Rumor: JOHNNY DEPP for Marvel’s ‘DOCTOR STRANGE’ flick.

Remember the days when it was like Marvel totally nickled and dimed every talent around them? If these Depp to Marvel rumors are true, boy are those days changing. Those economic motivations. Morphing.

Marvel Studios has a reputation for going after big fish with their casting and, for their Phase Three lynch pin, they’re going after the biggest fish there is. Latino-Review reports none other than Johnny Depp took a meeting with Marvel to potentially play Doctor Strange in a Phase Three film likely to be released in 2016.

According to Latino-Review, if Depp did decide to play the role, it would impact what’s happening in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, which currently has a fifth installment set for release in roughly the same time frame. LR also reports the current Doctor Strange script is for a thirty-year-old star but, if Depp signed on, it would get rewritten to fit him.

Besides being one of the biggest, and most marketable, stars in the world, Depp is a comic book fan and mainstay at Disney. The move makes a ton of sense. A meeting is just that, though. Nothing is set and Marvel is literally just getting around to starting Phase Three, recently announcing the two leads of Edgar Wright’s 2015 film Ant-Man. The smart money is Doctor Strange would follow that in a Marvel Cinematic Universe impacted by Avengers: Age of Ultron.

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I’m down for Depp as Dr. Strange. The physical resemblance is…there, right? I mean they both have eyes and facial hair. A good — nay great — start to the casting. And I mean Depp wonking out as someone dabbling in the occult isn’t too much of a stretch, either. So yeah. Okay, sign me up. #MarvelMovieFanboy4LyfeSon.