Release dates not often, if ever, have an effect on storytelling. Maybe a film is about throughout a selected vacation so a studio desires to launch it round that point of yr. But even then, you may watch a Halloween or Christmas film anytime you need. One place the place launch dates have all the things to do with story, although, is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and just lately, two movies modified completely attributable to a shift in dates.

Those two films are Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness. Whether you’ve seen No Way Home or not, Strange’s new trailer clearly exhibits what the character learns in Spider-Man: No Way Home impacts his journey in his new movie. Like, actually, one movie can’t occur with out the occasions of the opposite. Only, that wasn’t initially the case.

For a very long time, Doctor Strange 2 was supposed to return out earlier than Spider-Man: No Way Home. Originally, Doctor Strange 2 was scheduled for May 2021 and Spider-Man simply two months later. When each have been first moved due to covid, Strange moved to November and Spider-Man to December, which saved the order intact. Eventually although, that shifted once more and Spider-Man was set to come earlier than Doctor Strange. Which kiiiiinda posed an issue contemplating the plots have been so intricately related.

“We were actually working off of things that were happening in Doctor Strange 2, and trying to incorporate them into our script,” No Way Home co-writer Chris McKenna informed Variety. “When we started writing, [Strange] knows firsthand the dangers of screwing with these things. Then we changed it so he was a person who doesn’t know that much about the multiverse. But that makes it even more frightening, to start fooling around with these things, because it’s the fear of the unknown. Either way, he was the voice of reason going, ‘You don’t mess with the fate of an individual’—and Peter Parker being naive enough to go, ‘Why not? Why can’t we save these people?’”

And in order that they flipped it and the remainder is historical past. Spider-Man: No Way Home is among the largest hits in latest Hollywood reminiscence and has grow to be a fair higher lead-in to the Strange sequel. Still, you must marvel how No Way Home would have been totally different if Strange had already had a multiverse journey beforehand. Would he have even made the identical mistake? Could he have discovered a greater resolution? Either means, we’ll by no means know, nevertheless it’s actually enjoyable to consider how a mere transfer on the calendar modified two complete films.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is now in theaters. Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness shall be out May 6, 2022.

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