Dwayne Johnson is playing Doc Savage, but who exactly is he?

Actor Dwayne Johnson will play the title role in the Sony Pictures adaptation of Doc Savage to be directed by Shane Black.

Actor Dwayne Johnson will play the title role in the Sony Pictures adaptation of Doc Savage.

Doc was physically and mentally trained from birth by his father and a team of scientists to become the perfect human specimen with a genius level intellect.

Shane Black is directing the movie from a script he co-wrote with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, reports variety.com.

One of the inspirations for the character Doc Savage is the story of a man with superheroic levels of intelligence and strength (who happens to be a brilliant scientist, inventor, and explorer), which began as a series of pulp novels and a radio series.

Johnson also announced that he will also produce the film through his Seven Bucks Productions banner with along with Hiram Garcia.

Watch a trailer for the 1975 movie here

They will join Neal H Moritz, who was previously attached to produce with Ori Marmur (Battle: Los Angeles) and Michael Uslan.

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