With Iron Man 3 out of the way, director Shane Black as a little more time to work on his long in development feature film adaptation of the comic book Doc Savage.
In a
recent interview to IGN talk about the changes that needed to be made to the
original script:
"Obviously
in the books there's an element of 'goody goody' that we like. Doc Savage was
the basis essentially for Superman because his name is Clark, he has a fortress
of solitude, and 'oh Superman has the same thing, that's odd.' But that kind of
perfect hero who never makes mistakes him great to a point and that type of
adventure and the pulp it represents has been so immitated. Raiders of the Lost
Ark is essentially a child of Doc Savage. But we needed something more.
"So
we kept it in the 30s, we beefed up the sort of rationale behind what it would
take to be a perfect person and to be trained as such from childhood and how
that would scar someone. And what it would take to be a parent who is capable
of inflicting that on your kid. But beyond that we've also tried to be true to
the series, give him the helpers and it's also reinvigorating it but
introducing a whole new brand of people to this is a challenge. It's been
around, it's been 75 years."
Black
then talked about the possible cast for Doc Savage.
"Here's
the problem: They kind of gotta be tall. He's the perfect physical specimen and
when people look at him, they're overawed by the sort of symmetry and
perfection that he exudes. I don't know that you could use like James McAvoy as
Doc Savage. You couldn't do it. He's a fine actor, but we need someone big.
Back in the day Schwarzenegger was talked about to play Doc Savage. I don't
know who we'd get."
Let’s
hope that the changes Black makes to the original comic won’t be like the ones
he made regarding the Mandarin in Iron Man 3.
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