{"id":24527,"date":"2010-02-23T12:35:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T19:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=24527"},"modified":"2010-02-23T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T19:35:19","slug":"shane-black-directing-doc-savage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2010\/02\/23\/shane-black-directing-doc-savage\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Black Directing Doc Savage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director Shane Black (&#8220;Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang&#8221;, &#8220;Lethal Weapon&#8221;) has been tapped by Columbia Pictures  to direct a big-screen version of the adventures of pulp hero &#8220;Doc Savage&#8221;, the Man of Bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s, the character was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic, with additional material contributed by the series&#8217; main writer Lester Dent.  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