First look at Doctor Strange trailer

Here is first look at Doctor Strange, the forthcoming film about the lesser-known Marvel character (28th October in the UK, 4th November in USA).

Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) will play the eponymous doctor, an eminent neurosurgeon whose life is shattered after a car accident. He sets out on a globe-crossing journey to “find himself,” as it were, upon which he encounters a mystic known as the Ancient One (a bald Tilda Swinton).

The trailer is vague with regard to specific plot points but vivid in its imagery we see a bearded Cumberbatch against the colourful backdrop of Southeast Asia and India and a city that looks like Hong Kong, images that skew towards the surreal.