'Marvel's Doctor Strange': Benedict Cumberbatch, Scott Derrickson Have "Endless Imagination" For Phase 3 MCU! [WATCH]

Anticipation is already growing for upcoming superhero flick for Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Will movie-goers see the "the endless imagination" between actor Benedict Cumberbatch and director Scott Derrickson as they bring Marvel's Doctor Strange to the big screen?

As we previously mentioned, the Sherlock actor himself will play Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange. The story follows the ex-neurosurgeon as he struggles to move forward from a horrific car accident. After discovering the hidden world of magic and alternate dimensions, Strange trains himself to become the Sorcerer Supreme.

The Sherlock actor tells the Wall Street Journal why his role isn't risky at all, "Marvel is a stable of bringing out ordinary comic characters and turning them into screen-like gods. It's very different, it's an Astral Plane. There's a huge new element to this Marvel universe that's going to be employed in building this story and this character."

Check out our 5 reasons why're we're excited for the Sinister filmmaker to be in the director's chair.

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Cumberbatch describes his actor/director relationship, "I'm really excited about it, about working with Scott [Derrickson] whose imagination is endless, and all the boys and girls at Marvel who know what they're doing. I've got a few things to get under my belt first. I've got to do that little stage production of Hamlet in the summer and the Christmas special of Sherlock, which we start shooting in about three days' time - Whoops! Yeah, that's there."

Check out our 5 reasons why Cumberbatch is perfectly cast as the Sorcerer Supreme.

You can hear Cumberbatch's voice in the Penguins of Madagascar trailer here:

We previously reported that the 38-year-old actor and Sophie Hunter are expecting their first child together.

November 4, 2016 is the scheduled release date for Doctor Strange. Readers, are you anxious to see Benedict Cumberbatch as the sorcerer supreme?