Superhero movies are notorious for set pieces in which entire cities collapse around fighting heroes and villains. But “Doctor Strange” director Scott Derrickson wanted to go in the opposite direction.
“You can create screen stimulus in other ways,” said the director, whose past films include the horror movieย “Sinister.” “But you just have to create. You have to be inventive… It’s about a different approach to screen stimulus and to giving people their money’s worth when they’re paying to see a big event movie.”
Without giving away too much, that means that “Doctor Strange” won’t rain death on Manhattan, likeย the climactic battle in “The Avengers,” or endanger countlessย Sokovians, like “Avengers 2” did.