Marvel's 'Doctor Strange' Will Not Be an Origin Movie

According to Devin Faraci , the editor of Badass
Digest and the man responsible for a number of
Star Wars: Episode VII spoilers last week,
Marvel 's upcoming Doctor Strange will not
include an origin story.
This, of course, has not been confirmed by
Marvel or Disney at this time.
The screenplay will instead begin in 'the midst
of things' with Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange
already a superhero. Faraci explains that Marvel
has had a screenplay for a very long time, which
included Baron Mordo as the villain. But new
screenwriter Jon Spaihts has thrown all previous
drafts out, as Marvel plans to not make any
more origin movies for it's upcoming characters
as it heads into Phase Three .
"So, for Dr. Strange they've had a script in-
house forever. It is a pretty standard origin
story for Doctor Strange . It's got Baron Mordo
as the bad guy. That's all gone. Marvel's new
thing is no more origin stories. So, Dr. Strange
movie no longer has an origin. It begins in
medias res. It has Dr. Strange already
established as the Sorcerer Supreme. It is a
totally new script. Jon Spaihts is working totally
new, on his own, without any of the previous
stuff. Not even touching the previous script."
While some movies spend their entire run time
setting up a given superhero, with the fully
realized and costumed character appearing for
only the last twenty minutes, Devin Faraci
promises Doctor Strange will not fall into that
trap.
"This is not going to be twenty-minutes of him
being a doctor."
Doctor Strange will follow the story of a former
neurosurgeon who serves as the Sorcerer
Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against
magical and mystical threats. It is not yet
known which Marvel villain may replace Baron
Mordo, whose abilities are similar to those of
Doctor Strange. He is skilled at astral projection
and hypnosis, as well as mesmerism. The evil
Mordo became an main foe of Doctor Strange,
serving as one of Strange's primary antagonists
early in his career as Sorcerer Supreme. It's still
possibly that the character could appear in the
movie.