Dwayne Johnson to Play Pre-Superman Superhero Doc Savage

Los Angeles: Dwayne Johnson will soon be seen playing Doc Savage. The 44-year-old actor announced on Instagram that he will be playing "the world's first superhero."
 

Shane Black, who last made Iron Man 3, will be directing the project. He co-wrote the story with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, reported Entertainment Weekly Dwayne said he will also produce the film through his Seven Bucks Productions along with Hiram Garcia.

Doc Savage is the story of a man with super human abilities (he is a scientist, inventor, detective, musician and martial art expert). The character was originally published in American pulp magazine in the Thirties and the Forties.