Benedict Cumberbatch First SNL Promo Released

Anticipation for Benedict Cumberbatch’s upcoming Marvel debut in Doctor Strange has been steadily building all year, but fans of the actor will get to see a different side of him this Saturday night.

Cumberbatch will be hosting this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live with musical guest Solange, and it’s an event he’s worked towards for some time if the first promo is to be believed. While he might have a handle on the mystic arts, an hour and a half of straight comedy sketches might be too much for him, as after he steps on the stage he lets out a well-placed F-bomb.

Cumberbatch doesn’t get many chances to show his humorous side, and many are excited to see him flex those muscles on Saturday Night Live. As for Doctor Strange, the film is gaining some good word of mouth from early screenings and could be in for a $65 to $70 million debut. The film has already grossed well over $100 million overseas.

From Marvel Studios comes Doctor Strange, the story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange whose life changes forever after a horrific car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he is forced to look for healing, and hope, in an unlikely place – a mysterious enclave known as Kamar-Taj. He quickly learns that this is not just a center for healing but also the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying our reality. Before long, Strange – armed with newly acquired magical powers – is forced to choose whether to return to his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.

Doctor Strange stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, and Scott Adkins, with Mads Mikkelsen and Tilda Swinton. Scott Derrickson is directing with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Stephen Broussard, Charles Newirth and Stan Lee serve as executive producers. Jon Spaihts and Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill wrote the screenplay.

Doctor Strange lands in theaters on November 4.