Well, you can officially put that speculation to rest: the shadowed assembly that Doctor Strange was introduced to in previous trailers is indeed The Illuminati.

The voice of Patrick Stewart‘s Professor X was the obvious tip, but now — in this new TV ad for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — Chiwetel Ejiofor‘s Mordo literally confirms it.

Along with that, this latest commercial offers up more cosmically explosive clips from the upcoming entry into the post-Avengers MCU.

Directed by Sam Raimi, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opens exclusively in theaters on May 6, 2022.

Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) meets The Illuminati in Marvel’s DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (2022)