Wednesday, October 28

• Star Trek Writers Are NOT Producing Doc Savage

  

  Contrary to our previous report that Star Trek screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman would be producing an adaptation of Doc Savage written by Lethal Weapon and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's Shane Black, it looks like Neil Moritz and Ori Marmur (The Green Hornet) are producing it instead.

  AICN originally named Orci and Kurtzman as the producers, while Collider pointed out the error, maintaining that the rest of the original report is true. Doc Savage will be penned by Black, who may direct, and the movie will take place in the 1930s instead of being updated for modern times.

  Whoever produces Doc Savage, we can't wait to see the pulp world's first physician/surgeon/scientist/adventurer/inventor/explorer/researcher/musician in a better movie than 1975's camp classic Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.

  
  

  Posted 10/28/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Roberto Orci | Alex Kurtzman | Neil Moritz | Shane Black | Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

Monday, October 26

• Lethal Weapon Writer Penning Doc Savage Script

  One of the few remaining legendary pulp fiction characters to receive a modern retelling may be headed to the big screen, courtesy of the wonder team of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The successful writing team has managed to turn the stale Transformers cartoon and toy line into a blockbuster film franchise and successfully reinvented Star Trek for a new generation. Now there is talk that they plan on producing a live-action Doc Savage feature.

  Originally published in Doc Savage Magazine in 1933, the "Man of Bronze" was a popular staple of the pulp magazines of the '30s and '40s and went on to appear in radio programs, comic books, and a poorly received 1975 feature film by George Pal. According to AICN, instead of writing the Doc Savage screenplay themselves, Orci and Kurtzman have hired Lethal Weapon writer Shane Black to pen an original script, which is expected to take place in the '30s and feature a number of supporting characters from the Savage mythology, including his "Fabulous Five" adventure companions.

  
  
  

  Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze - Trailer

  Posted 10/26/2009 by BrentJS

  Related: Roberto Orci | Alex Kurtzman | Shane Black | Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

Monday, October 13

• Gibson Won't Mimic Stallone, Nixes Lethal Weapon 5

  Give Mel Gibson some credit: He may be nuttier than a fruitcake, but at least he still has his dignity. Director Richard Donner confirmed to the Los Angeles Times today that the Braveheart Oscar winner and owner of Malibu has opted against starring in a proposed fifth chapter of Lethal Weapon -- a move that signals, as Donner puts it, that the project is now "dead in the water."

  Gibson's decision bucks the recent trend, established by fellow aging action stars Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford, of going back to the well and resurrecting long-dormant franchises like Rambo and Indiana Jones in the hopes of staying relevant. Lethal Weapon 5 had been gathering steam of late thanks to the efforts of writer/director Shane Black, who penned the first Lethal Weapon and had hoped to write and direct the proposed re-boot.

  
  

  Posted 10/13/2008 by reelz

  Related: Mel Gibson | Richard Donner | Shane Black | Lethal Weapon