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Acclaimed Hollywood action film writer Shane Black is set to pen the film incarnation of the Doc Savage comic book series.

Black told Harry Knowles of AICN that the story will be an original one (rather than a pure adaptation) that will attempt to encompass the sum getting the vibe of author Lester Dent's complete saga

The character, an adventurer with near-superhuman skills and intelligence, was originally published in 1930's pulp magazines and Black says the story will be written for that time period and will include The Fabulous Five‎.

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are set to produce the pic and are in the process of looking for a director.

Black is a great choice to adapt Savage for the cineplex--but he has his work cut out for him with some 200 tales to choose from.