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26 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

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, »

- David Bentley

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