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And now the denials are rolling in on this one, not surprisingly.

Borys Kit ‏of The Hollywood Reporter has tweeted that "according to Marvel, there are no meetings nor talks taking place between the co. and Depp and no talks for Doc Strange." He also says he has heard that Marvel is looking for writers to "start over" on a new script, and that the one Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer were hired to write back in 2010 will not be used. So we'll see... Original story follows.

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Johnny Depp sporting Strange-like silver streaks in The Ninth Gate.

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Could Pirates of the Caribbean and Alice in Wonderland star Johnny Depp soon add another quirky Disney-owned character to his filmography?"A well-connected source informed me tonight that Johnny Depp has taken a meeting with Marvel to discuss taking on the role of Dr. Strange," claims Latino-Review They say Marvel's eager to land Depp despite the commercial failure of last summer's The Lone Ranger and that they would even rework the script's thirty-something Doctor Strange to better fit the 50-year-old actor.However, as the site wisely cautions, "while Depp has met with Marvel, and both sides want this to work, it doesn’t mean it will."Doctor Strange, a longtime favorite of Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige, is a Marvel Phase 3 project, meaning it likely wouldn't hit theaters until at least 2016. Depp currently has Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and Alice in Wonderland 2 on his docket of upcoming projects.