From Hometeased the Multiverse survive andLokifurther explore variations to the Sacred Timeline , butNo Way Homewill introduce alt - realities in the MCU movies before Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch ( Elizabeth Olsen ) become fully embroiled in it inDoctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness .
What If … ?has done an excellent job of exploring reality and construct that ca n’t and wo n’t be done in the mainline MCU , like Agent Peggy Carter ( Hayley Atwell ) becoming a super soldier , T’Challa ( Chadwick Boseman ) becoming Star - Lord , and theAvengers being murdered by Hank Pym ( Michael Douglas)before they could assemble . It ’s also now clear thatWhat If … ? ’s mandate is to salute scenario that deliberately wo n’t be part of the mainline MCU . While Marvel could still swerve fan ' expectations and pose an malefic live - action Doctor Strange in some fashion , it ’s safe to say that the Sorcerer Supreme wo n’t be a force - mad maniac inSpider - Man : No elbow room Homethat he was inWhat If … ?episode 4 .
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Marvel ’s What If … ?streams Wed on Disney+ .
