By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth! It looks like the Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange is set to make his cinematic debut!

Because this never happened.Hey, if Captain America could overcome the spectre of a crappy '70s movie, so can the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko created Strange, one of the all-time comic greats, and someone that Marvel would seem to have had their eye on for some time. The Orb of Agamotto, a mainstay in Strange's magical, non-gentrified Bleecker Street bachelor pad, was spotted in Thor - specifically in Odin's Vault, home of all "this is significant to the future of the Marvel franchise" Easter eggs. 

Many speculated this meant that Strange was headed for the movie screen, and it appears as if that was right on the money. TwitchFilm has word that a Doctor Strange movie is on track for a 2013 release, scripted by Conan the Barbarian writers Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer.

Twitch has learned that Oppenheimer and Donnelly have now turned in their script and Marvel is pushing forward with the property. Marvel has drafted a short list of directors to approach on the title and is forwarding the current script to each to try and sign someone up to 'oversee continued development'.

I'd be really psyched to see a Doctor Strange movie. He's one of Marvel's all-time greats, and one of my personal favorites. Of course, he has the advantage of not currently starring in 16 titles. Oversaturation has been less than favorable, from a creative standpoint, for many of Marvel's movie mainstays. Wolverine, the Avengers, Thor and Captain America comprise something like 20 percent of what you see on the stands monthly, while Strange hasn't had a series of his own since 1996. This could be a case of absence making the heart grow fonder, but I'm very much on board for a Doctor Strange movie.