VIDEO : 'Doctor Strange 2' Release Date Possibly Confirmed

Unable to play video. HTML5 is not supported! The confirmation that Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has signed on to helm the sequel also comes with the news that the film aims to shoot in 2020 with a May 2021 release date, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This might reveal that Marvel Studios aims to release the film on May 7, 2021, as the studio had previously confirmed that release date yet never revealed which film would be snagging the coveted spot. In the infancy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, all films were released between May and July as to take advantage of the summer blockbuster window, with the eighth film in the series, Thor: The Dark World, breaking that trend with its November 8, 2013 release.