Kevin Feige somehow surprised Sam Raimi wanted to do DOCTOR STRANGE 2.

This is a joke, right?

In a recent interview with Empire, Feige explained how Raimi’s name ended up on the list of directors: “Our executive producer, Eric Carroll, and Richie Palmer were calling around to see who was interested, and Sam’s agent said, ‘What about Sam Raimi?’ We thought, ‘That would be incredible, but there’s no chance of that.’ But he wanted to come in and meet. And in the first meeting, it was amazing to reconnect with him, and see his enthusiasm to jump back into this world.”

Kevin. Bubbeleh. What did you think Sam was gonna do, not take your call?

Look, I’m not saying that Kevin Feige is the most powerful movie mogul in Hollywood, because I haven’t done the research on that. I am however reasonably certain that he has a standing invitations to all of their parties. Producers with that kind of pull tend to get to have even absurd things, and there’s nothing absurd about Sam Raimi doing a superhero-sorcery flick with heavy overtones of horror. Especially when he’s already been credited with one of the best superhero flicks ever.

Feige’s just too good for this world, I’m telling ya.

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