Nothing can prepare audiences for the mind-bending descent into the madness of the multiverse in the latest footage from the upcoming Marvel sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Offering further glimpses at the assortment of magic, zombies, and variants that will litter Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the MCU movie will clearly be as mind-bending as they come.

Released courtesy of Marvel Studios, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will pick up following the events Spider-Man: No Way Home, which dragged the MCU into the multiverse on the big screen. The Master of the Mystic Arts is now attempting to restore a world where everything is changing. Strange must soon seek help from his ally Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme, and the Avengers' most powerful Scarlet Witch, Wanda. But a terrible threat looms over humanity and the entire universe that no longer can be done by their power alone. Even more surprising, the greatest threat in the universe looks exactly like Doctor Strange.

While there have been all manner of trailers and TV spots, there are still plenty of surprises in store when Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hits theaters next month. One insider has even gone so far as to claim that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will have “more big surprises” than prior adventures “Infinity War, Endgame, and Spider-Man: No Way Home combined.”

With the series of variants and alternate universes already glimpsed, as well as rumors that the likes of The Fantastic Four’s Mr. Fantastic, underwater king Namor, and Patrick Stewart’s X-Men leader Professor Xavier, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is gearing up to be one of the most surprising, important Marvel movies ever.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Will Be the MCU’s First Horror Movie

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Not only will Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness be chock-full of shocks and cameos, it is also being hyped as the MCU’s first horror movie. "I think what [Kevin] meant, from my point of view, is that this film has a flavor of horror to it,” director Sam Raimi recently explained. “I think when the original director, Scott Derrickson, and Kevin promoted the coming of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, they said that it was going to be the first Marvel superhero film that had an element of horror to it. I hope I'm not misquoting them. But even after Scott left the picture due to creative differences, that was still the mandate -- to make the first Marvel film that had an element of horror. So, I kept true to their original statements."

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has since been given a rating of PG-13 for “intense sequences of violence and action, frightening images and some language.” Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is scheduled to premiere on May 2, 2022, and will be released in the United States on May 6, as part of Phase Four of the MCU.