Dwayne Johnson To Play World’s First Superhero ‘Doc Savage’

Dwayne Johnson is set to bring action hero ‘Doc Savage’ to life on the big screen in an upcoming movie adaptation. The 44-year-old former wrestler-turned-actor has signed on to work with director Shane Black on the comic book movie, which will be developed for Sony Pictures. Dwayne made the casting announcement in a lengthy post on Instagram.

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"It's OFFICIAL: For all comic book fans you already know the world's first superhero (pre-dating Superman) is the 'Man of Bronze' himself Clark 'Doc' Savage," he wrote. Describing Doc Savage as "the inspiration for Superman", Dwayne added, "Here's the #1 reason I'm excited to become Doc Savage.. HE'S A F**KING HILARIOUS WEIRDO! "After speaking for hours w/ (with) Shane Black I can see why the creator of Superman took only the best parts of Doc Savage and leaving the 'weirdo' part behind," he continued. "But to us, it's that 'weirdo' part that makes Clark 'Doc' Savage dope! Can't wait to sink my teeth into this one of a kind character. #ItsOfficial #WorldsFirstSuperhero #GeniusIntellect #PhysicalSpecimen #FnLoveableWeirdo #DocSavage (sic)".

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dwayne goes on to express his excitement at the forthcoming movie, which will begin production after Shane takes care of his planned Predator reboot. Marvel Iron Man filmmaker Shane has been working on the Doc Savage revision for several years, but he only officially boarded the Sony project in 2013 as co-writer and director.