Shane Black Scribing A Doc Savage Movie For Star Trek Producers
Yay? Nifty screenwriterShaneBlack(LethalWeapon,KissKissBangBang) is apparently at work on a new adaptation ofDocSavage—the pulpy 1930s alphamale hero—for the tentpole production duoRobertoOrciandAlexKurtzman(TransformersandStarTrekfranchises). What’s more, Black let it be known toAICNthat the project will be a period piece set in the aforementioned decade rather than one in modern day complete with hoverboards and H1N1. Consult a Ouija board or find details on what a Doc Savage is after the jump…
Black tells AICN that he’s looking to the definitive works of late authorLesterDent, who penned nearly 200 adventure novels using the character. Another detail is that Savage will be joined in the film by the so-calledFuriousFabulousFive,one version of which is pictured below for informative purposes…
To a Savage abecedarian, one might wonder why the guy needs a skeleton crew given his profound and highly convenient “top that” abilities. To play poker? To cheer him up when his dog dies? To take one for the team? The quintet consists of “an industrial chemist,” an “accomplished attorney”—well, of course—who is also “the world’s best-dressed man,” a “construction engineer” who is also a giant, a disarming “electrical engineer,” and a monocle-wearing archaeologist whose verbosity and eloquence recalls Higgins onMagnumP.I.(to me at least). Together they fend off guys who plan to rule the world.
I’m betting the deal Black has in place forSavagecould eventually make his payday onTheLastBoy Scoutlook like the bottom of Joe Hellenbeck’s bathroom sink. Are you excited?
