Mike Cecchini Feb 19, 2020
The world's first superhero, the Man of Bronze, is coming to the small screen, with a Doc Savage TV series now in development.
Get ready for a Doc Savage TV series. Wait...who the hell is Doc Savage? I’m So Glad You Asked!
Doc Savage is one of the most important characters in 20th century pop culture, and perhaps the most important one you never heard of. One of the early 1930s boom of pulp and adventure strip characters, Doc Savage is an essential piece of superhero history, long before anyone had bothered to invent the word. You could say that Doc Savage, the Shadow, and Flash Gordon are the “Holy Trinity” upon which most comic book superheroes drew the most inspiration from.
Created in 1933 by Henry Ralston, John L. Nanovic, and Lester Dent, Doc Savage was the subject of nearly 200 pulp novels, most of which...
The world's first superhero, the Man of Bronze, is coming to the small screen, with a Doc Savage TV series now in development.
Get ready for a Doc Savage TV series. Wait...who the hell is Doc Savage? I’m So Glad You Asked!
Doc Savage is one of the most important characters in 20th century pop culture, and perhaps the most important one you never heard of. One of the early 1930s boom of pulp and adventure strip characters, Doc Savage is an essential piece of superhero history, long before anyone had bothered to invent the word. You could say that Doc Savage, the Shadow, and Flash Gordon are the “Holy Trinity” upon which most comic book superheroes drew the most inspiration from.
Created in 1933 by Henry Ralston, John L. Nanovic, and Lester Dent, Doc Savage was the subject of nearly 200 pulp novels, most of which...
- 2/20/2020
- Den of Geek
After years in development as a feature, "Doc Savage", the pulp magazine superstar from the 1930's, is being reconfigured for a live-action TV series, from Sony Pictures Television, Neal H. Moritz' Original Film ("The Boys") and Condé Nast Entertainment, who acquired the "Doc Savage" Street & Smith Library in 1959:
"...the scripted series will chronicle the adventures of 'Clark Savage Jr.', featuring rampaging dinosaurs...
"...secret societies led by dastardly villains, fantastic gadgets and weapons, death-dealing traps...
"...hair-raising escapes and plots to rule the earth..."
'Doc Savage' debuted in pulp magazines during the 1930's created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic for Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by series' author, Kenneth Robeson, aka 'Lester Dent'.
"Doc Savage" has since spun-off into radio, film, comic books and a series of 1960's Bantam paperback novels reprinting the original stories.
'Clark Savage,...
"...the scripted series will chronicle the adventures of 'Clark Savage Jr.', featuring rampaging dinosaurs...
"...secret societies led by dastardly villains, fantastic gadgets and weapons, death-dealing traps...
"...hair-raising escapes and plots to rule the earth..."
'Doc Savage' debuted in pulp magazines during the 1930's created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic for Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by series' author, Kenneth Robeson, aka 'Lester Dent'.
"Doc Savage" has since spun-off into radio, film, comic books and a series of 1960's Bantam paperback novels reprinting the original stories.
'Clark Savage,...
- 2/19/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sony Pictures continues developing a new take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures:
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston...
... and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964), written by 'Kenneth Robeson'...
...with classic covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue of "Doc Savage Magazine", providing later inspiration for the name 'Clark Kent', secret identity of 'Superman'.
'Doc Savage' had no special powers, but was raised from birth by his father and other scientists...
...to become one of the most perfect human beings in terms of strength,...
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston...
... and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964), written by 'Kenneth Robeson'...
...with classic covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue of "Doc Savage Magazine", providing later inspiration for the name 'Clark Kent', secret identity of 'Superman'.
'Doc Savage' had no special powers, but was raised from birth by his father and other scientists...
...to become one of the most perfect human beings in terms of strength,...
- 12/19/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Development continues on director Shane Black's take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures:
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait and sit on these rights'..."
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue of "Doc Savage Magazine", providing later inspiration for the name 'Clark Kent', secret identity of 'Superman'.
'Doc Savage' had no special powers,...
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait and sit on these rights'..."
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue of "Doc Savage Magazine", providing later inspiration for the name 'Clark Kent', secret identity of 'Superman'.
'Doc Savage' had no special powers,...
- 7/10/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sony Pictures continues developing a new take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures:
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston...
... and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964), written by 'Kenneth Robeson'...
...with classic covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue of "Doc Savage Magazine", providing later inspiration for the name 'Clark Kent', secret identity of 'Superman'.
'Doc Savage' had no special powers, but was raised from birth by his father and other scientists...
...to become one of the most perfect human beings in terms of strength,...
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston...
... and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964), written by 'Kenneth Robeson'...
...with classic covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue of "Doc Savage Magazine", providing later inspiration for the name 'Clark Kent', secret identity of 'Superman'.
'Doc Savage' had no special powers, but was raised from birth by his father and other scientists...
...to become one of the most perfect human beings in terms of strength,...
- 12/26/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sony Pictures continues developing "The Predator" writer/director Shane Black's take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures:
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue...
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue...
- 9/18/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sony Pictures continues developing "The Predator" writer/director Shane Black's take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures:
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue...
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue...
- 8/14/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sony Pictures continues developing "The Predator" writer/director Shane Black's take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures:
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue...
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.' debuted March 1933 in the first issue...
- 3/27/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sony Pictures continues developing writer/director Shane Black's take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures, while Black's "The Predator" is n post-production:
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.'...
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
'Clark Savage, Jr.'...
- 12/21/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sony Pictures continues developing writer/director Shane Black's take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures, while Black is currently editing "The Predator":
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.'
Originally published in pulp magazines during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications...
...with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character spun-off into radio, film and comic books, then reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of Bantam paperback books (1964) with covers illustrated by James Bama.
- 7/14/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
When adapting a character as iconic as Lester Dent's Doc Savage, the temptation is always present to update said hero for a more modern age. But, like any true fan worth their salt, co-writer/director Shane Black knows that Clark Savage Jr. isn't one of those characters you bring into a more modern context. The reason is simply because he was one of the first of his kind, and truly a product of his time. Black addressed the matter during a recent interview with IGN, as The Nice Guys director and co-writer drew his big and bold line in the sand for his involvement with the Dwayne Johnson franchise started. Shane Black's explanation dictates the following terms: It has to be. I’m not going to do it otherwise. And if it doesn’t happen for that reason it doesn’t happen. People say & ...
- 6/2/2016
- cinemablend.com
Sony Pictures Entertainment continues developing writer/director Shane Black's take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures, with a well-known genre actor now cast as 'Savage':
Dwayne Johnson, one of the biggest men in film @ 6' 5" and 260 lbs., will play the copper-toned pulp magazine hero.
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.' So they were really cool about it, they were really nice. So yeah I’m back on it."
Originally published in pulp mags during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications,...
Dwayne Johnson, one of the biggest men in film @ 6' 5" and 260 lbs., will play the copper-toned pulp magazine hero.
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.' So they were really cool about it, they were really nice. So yeah I’m back on it."
Originally published in pulp mags during the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications,...
- 6/1/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
We’ve known for awhile that Dwayne Johnson is working with Shane Black on Doc Savage, but the actor has made an official announcement on his Instagram account that he will star in the film that he’s also producing.
Black said a couple of months ago that he wanted Johnson to star in the film, and the filmmaker obviously got his wish. Savage was a 1930s pulp hero popularized on radio, film, and TV. Savage’s real name is Clark Savage, Jr., and he’s a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and a musician. He's basically every amazing adventure hero such as James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Batman rolled into one. This is an awesome character that has embarked several incredible adventures, and it’s going to be so cool to see him brought to life on the big screen. This could be such an awesome franchise,...
Black said a couple of months ago that he wanted Johnson to star in the film, and the filmmaker obviously got his wish. Savage was a 1930s pulp hero popularized on radio, film, and TV. Savage’s real name is Clark Savage, Jr., and he’s a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and a musician. He's basically every amazing adventure hero such as James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Batman rolled into one. This is an awesome character that has embarked several incredible adventures, and it’s going to be so cool to see him brought to life on the big screen. This could be such an awesome franchise,...
- 5/31/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Dwayne Johnson is the most wanted man in Hollywood. It seems like he's announced to be leading the cast of a new film every other day and guess what? Today is one of those days. The Rock is officially going to tackle another character from the comic book pages for director Shane Black. The actor is already set to play the villainous Black Adam for Warner Bros' Shazam! film but The Hollywood Reporter says Johnson will be also be taking on Doc Savage, the pulp hero created in the 1930s by Lester Dent, Henry Ralston, and John Nanovic. Johnson was the one to actually reveal the news via his Instagram account saying: It's Official: For all comic book fans you already know the world's first superhero (pre-dating Superman) is the "Man of Bronze" himself Clark "Doc" Savage. Want to thank my bud director/writer Shane Black and his writing team...
- 5/30/2016
- by Jill Pantozzi
- Hitfix
Yesterday was a pretty good day all the way around. First up, I saw the new Shane Black movie The Nice Guys. Then I headed over to HitFix, where Black joined me for a long-form conversation about his new film, his past work, the state of the industry today, and some of his upcoming projects. It was a great way to spend forty minutes, and Black seems to be in a good mood about his new film, as he should be. One of the subjects that we discussed before, during, and after the actual taping is how Black plans to tackle Doc Savage, a film that has my full attention. I grew up loving the original pulp stories, and when they started the latest series of reprints of the original Kenneth Robeson/Street & Smith material, I picked up as many as I could lay hands on. The Bantam paperbacks in...
- 5/5/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
One of the many projects that writer-director Shane Black has found himself attached to in recent years has been Doc Savage, which first sparked to life back in 2009.
Since that time, it’s a pulp adaptation that has largely remained on the back-burner, but while promoting his imminent crime noir flick The Nice Guys, Black revealed that he has set sights on Dwayne Johnson to take point as the title character.
Though he acknowledged the actor’s crammed slate could present problems, the filmmaker remained confident that the big-screen rendition of Doc Savage can march into production in 2017.
Per Thrillist:
“Doc Savage is sort of in the ether now. We’re hoping to make it sometime next year. I would very much like to do Doc with a fellow named Dwayne Johnson if we can make that work. I made a decision that Dwayne is the guy. It’s on...
Since that time, it’s a pulp adaptation that has largely remained on the back-burner, but while promoting his imminent crime noir flick The Nice Guys, Black revealed that he has set sights on Dwayne Johnson to take point as the title character.
Though he acknowledged the actor’s crammed slate could present problems, the filmmaker remained confident that the big-screen rendition of Doc Savage can march into production in 2017.
Per Thrillist:
“Doc Savage is sort of in the ether now. We’re hoping to make it sometime next year. I would very much like to do Doc with a fellow named Dwayne Johnson if we can make that work. I made a decision that Dwayne is the guy. It’s on...
- 3/23/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
A suitable case for further study: Bodil Ipsen, a Danish movie star in light romantic roles (from 1913) who became a director in the forties, specializing in dark melodramas and noir. She made ten films in ten years, winning the Bodil Award several times. Well, it was named for her, after all.Half of Ipsen's films are co-directed with Lau Loritzen Jr., a fellow actor and studio boss, but a good one she helmed solo is Murder Melody, whose hectic 74 mins packs in a policier, a backstage drama, a love triangle and a dose of the uncanny, with a touch of the city-under-siege narrative at play also. The last genre is really a consequence of the film's multiplicity of characters, the script opting to throw in a new speaking part every few seconds in case we get bored looking at the people we've already got. The expanding web of subplots seems...
- 2/4/2016
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
It’s still amazing to me that we live in a world where rumors about the trailers for the Batman v. Superman movie are reported in Forbes magazine. On the other hand, as Forbes signed on my pal Rob Salkowitz, an expert on comic-cons and pop culture, as a columnist, it’s apparent they understand the power of Geek Culture and I shouldn’t be so surprised.
Combining two franchises into a movie like Batman v. Superman isn’t a fresh idea, but it sure is a fun one. So as Hollywood and Warner Bros look to combine the quintessential dark hero with his counterpart, I thought it would be interesting to see how it was done with their prototypes.
The Shadow and Doc Savage were created for the pulps and clearly inspired Batman and Superman. In fact, many argue that it’s less inspiring and more outright copycatting. For example,...
Combining two franchises into a movie like Batman v. Superman isn’t a fresh idea, but it sure is a fun one. So as Hollywood and Warner Bros look to combine the quintessential dark hero with his counterpart, I thought it would be interesting to see how it was done with their prototypes.
The Shadow and Doc Savage were created for the pulps and clearly inspired Batman and Superman. In fact, many argue that it’s less inspiring and more outright copycatting. For example,...
- 10/12/2015
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
Yesterday is was announced that Iron Man 3 director Shane Black would be writing and directing a new Predator reboot for Fox. Before he gets to that though he's been developing an adventure film called Doc Savage for Sony Pictures.
Savage was a popular 1930s pulp hero, and was popularized on radio, film, and TV. According to THR, Thor star Chris Hemsworth has been in talks to take on the lead role. This is a character I think he'd be perfect for.
Doc Savage's real name was Clark Savage, Jr. He's a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and a musician. He's basically every awesome adventure hero like James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Batman rolled into one. A team of scientists assembled by his father deliberately trained his mind and body to near-superhuman abilities almost from birth, giving him great strength and endurance, a photographic memory, a mastery of the martial arts,...
Savage was a popular 1930s pulp hero, and was popularized on radio, film, and TV. According to THR, Thor star Chris Hemsworth has been in talks to take on the lead role. This is a character I think he'd be perfect for.
Doc Savage's real name was Clark Savage, Jr. He's a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and a musician. He's basically every awesome adventure hero like James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Batman rolled into one. A team of scientists assembled by his father deliberately trained his mind and body to near-superhuman abilities almost from birth, giving him great strength and endurance, a photographic memory, a mastery of the martial arts,...
- 6/25/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
He’s been the God of Thunder and now he might be the Man of Bronze. Thor and the Avengers star Chris Hemsworth has reportedly met with director Shane Black about starring as the title character in Black’s Doc Savage film.
The long planned Doc Savage film, which will be directed and produced by Shane Black—who is also now involved with the Predator reboot—has been slow to get started, and there’s been little news; until now.
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Black has met with the currently hot actor Chris Hemsworth (Thor, the Avengers, Thor: the Dark World, Snow White and the Huntsman) about starring in the film version of the famous ‘science detective’, who first appeared in pulp magazines written by Lester Dent in the thirties, and has been the hero of many novels ever since. There was a satirical film version in 1975 called...
The long planned Doc Savage film, which will be directed and produced by Shane Black—who is also now involved with the Predator reboot—has been slow to get started, and there’s been little news; until now.
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Black has met with the currently hot actor Chris Hemsworth (Thor, the Avengers, Thor: the Dark World, Snow White and the Huntsman) about starring in the film version of the famous ‘science detective’, who first appeared in pulp magazines written by Lester Dent in the thirties, and has been the hero of many novels ever since. There was a satirical film version in 1975 called...
- 6/25/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Sony Pictures Entertainment continues developing writer/director Shane Black's take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures, with a well-known comic book movie actor being suggested by Black to play the lead.
Black wants to go with actor Chris Hemsworth ("Thor") as 'Doc Savage' , but with a 'brushcut', as opposed to Hemsworth's trademark long hair:
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.' So they were really cool about it, they were really nice. So yeah I’m back on it."
Originally published in the pulp magazines in the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W.
Black wants to go with actor Chris Hemsworth ("Thor") as 'Doc Savage' , but with a 'brushcut', as opposed to Hemsworth's trademark long hair:
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.' So they were really cool about it, they were really nice. So yeah I’m back on it."
Originally published in the pulp magazines in the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W.
- 6/25/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Shane Black has admitted that Thor star Chris Hemsworth is "not a bad idea" for the lead role in his upcoming Doc Savage movie.
The Iron Man 3 director revealed that he is looking for an actor that matches the physical attributes of the 'Man of Bronze', who uses his near-superhuman strength and mind to punish evil across the globe.
"Here's the problem - they've kind of gotta be tall. He's the perfect physical specimen and when people look at him, they're overawed by the sort of symmetry and perfection that he exudes," Black told IGN.
"I don't know that you could use like James McAvoy as Doc Savage. You couldn't do it. He's a fine actor, but we need someone big. Back in the day Schwarzenegger was talked about to play Doc Savage. I don't know who we'd get."
Black acknowledged that Hemsworth could potentially play the title character,...
The Iron Man 3 director revealed that he is looking for an actor that matches the physical attributes of the 'Man of Bronze', who uses his near-superhuman strength and mind to punish evil across the globe.
"Here's the problem - they've kind of gotta be tall. He's the perfect physical specimen and when people look at him, they're overawed by the sort of symmetry and perfection that he exudes," Black told IGN.
"I don't know that you could use like James McAvoy as Doc Savage. You couldn't do it. He's a fine actor, but we need someone big. Back in the day Schwarzenegger was talked about to play Doc Savage. I don't know who we'd get."
Black acknowledged that Hemsworth could potentially play the title character,...
- 9/17/2013
- Digital Spy
While Sony Pictures Entertainment preps writer/director Shane Black's next feature, adapting 1930's pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures, Dynamite Entetainment and Conde Nast will publish a new "Doc Savage" comic book series, available December 2013, written by Chris Roberson and illustrated by Bilquis Evely, with covers by Alex Ross, John Cassaday and Stephen Segovia.
"In the course of my comics' career, I've been lucky enough to work on nearly every character and series that mattered the most to me growing up," writer Roberson said.
"'Doc Savage' is one of the final characters left on my bucket list. Growing up in the 70's, it was impossible to miss the Doc Savage reprints in every bookstore and on every newsstand, with those striking covers. Doc quickly became and remained my absolute favorite of all of the pulp heroes, and the stories of Lester Dent...
"In the course of my comics' career, I've been lucky enough to work on nearly every character and series that mattered the most to me growing up," writer Roberson said.
"'Doc Savage' is one of the final characters left on my bucket list. Growing up in the 70's, it was impossible to miss the Doc Savage reprints in every bookstore and on every newsstand, with those striking covers. Doc quickly became and remained my absolute favorite of all of the pulp heroes, and the stories of Lester Dent...
- 9/10/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
August 30, 2013
CBS Radio Workshop Volume 4 The CBS Radio Workshop debuted at the end of the Age of Classic Radio, which was a time of innovation and experimentation, especially in terms of radio drama. The ten-hour Volume 4 includes “All Is Bright”, a history of the famous Christmas song; “1489 Words”, which featured the debut of later film composer Jerry Goldsmith’s “The Thunder of Imperial Names”, which was written for a concert band and was based on a text piece by Thomas Wolfe; a two-part adaptation of Frederick Pohl and Cyril M. Cornbluth’s The Space Merchants, which offers a satirical look at rampant consumerism from the viewpoint of an advertising executive; Archibald MacLeish’s “Air Raid”, the series’ only re-broadcast, which had first been written for the 1938 Columbia Workshop. Aired during the Cold War era, it took on a sinister new meaning; Henry Fritch’s “The Endless Road”, about a road...
CBS Radio Workshop Volume 4 The CBS Radio Workshop debuted at the end of the Age of Classic Radio, which was a time of innovation and experimentation, especially in terms of radio drama. The ten-hour Volume 4 includes “All Is Bright”, a history of the famous Christmas song; “1489 Words”, which featured the debut of later film composer Jerry Goldsmith’s “The Thunder of Imperial Names”, which was written for a concert band and was based on a text piece by Thomas Wolfe; a two-part adaptation of Frederick Pohl and Cyril M. Cornbluth’s The Space Merchants, which offers a satirical look at rampant consumerism from the viewpoint of an advertising executive; Archibald MacLeish’s “Air Raid”, the series’ only re-broadcast, which had first been written for the 1938 Columbia Workshop. Aired during the Cold War era, it took on a sinister new meaning; Henry Fritch’s “The Endless Road”, about a road...
- 9/4/2013
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Iron Man 3 director Shane Black is planning to bring another iconic super hero to the screen. Black is planning to adapt the classic pulp-hero Doc Savage for the big screen.
Still riding high from the colossal success of Iron-Man 3, Shane Black has decided to follow up his mega-hit by moving from a man of Iron to a man of Bronze. Black will be helming another page-to-screen super hero adventure, since he has signed on to film a Doc Savage movie. Doc Savage was a popular hero who debuted in the old pulp magazines in the 1930s and 40s, as well as in a series of ‘Doc Savage: Science Detective’ novels, written by Lester Dent. He has also appeared in comic books, a radio show and in a 1975 film titled Doc Savage: Man of Bronze, starring Ron Ely as the eponymous hero. Black’s film will reintroduce the...
Still riding high from the colossal success of Iron-Man 3, Shane Black has decided to follow up his mega-hit by moving from a man of Iron to a man of Bronze. Black will be helming another page-to-screen super hero adventure, since he has signed on to film a Doc Savage movie. Doc Savage was a popular hero who debuted in the old pulp magazines in the 1930s and 40s, as well as in a series of ‘Doc Savage: Science Detective’ novels, written by Lester Dent. He has also appeared in comic books, a radio show and in a 1975 film titled Doc Savage: Man of Bronze, starring Ron Ely as the eponymous hero. Black’s film will reintroduce the...
- 6/7/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Sony Pictures Entertainment has greenlit writer/director Shane Black's new take on pulp magazine hero "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures, following Black's stunning box returns for Marvel Studios' "Iron Man 3", earning $711 million since its international release May 3, 2013 and domestic release May 6.
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.' So they were really cool about it, they were really nice. So yeah I’m back on it."
Originally published in the pulp magazines in the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications, with...
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.' So they were really cool about it, they were really nice. So yeah I’m back on it."
Originally published in the pulp magazines in the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications, with...
- 5/8/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The 1930s and 40s pulp fiction hero Doc Savage a.k.a. the Man in Bronze has remained a nostalgic icon – until now. Well, duh, Iron Man 3 director Shane Black is officially set to direct the big screen adaptation of Lester Dent’s creation for Sony. Black has already been developing the project for some time and the press release from Sony confirms that the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang director is eyeing Savage as his follow-up to Iron Man 3. Black, who co-wrote the script with newcomers Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry back in 2010, had said, It’s my favorite manga. I was just struck by...
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- 5/8/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Iron Man 3's Shane Black will direct and co-write the Doc Savage movie for Marvel and Sony Pictures.
The movie, based on the pulp character created by Lester Dent, Henry Ralston and John Nanovic in 1933, will focus on the adventures of the 'Man of Bronze' as he uses his near-superhuman strength and mind to punish evil across the globe.
Black, who co-wrote the film with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, is likely to make Doc Savage his next film. Neal H Moritz, Ori Marmur and Michael Uslan will produce the blockbuster, a Sony press release stated.
Columbia Pictures president of production said of Black's involvement: "We couldn't be more excited to be building a franchise from the ground up with Shane and this team.
"Shane and Neal have a fantastic understanding of the character and a great take on the material and we can't wait to get this production up and running.
The movie, based on the pulp character created by Lester Dent, Henry Ralston and John Nanovic in 1933, will focus on the adventures of the 'Man of Bronze' as he uses his near-superhuman strength and mind to punish evil across the globe.
Black, who co-wrote the film with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, is likely to make Doc Savage his next film. Neal H Moritz, Ori Marmur and Michael Uslan will produce the blockbuster, a Sony press release stated.
Columbia Pictures president of production said of Black's involvement: "We couldn't be more excited to be building a franchise from the ground up with Shane and this team.
"Shane and Neal have a fantastic understanding of the character and a great take on the material and we can't wait to get this production up and running.
- 5/8/2013
- Digital Spy
Iron Man 3 director Shane Black is officially set to direct the big screen adaptation of Doc Savage for Sony Pictures. He was actually supposed to direct the film a few years ago, but it was obviously put on the backburner. Black did a fantastic job with Iron Man 3, and I'm excited to see him take on Doc Savage next!
He co-wrote the script with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry. Savage is one of the most popular characters in the pulps of the 1930s and '40s. The character was also popularized on radio, film, and TV. Trained since birth to be nearly superhuman in every way, Doc Savage uses his skills and powers to fight evil all over the world.
Doc Savage's real name was Clark Savage, Jr. He was a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and a musician. A team of scientists assembled by...
He co-wrote the script with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry. Savage is one of the most popular characters in the pulps of the 1930s and '40s. The character was also popularized on radio, film, and TV. Trained since birth to be nearly superhuman in every way, Doc Savage uses his skills and powers to fight evil all over the world.
Doc Savage's real name was Clark Savage, Jr. He was a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and a musician. A team of scientists assembled by...
- 5/7/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Flying high with the success of Iron Man 3, writer/director Shane Black can now choose any job he wants. It appears he’s parlaying that power into a project he’s tangled with before, locking in a fresh deal to co-write and direct a film based on Doc Savage for Sony.Back in early 2010, Black was brought in by Star Trek writers-turned-producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to take on a script for Savage based on the pulp comics character from the 1930s and 40s. He worked up a draft with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, based on Lester Dent’s novels featuring the character. Then things went quiet, especially when Marvel came calling and Black got the Iron Man gig. Now it seems he’s back on board, and may well make Savage his next directing job.Raised from birth by scientists to be the perfect hero, Savage...
- 5/7/2013
- EmpireOnline
Always Bet on Black. At least from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang onwards, we did. The director of the uber-blockbuster Iron Man 3 will direct this, which could be his next project, having already been attached to in 2010. He also co-wrote the script alongside Charles Mondry and Anthony Bagarozzi, based on the hero of the 1930s pulp magazines created by publisher Henry W. Ralson, and editor John L. Nanovic, and additional material by Lester Dent, the main writer of the series. Producing are Original Films' Neal H. Moritz and Ori Marmur, as well as Michael Usland. Columbia's president of production Hannah Minghella, who made the announcement with Colombia's president Doug Belgrad, said “We couldn’t be more excited to be building a franchise from the ground up with Shane and this team."...
- 5/7/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In the late 1960s and early 70s, few actors stood as tall in their heroic roles as Ron Ely.
From television’s Tarzan to the big screen’s Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, Ely’s 6-foot-4-inch muscular frame made the scenery cower when he stepped before a camera.
The 74-year-old actor stands just as tall today, commanding audiences with his tales of those golden days of pulp fiction on film. Warner Archive Collection has brought Ely’s best-loved roles back into the
spotlight, making the classic titles available on DVD and through its new live-streaming service, Warner Archive Instant.
Premiering on NBC in 1966, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ immortal creation, Tarzan, took to the nation’s TV screens for the first time. Still in the capable hands of producer Sy Weintraub, the TV Tarzan (the
aforementioned Mr. Ely) continued the more recent (and more authentic) interpretation of Lord Greystoke as a sophisticated,...
From television’s Tarzan to the big screen’s Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, Ely’s 6-foot-4-inch muscular frame made the scenery cower when he stepped before a camera.
The 74-year-old actor stands just as tall today, commanding audiences with his tales of those golden days of pulp fiction on film. Warner Archive Collection has brought Ely’s best-loved roles back into the
spotlight, making the classic titles available on DVD and through its new live-streaming service, Warner Archive Instant.
Premiering on NBC in 1966, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ immortal creation, Tarzan, took to the nation’s TV screens for the first time. Still in the capable hands of producer Sy Weintraub, the TV Tarzan (the
aforementioned Mr. Ely) continued the more recent (and more authentic) interpretation of Lord Greystoke as a sophisticated,...
- 4/27/2013
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Writer/director Shane Black will continue developing his feature film take of "Doc Savage" for producer Neil Moritz, after the final box office results of "Iron Man 3" are tallied up.
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.' So they were really cool about it, they were really nice. So yeah I’m back on it."
Originally published in the pulp magazines in the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character then spun-off into radio, film and comic books,...
"...'Doc Savage' is proceeding on pace," said Black. "...as 'Iron Man' wound down I sort of reconnected with Sony who have been gracious to say, 'We’ll wait a year and sit on these rights until you’re finished with this other picture that we don’t control.' So they were really cool about it, they were really nice. So yeah I’m back on it."
Originally published in the pulp magazines in the 1930's, 'Doc Savage' was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
The character then spun-off into radio, film and comic books,...
- 4/25/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
I have had a deep attraction to pulp fiction for most of my life, and in some ways, I wish I'd been able to work in an earlier era, where an author could develop a character and there were dozens of places where you could publish an ongoing series. I envy guys like Lester Dent and Robert E. Howard because there was a market for the kind of work they did, one that I would argue doesn't really exist in the same way today. However, I've been exceptionally lucky in the last year or so, because I was able to connect...
- 4/17/2012
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
It’s been five years since one of Hollywood’s most influential pioneers of the action screenplay, Shane Black, stepped behind the camera for his critically-praised directorial debut Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Now Black may be settling back into the director’s chair in order to revive the long-dead silver screen legacy of classic adventure hero Doc Savage.
Doc Savage was created in the early 1930’s by Street and Smith Publications and predominantly written by main author Lester Dent. He’s an adventure hero, most popular in the “pulp novels” of the 30’s and 40’s. Savage is a man trained from birth in all of the greatest skills of science, deduction, and physical prowess, all of which he uses to solve mysteries and fight crime.
The character has appeared in only one successful film adaptation, 1975’s bemoaned camp-fest, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, starring former Tarzan, Ron Ely.
In October of last year,...
Doc Savage was created in the early 1930’s by Street and Smith Publications and predominantly written by main author Lester Dent. He’s an adventure hero, most popular in the “pulp novels” of the 30’s and 40’s. Savage is a man trained from birth in all of the greatest skills of science, deduction, and physical prowess, all of which he uses to solve mysteries and fight crime.
The character has appeared in only one successful film adaptation, 1975’s bemoaned camp-fest, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, starring former Tarzan, Ron Ely.
In October of last year,...
- 2/23/2010
- by Brett Fieldcamp
- Atomic Popcorn
Director Shane Black (”Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang”, “Lethal Weapon”) has been tapped by Columbia Pictures to direct a big-screen version of the adventures of pulp hero “Doc Savage”, the Man of Bronze. Originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s, the character was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic, with additional material contributed by the series’ main writer Lester Dent. The character, often depicted literally with bronzed skin (which has later on been explained as Savage being one of the first mixed-race fictional literary heroes), is an adventurer and scientist who travels the world in various adventures. The character has [...]...
- 2/23/2010
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
It’s been rumored for a while, and has now been confirmed that the popular ’30s pulp series, Doc Savage, is headed back to the big screen with Columbia Pictures, according to Variety. Shane Black (Lethal Weapon series, Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang) has signed on to direct the film from a script by Chuck Mondry & Anthony Bagarozzi.
Doc was one of the most popular heroes in the pulp serials of the ’30s and ’40s, and his story has been adapted several times to various media. Known for his MacGyver-like proficiency at all trades, Clark “Doc” Savage, Jr. trotted around the globe investigating scientific mysteries and helping people in distress with the aid of multiple sidekicks. First created in March 1933 by Street and Smith Publications publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic, Savage was fully fleshed out by head writer Lester Dent, writing under the pen name of Kenneth Robeson.
Doc was one of the most popular heroes in the pulp serials of the ’30s and ’40s, and his story has been adapted several times to various media. Known for his MacGyver-like proficiency at all trades, Clark “Doc” Savage, Jr. trotted around the globe investigating scientific mysteries and helping people in distress with the aid of multiple sidekicks. First created in March 1933 by Street and Smith Publications publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic, Savage was fully fleshed out by head writer Lester Dent, writing under the pen name of Kenneth Robeson.
- 2/23/2010
- by Bryan
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Columbia Pictures has hired Shane Black ( Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang , Lethal Weapon ) to direct Doc Savage , the Man of Bronze who was originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Doc Savage was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent. Black will direct from a screenplay he is writing with Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. Neal Moritz will produce through his Sony-based Original Film. "Doc Savage is an icon, a character with limitless possibilities," said Columbia co-president Matt Tolmach, "We have had a great experience working with Neal to bring another classic character of the era, the Green...
- 2/23/2010
- Comingsoon.net
If we had to pick just one film to watch for the rest of our lives, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang would definitely be a hot contender in the debate, so you can imagine how pleased we are to report that the genius who wrote and helmed that most wondrous of films has finally found himself a new project to direct. Shane Black is taking on the task of bringing pulp hero Doc Savage back to the big screen for Sony.
Doc Savage is one of the original superheros, first appearing in pulp magazines back in the '30s. So far this project has been through several machinations so it's unclear what the plot will exactly involve. A few months back Black was thought to be writing the script and he made it clear that it would be a period piece based predominantly on the works of Lester Dent, who wrote...
Doc Savage is one of the original superheros, first appearing in pulp magazines back in the '30s. So far this project has been through several machinations so it's unclear what the plot will exactly involve. A few months back Black was thought to be writing the script and he made it clear that it would be a period piece based predominantly on the works of Lester Dent, who wrote...
- 2/23/2010
- Screenrush
Writer Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon") will direct Columbia Pictures "Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze", from a 1930's era screenplay he is co-writing with Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry.
Neal Moritz will produce through his Sony-based Original Film.
"Doc Savage is an icon, a character with limitless possibilities," said Columbia co-president Matt Tolmach,
"We have had a great experience working with Neal to bring another classic character of the era, the 'Green Hornet', to a new generation of fans, and we think he and Shane make the ideal team to bring Doc Savage back to the bigscreen."
'Doc Savage' debuted in pulp magazines during the 1930's created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic for Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by series' author, Kenneth Robeson, aka 'Lester Dent'.
"Doc Savage" has since spun-off into radio, film, comic books and a series of...
Neal Moritz will produce through his Sony-based Original Film.
"Doc Savage is an icon, a character with limitless possibilities," said Columbia co-president Matt Tolmach,
"We have had a great experience working with Neal to bring another classic character of the era, the 'Green Hornet', to a new generation of fans, and we think he and Shane make the ideal team to bring Doc Savage back to the bigscreen."
'Doc Savage' debuted in pulp magazines during the 1930's created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic for Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by series' author, Kenneth Robeson, aka 'Lester Dent'.
"Doc Savage" has since spun-off into radio, film, comic books and a series of...
- 2/23/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Screenwriter Shane Black, who first made a name for himself with Lethal Weapon, has been hired by Columbia Pictures to direct Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, based on the hero who appeared in pulp novels, films and comic books during the 1930s and 1940s.
Black will direct from a screenplay he is writing with Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. Neal Moritz will produce through his Sony-based Original Film.
"Doc Savage" was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
"Doc Savage is an icon, a character with limitless possibilities," said Columbia co-president Matt Tolmach, "We have had a great experience working with Neal to bring another classic character of the era, the Green Hornet, to a new generation of fans, and we think he and Shane make the ideal team...
Black will direct from a screenplay he is writing with Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. Neal Moritz will produce through his Sony-based Original Film.
"Doc Savage" was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street and Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.
"Doc Savage is an icon, a character with limitless possibilities," said Columbia co-president Matt Tolmach, "We have had a great experience working with Neal to bring another classic character of the era, the Green Hornet, to a new generation of fans, and we think he and Shane make the ideal team...
- 2/23/2010
- CinemaSpy
Last October, we brought word that Shane Black had been hired by producing duo Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to write a script based on classic adventurer character Doc Savage. Sony obviously liked what he and co-writers Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry came up with, as the studio has hired him to direct the eventual movie.Raised from birth by scientists to be the perfect hero, Savage boasted a staggering number of skills, including scientist, inventor, physician and explorer. He was among the most popular characters in 1930s and 40s pulps, with his stories chronicled in nearly 200 novels and across radio, film and TV. Author Lester Dent was his most prolific writer, and it’s his books that Black and his team have been working from, keeping Savage firmly back in the past.Powerhouse producer Neal Moritz (who seems to develop half the projects the studio eventually greenlights) has come aboard to shepherd the development,...
- 2/23/2010
- EmpireOnline
One of the oldest pulp heroes is being pulled into 21st Century theaters, and who better to do it than pulp aficionado Shane Black? As was rumored months ago, the Lethal Weapon guy will bring Lester Dent's famed Doc Savage and his hair-helmet to life for Sony. Professional noisemaker Neal Moritz (XXX, Stealth) is producing. Black will direct the Man of Bronze's big-budget adventure, and is co-writing the script with Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. It's unknown if...
- 2/23/2010
- by Dave Davis
- JoBlo.com
Producers Neil "The Green Hornet" Moritz and Ori Marmur continue developing a big screen adaptation of pulp magazine character 'Doc Savage' for Sony Pictures, with writer Shane "Lethal Wepon" Black drafting a screenplay, set in the 1930's.
'Doc Savage' debuted in pulp magazines during the 1930's created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic for Street and Smith Publications. Additional material was contributed by series' author, Kenneth Robeson, aka 'Lester Dent'.
"Doc Savage" has since spun-off into other media, including radio, film, comic books and a series of 1960's Bantam paperback novels reprinting the original stories.
'Clark Savage, Jr.', physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer was trained at an early age by scientists, assembled by his father, to develop the child's mind and body to near-super human abilities, giving him superior strength, endurance, intellect, photographic memory and a mastery of the martial arts.
The Doc Savage...
'Doc Savage' debuted in pulp magazines during the 1930's created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic for Street and Smith Publications. Additional material was contributed by series' author, Kenneth Robeson, aka 'Lester Dent'.
"Doc Savage" has since spun-off into other media, including radio, film, comic books and a series of 1960's Bantam paperback novels reprinting the original stories.
'Clark Savage, Jr.', physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer was trained at an early age by scientists, assembled by his father, to develop the child's mind and body to near-super human abilities, giving him superior strength, endurance, intellect, photographic memory and a mastery of the martial arts.
The Doc Savage...
- 12/9/2009
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Pulp hero Doc Savage is heading back to the big screen.
Ain't It Cool News has reported that Shane Black, writer of the Lethal Weapon films, is penning the script for the project.
Black revealed the movie is being produced by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, whose credits include TV shows Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Fringe and the films The Legend of Zorro, Mission Impossible III, Transformers and Star Trek.
He also told the site he would stay true to the original 30s setting of the character and would include sidekicks The Fabulous Five.
It will be an original story and he is preparing to start work on the screenplay, he said.
Doc Savage, created in 1933 for Street and Smith Publications by writer Lester Dent, publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic, first appeared in pulp magazines.
The adventurer was later adapted into a radio series,...
Ain't It Cool News has reported that Shane Black, writer of the Lethal Weapon films, is penning the script for the project.
Black revealed the movie is being produced by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, whose credits include TV shows Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Fringe and the films The Legend of Zorro, Mission Impossible III, Transformers and Star Trek.
He also told the site he would stay true to the original 30s setting of the character and would include sidekicks The Fabulous Five.
It will be an original story and he is preparing to start work on the screenplay, he said.
Doc Savage, created in 1933 for Street and Smith Publications by writer Lester Dent, publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic, first appeared in pulp magazines.
The adventurer was later adapted into a radio series,...
- 10/27/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
One of the pulpiest of all pulp heroes, Doc Savage, is polishing his pistol and gathering his Fabulous Five friends for a big-screen adventure, courtesy of Lethal Weapon guy Shane Black. According to AICN, Black is bringing writer Lester Dent's famed Man of Bronze to life, writing and possibly directing the movie. Black says he fully intends to keep the tanned, sinewy adventurer in his proper period, the 1930s. Collider says that contrary to AICN's initial report, omnipresent...
- 10/26/2009
- by Dave Davis
- JoBlo.com
The Phantom isn't the only classic pulp comic book icon getting the live-action treatment—though he is the only one getting two adaptations, to the best of my knowledge. Now it looks like Doc Savage is making a comeback.
Ain't It Cool News webmaster Harry Knowles spoke with writer Shane Black, best known for his "Lethal Weapon" and "The Last Boy Scout" screenplays, during a chance encounter this weekend. The screenwriter revealed that "Doc Savage," based on the Lester Dent-penned pulp icon, would be his next project.
Additionally, Black said that Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman of "Star Trek" and "Cowboys & Aliens" fame will produce the "Doc Savage" adaptation.
Doc Savage — real name Clark Savage, Jr. — is an ordinary human with extraordinary abilities, thanks to deliberate and rigorous training enacted by a team of scientists during Savage's early childhood. Among Savage's many gifts are his enhanced strength and agility,...
Ain't It Cool News webmaster Harry Knowles spoke with writer Shane Black, best known for his "Lethal Weapon" and "The Last Boy Scout" screenplays, during a chance encounter this weekend. The screenwriter revealed that "Doc Savage," based on the Lester Dent-penned pulp icon, would be his next project.
Additionally, Black said that Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman of "Star Trek" and "Cowboys & Aliens" fame will produce the "Doc Savage" adaptation.
Doc Savage — real name Clark Savage, Jr. — is an ordinary human with extraordinary abilities, thanks to deliberate and rigorous training enacted by a team of scientists during Savage's early childhood. Among Savage's many gifts are his enhanced strength and agility,...
- 10/26/2009
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Splash Page
Straight from screenwriter Shane Black's mouth to the content providing administrative screen of Ain't It Cool News, the Lethal Weapon writer has been hired to write a brand-new screenplay for a proposed Doc Savage movie. Guess who's producing this new attempt? None other than Star Trek/Transformers super-scribes-turned-producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
Black communicated the news to AICN's founder Harry Knowles who also got told that this attempt will keep the character in his original time piece of the 1930s and also make sure that Doc's troupe of adventurers -- Ham, Johnny, Monk, Long Tom and Renny -- will be included. "It will be an original Doc Savage story that attempts to encapsulate the feeling of the whole collection of Lester Dent's work," writes AICN's poobah.
Hollywood has been trying for decades to get a Doc Savage movie off the ground with no result. Back in...
Black communicated the news to AICN's founder Harry Knowles who also got told that this attempt will keep the character in his original time piece of the 1930s and also make sure that Doc's troupe of adventurers -- Ham, Johnny, Monk, Long Tom and Renny -- will be included. "It will be an original Doc Savage story that attempts to encapsulate the feeling of the whole collection of Lester Dent's work," writes AICN's poobah.
Hollywood has been trying for decades to get a Doc Savage movie off the ground with no result. Back in...
- 10/26/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
News from over the weekend is that Shane Black says he’s currently preparing to write a script for a “Doc Savage” movie, based on the pulp novels of Lester Dent and created by Henry W. Ralston and John L. Nanovic back in the good ol days of the ’30s and ’40s. There was a live-action movie based on the novels in 1975 called “Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze” that I remember seeing, but the specifics of which escapes me, which probably means it wasn’t very memorable. Apparently that film wasn’t quite “true” to the original source material, which is something Black plans on correcting. Says AICN: However, I did inquire if they were modernizing the character. I asked this with dread in my belly, and Shane passed the test by saying the character can not be separated from the 30s. This is correct. Right now, he is preparing to write the script.
- 10/26/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
There are Supermen, and there are perfect men. Doc Savage belongs in the latter category. Bronze and buff, with a mastery of everything from martial arts to surgery, he can do anything or be anything you ask him to be. Except a movie icon. For years, Hollywood has been trying to get a Doc Savage movie up and running (there was a disastrous attempt in 1975), but now the strength of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman just might see it through. Ain't It Cool News reports that they're the latest names to become attached, and try to see it through to completion. Even better, they've hired my personal Jesus Shane Black to write a script. The news comes straight from the mouth of Black, who just happened to run into Harry Knowles at an Austin bowling alley.
Let me back up for a little biography on Savage. He's a pulp hero from the 1930s and 40s,...
Let me back up for a little biography on Savage. He's a pulp hero from the 1930s and 40s,...
- 10/26/2009
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- Cinematical
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