If a new leak turns out to be true, then Doctor Strange 2 is going to be one of the longest-running Marvel Studios movies that have ever been released. That's no small feat when you consider that MCU movies are often pretty long.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is due out later this spring and while more details are coming out here and there, the movie still has quite a few mysteries to unveil. Among those mysteries is just who is going to be appearing in Doctor Strange 2. Now it appears that people might be able to find out just how long this new movie is going to last.
According to the Doctor Strange 2's listing with Brazilian ticketer Ingresso, the Sam Raimi film is going to have a runtime of 148 minutes. If the listing is to be believed, then the two-hour and 28-minute length would effectively tie Spider-Man: No Way Home for the fourth-longest entry in the MCU. Only Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Eternals have longer runtimes.
The first two movies on that rather short list make sense in that they were always meant to tell a very long story that wrapped up the Avengers era of the MCU. Eternals was introducing brand-new characters who had never been seen as part of the MCU before, so that movie's long runtime makes some sense as well. It could even be argued that No Way Home was as long as it was because it too was wrapping up the storyline of Tom Holland's Spider-Man.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness does not appear to be wrapping up a storyline or franchise. In fact, if recent history is any indication, there will be at least one more film in the sorcerer's movie franchise before Marvel Studios is done with him.
On the other hand, the movie will be introducing at least one new character in America Chavez. Raimi has previously said she is quite instrumental in how the film goes. It's possible that at least some of that apparent two hours and 28 minutes will be devoted to a kind of origin story for her. Of course, for now, just how long the movie will run has not been confirmed by Marvel Studios. It's entirely possible that Ingresso used that time as a placeholder or was simply incorrect. It stands to reason a more concrete answer on just how long the movie will run is coming soon.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will arrive in theaters on May 6, 2022.
Source: Ingresso