Editing Doc Savage (section)

====''Original Film'' projects====
Writer/director [[Shane Black]] was set to direct a film adaptation for [[Original Film]] and [[Sony Pictures]]. Black would also co-write the screenplay with Anthony Bagarozzi and [[Chuck Mondry]]. The film version will be set in the 1930s and will include the [[#Doc Savage's aides|Fabulous Five.]] [[Neal H. Moritz]] will produce.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Tatiana | last=Siegel | date=February 22, 2010 | title=Columbia revives Doc Savage | work=Variety | url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/columbia-revives-doc-savage-1118015613/ | access-date=February 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/24/shane-black-on-his-death-note-and-doc-savage-movies/|title=Shane Black On His Death Note And Doc Savage Movies - Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|date=April 24, 2013|website=bleedingcool.com|access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://mobile.thewrap.com/thewrap/pm_105952/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=aYnq4jwT 'Iron Man 3' Director Shane Black to Direct 'Doc Savage' for Sony] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085914/http://mobile.thewrap.com/thewrap/pm_105952/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=aYnq4jwT |date=April 7, 2014 }}</ref> In September 2013, talking about the difficulty in casting the character, Black commented, "He's the perfect physical specimen, people look at him and they are over-awed by the symmetry and perfection he exudes."<ref>{{cite web|title=Shane Black Interview|url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2013/09/17/doc-savage-update-from-shane-black|website=IGN|access-date=June 3, 2016|date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> In June 2014, it was revealed that he wanted [[Chris Hemsworth]] for the lead role but Hemsworth was never officially announced or attached to the project.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fox Rebooting 'Predator' With Shane Black|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fox-rebooting-predator-shane-black-714598|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 3, 2016|date=June 24, 2014}}</ref>

On May 22, 2016, Black told [[Thrillist]] that he would like to make the movie with [[Dwayne Johnson]], stating, "I made a decision that Dwayne is the guy. I would like to do Doc with Dwayne Johnson if we can make that work. It's on the back burner while he's busy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-nice-guys-trailer-shane-black-on-ryan-gosling-and-russell-crowe/entertainment|title=More 'Nice Guys' Scoops from Director Shane Black|last=Patches|first=Matt|work=Thrillist|date=March 22, 2016|access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> On May 30, 2016, Johnson confirmed on his [[Instagram]] account that he will be starring as Savage in the film, also hinting that the character is being dubbed the "World's First Superhero", mentioning that Savage's published appearance pre-dated that of [[Superman]]'s (who debuted in 1938). Johnson also included the [[hashtag]] "#World'sFirstSuperhero".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/dwayne-johnson-doc-savage-1201785289/|title=Dwayne Johnson Confirmed for 'Doc Savage'|publisher=Variety|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=May 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BGCDhYSoh0x/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BGCDhYSoh0x |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription|title=@therock on Instagram: "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…"|website=Instagram|access-date=April 2, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On April 11, 2018, Johnson said he and Black were still eager to do the project, but, "That project had a few issues, not creative issues but more so business affairs issues—where the project once was, who had rights to it, where we were trying to move it to. There was a lot of that, which we're still kind of working through."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/doc-savage-movie-dwayne-johnson-shane-black/ | title=Dwayne Johnson Offers an Update on Shane Black's Doc Savage | website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] | date=April 11, 2018 }}</ref>

On February 19, 2020, it was announced Original Film would, instead, shift development to a television series. The project is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and Condé Nast Entertainment.<ref name="tv series in works" />