The pulp epoch ’s “ Science Detective ” is about to make a big - screen counter , courtesy of the human being behind Lethal Weapon and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ; Writer / Director Shane Black will be bringing Doc Savage to the world of movies .
Black ’s involvement with the Savage movie was first discovered last October , when he admitted to Ai n’t It Cool News that he was run on the screenplay , but the news that he would also mastermind the movie broke yesterday . The movie will be co - bring about by Neil Moritz , who ’s also behind the Green Hornet picture show , and released by the Hornet studio apartment , Columbia . Columbia co - president Matt Tolmach seems excited about the possibility , hollo the character “ an picture , a character with unbounded possibilities . ” If nothing else , he ’s unquestionably a character with many careers : He ’s simultaneously an Internet Explorer , scientist , researcher , discoverer , doctor and crime - combatant . Not bad for a man who seems ineffective to button up his shirt .
Doc Savage seems to be undergoing a placid resurgence in universal , currently ; in addition to this moving-picture show , the character has recently reappear at DC Comics , who ’ll be launching a fresh monthly Doc Savage comedian written by novelist Paul Malmont in April .
Columbia Revives Doc Savage[Variety ]
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