Benedict Cumberbatch attends the premiere of "The Imitation Game" on day 6 of the Toronto International Film Festival at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Toronto. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Benedict Cumberbatch is a superhero now. According to Deadline.com, Cumberbatch is in "final negotiations" to play Doctor Strange for Marvel in a new movie about the Sorcerer Supreme. HuffPost Entertainment contacted representation for Cumberbatch to see if they had any comment on the report; this post will be updated if and when they respond.

Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy and Jared Leto were all early candidates to star in "Doctor Strange," but it was Joaquin Phoenix who became a focal point of Marvel's search this summer. Phoenix was reportedly selected for the role just before Comic-Con, but negotiations between him and Marvel never crossed the finish line. (His talks with the studio ended in early October.) After Phoenix fell out, Cumberbatch, Hardy and other actors such as Matthew McConaughey and Ethan Hawke wound up on the Marvel short list.

For more on Cumberbatch and "Doctor Strange," head to Deadline.com. The film will likely arrive in theaters in 2016. Party.