Warning: This article contains mild spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness entailed a shoot that took its cast and crew across several countries and filming locations. The movie's variety of sets includes Wanda Maximoff's (Elizabeth Olsen) apple orchard to Doctor Stephen Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) Sanctum Sanctorum. Multiverse of Madness also featured studio sets, as many scenes rely on green screen and VFX. A sequel to 2016's Doctor Strange, Multiverse of Madness touches on the character arcs of Stephen and Wanda — now the Scarlet Witch — while introducing the multiverse-traveling America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) and returning familiar faces like Doctor Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams), Baron Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor), and Wong (Benedict Wong). The Marvel Cinematic Universe's 28th entry draws much of its material from WandaVision and Spider-Man: No Way Home, extending the bounds of the recently established network of parallel universes. Multiverse of Madness' story places its characters in an array of locales across multiple universes — all enhanced by director Sam Raimi's horror-inspired creative direction.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was initially slated to begin filming in May 2020, though the COVID-19 pandemic halted production until November of the same year. The early stages of Multiverse of Madness' shooting took place in London, though the cast and crew paused work in January 2021 due to a local surge in COVID-19 cases. Filming restarted in March without further interruptions. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' cast underwent extensive reshoots over six weeks in November and December 2021. The aforementioned delays resulted in numerous changes to Multiverse of Madness' release date, which saw tt premiere after Spider-Man: No Way Home against original plans, taking the film from its first release date of May 7, 2021 to its eventual theatrical debut a year later.
A decent portion of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was filmed in the United Kingdom, with additional photography taking place in the United States, Canada, Norway, Iceland, and Italy. A combination of in-studio and on-site settings generated the movie's diverse and mesmerizing visual experience. Here are all of the known filming locations for Multiverse of Madness.
United Kingdom
The principal filming location of Marvel's latest MCU movie was in the United Kingdom at Longcross Studios in Surrey. It's easy to see how heavily the film relied on in-studio and virtual sets, given the vast amount of VFX to create Raimi's twisted and horrifying multiverse. Still, practical locations were key, as other sets in England include Broomfield Hill Car Park in Richmond Park and Burrow Hill Cider Farm in Somerset. The latter served as the basis of the apple orchard scene featuring Wanda and Strange. Freemason's Hall in London is also believed to have housed Doctor Strange 2's Illuminati headquarters.
Other Locations
Multiverse of Madness' production took to the streets of New York City to film Doctor Strange and Wong's fight with Gargantos. Strange's Sanctum Santorum scenes were also held in New York. The film's cast and crew traveled to Vancouver, Canada to continue shooting. Additional scenes were filmed in Iceland, Norway, Italy. Some possible sequences featured in the aforementioned locales are those at Kamar-Taj, Mount Wundagore, and inside the Darkhold Tower. Some of Doctor Strange 2's initial shots and all of the film's reshoots took place in Los Angeles. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' captivating scenery with a horrific multiversal twist distinguishes the film from the MCU's accustomed visual identity, all evidenced by its wide assortment of shooting locations.
