In another reality, this movie would've been out and on Disney+ by now.
both of which were originally meant to follow this movie. As a result of the restructuring,had to guide this film in a “really specific way,” particularly on a character level. It was important, for example, to make sure Strange wasn’t a complete idiot about the multiverse while making sure he hadn’t suddenly become an expert on it in the months since he shunted several interdimensional visitors back to their own realities.
Since much of this film also sees Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda being faced with the possibility of reuniting with her kids after her show ended with them being wiped from existence, it was definitely important to keep her as consistent as possible. Raimi rather openly admitted that he initially had no clue what the heck was going on with Wanda Maximoff over in Westview, as he andwere “halfway or 3/4 into our writing process” when he even first heard of the show.
It all sounds like it had the potential to be a bit of a mess, though Raimi wouldn’t go so far as to use that word. He called the overall process “chaotic, wonderful, creative,” and he now has a better understanding of what MCU writers and directors before him have been through. “It was just a cascade of ideas,” he recalled. “We’d take the best ones and quickly weave together the fabric of this universe...
Fortunately, COVID also contributed to some of the film’s delays, which he thinks contributed to the film becoming a better product. Citing the previoushe frankly stated that pushing the film back bought him and Waldron plenty of time, especially as they were halfway into shooting the movie and still unsure what the ending would be. In the end, things worked out, but it doesn’t sound like Raimi’s in any real mood to ever go through that again.
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