--- title: See The First Trailer For Doctor Strange description: Get a first serious look at 'Doctor Strange,' the forthcoming film about the lesser-known Marvel character played by Benedict Cumberbatch. canonical: https://time.com/4291786/doctor-strange-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-13T06:37:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:41:28.805Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See the Trippy First Trailer For 'Doctor Strange' og:description: The movie is slated for release this November og:url: https://time.com/4291786/doctor-strange-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Trippy First Trailer For 'Doctor Strange' twitter:description: The movie is slated for release this November twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See the Trippy First Trailer For _Doctor Strange_ by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Apr 13, 2016 6:37 AM CUT by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Apr 13, 2016 6:37 AM CUT Tuesday was not a slow news day in the realm of superhero cinema. Ben Affleck declared that he’d be working on a standalone [_Batman_ film](http://time.com/4291678/ben-affleck-batman-2/?xid=homepage "undefined") and, later, on _Jimmy Kimmel Live,_ we got our first serious look at _Doctor Strange,_ the forthcoming film about the lesser-known Marvel character. [Benedict Cumberbatch](http://time.com/4162125/benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange-photos/ "undefined") will play the eponymous doctor, an [eminent neurosurgeon](http://time.com/3619238/benedict-cumberbatch-confirmed-to-play-doctor-strange/ "undefined") whose life is shattered after a car accident. He sets out on a [globe-crossing journey ](http://time.com/4164138/benedict-cumberbatch-dr-strange-nepal/ "undefined")to “find himself,” as it were, upon which he encounters a mystic known as the Ancient One (a bald Tilda Swinton). The trailer, which you can watch above, is vague with regard to specific plot points but vivid in its imagery — we see a bearded Cumberbatch against the colorful backdrop of Southeast Asia and India and a city that looks like Hong Kong, images that skew towards the surreal. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4291786/doctor-strange-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4291786/doctor-strange-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch/"},"headline":"See the Trippy First Trailer For Doctor Strange","datePublished":"2016-04-13T06:37:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:41:28.805Z","description":"The movie is slated for release this November","url":"https://time.com/4291786/doctor-strange-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch/","keywords":["movies","Hollywood","Marvel","Benedict Cumberbatch","doctor strange"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4291786/doctor-strange-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch/","name":"See the Trippy First Trailer For Doctor Strange"}}]}] ```