With Marvel Studios poised to drop its latest cinematic juggernaut, Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, on May 4, the studio has just learned that at least one nation, Saudi Arabia, has issued a preemptive ban on the film.
The reason: the film includes a supporting character who is queer.Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness picks up just after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home.
That film introduced the concept of the Marvel Multiverse: an infinite web of dimensions where every moment in history can have an alternate outcome.
Sorcerer superhero Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) teams with–and later battles–the rogue avenger Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), a powerful magician scouring the multiverse for her two sons.