Disney moving forward on Dr. Strange film

Following through on its commitment to “make mine Marvel,” where “mine” is the majority of superhero films over the next three to five years, Disney is moving forward on an adaptation of Dr. Strange with screenwriters Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (who recently penned that Conan reboot) attached. A proposed film version of Dr. Strange has been kicking around Hollywood since at least the 1970s, with various names—including Bob Gale, Wes Craven, David S. Goyer, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman—attached at various points to help bring him to the screen. And for various reasons, they never succeeded, save a 1978 TV movie (and failed pilot) starring Peter Hooten which—despite Stan Lee’s endorsement, Hooten’s impressive Gabe Kaplan ‘do, and a pre-Arrested Development Jessica Walter as sorceress Morgan Le Fay—found itself decimated in the ratings by a little series called Roots.