Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange is at times a baffling and esoteric creation with an expansive mythology that goes beyond mere time and space not exactly the kind of two-dimensional daring do-gooder who can be sold to the hungry masses via fast food drinking cups. So it's understandable that movie studios would be reluctant to hurl money at such a nuance character. Even still, back in 1985, Bob Gale, who co-created the Back To The Future franchise for Universal Pictures with his longtime writing partner Robert Zemeckis, was commissioned to write a big-screen version of Marvel's Master Of The Mystic Arts. The script is available to read online, as well as its reviews which acknowledge that the end product was actually an interesting blueprint, faithful to the comics and centered squarely on the heart of its protagonist. The film, of course, never became a reality but this wouldn't be the last time fans came close to seeing the character on the big-screen.
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