Shane Black Attached To Direct Doc Savage AICN reported back in October of last year about this news and now Variety is confirming it now. Studio is bringing Doc Savage -- known as the Man of Bronze and hero of pulp novels, films and comicbooks -- back to the bigscreen. Shane Black is attached to direct the film from a screenplay he is penning with Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. Neal Moritz ("Fast and Furious") will produce through his Sony-based Original Film banner. Shane Black, who scribed screenplays such as "Lethal Weapon" and "The Long Kiss Goodnight," One of the most popular characters in the pulps of the 1930s and '40s, Doc Savage 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 is an icon, a character with limitless possibilities," said Columbia co-president Matt Tolmach of the character, w...