Giant Freakin Robot

Columbia Pictures is bringing the pulp-era Doc Savage series to life on the big screen. It’s in the hands of Shane Black, the guy responsible for the extremely awesome film noir movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Here’s how Variety explains it:

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.

First appearing in pulp magazines published during the 30s and 40s, Doc Savage is a multi-talented man of science. A physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and musician with outstanding mental and physical abilities honed by training form a team of scientists hired by his father. He puts his abilities to the test in a series of heroic, adventures.