Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange is joining Tom Holland in the joint Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios untitled Spider-Man 3.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Doctor Strange will fill the mentor role previously filled by Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark/Iron Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming. and Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

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Cumberbatch's involvement comes on the heels of Jamie Foxx reprising his role as the villain Electro from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The additions of Foxx and Cumberbatch leads to speculation that the third Spider-Man film starring Tom Holland could deal with the multiverse, which will be explored in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and WandaVision, a Marvel Studios series debuting later this year on Disney+.

The Doctor Strange actor recently revealed that filming on the sequel is set to start very soon. "I'm in pre-production with the second Dr. Strange film, which is very exciting. We will start filming in late October or early November," Cumberbatch said.

As for the untitled Spider-Man 3, it is set to begin shooting next week in New York City.

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Directed by Sam Raimi, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Elizabeth Olsen. The film is currently scheduled to hit theaters on March 25, 2022.

Directed by Jon Watts, Spider-Man 3 stars Tom Holland and Zendaya. The film arrives in theaters Dec. 17, 2021.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter