New 'Superhero' Movie: By Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Shane Black

If you just loved the direction Shane Black's direction in Iron Man 3 then you must be wanting for another movie.

Get lucky if you are a fan of both Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Shane Black as they are making a superhero film.

Shane Black, the beloved action movie writer and director of Iron Man 3, is on board to direct the movie signed by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to play one of the earliest superheroes: Doc Savage, who's said to be an inspiration for Superman. A film adaptation of Doc Savage was announced back in 2013, but apparently it's only now getting off the ground.

Though, there aren't many details about the film Johnson posted on Instagram: "Here's the #1 reason I'm excited to become Doc Savage... HE'S A F*CKING HILARIOUS WEIRDO!"

"HE CAN EVEN IDENTIFY A WOMAN'S PERFUME FROM HALF A MILE AWAY."

Doc Savage is a classic pulp fiction comic hero from the 1930s. The character has no one specific super power; instead, he's supposed to have been groomed by scientists to attain superhuman physical and mental abilities. "His heightened senses are beyond comprehension," Johnson writes. "He can even identify a woman's perfume from half a mile away." Creepy! But I guess it gets the point across.

The character apparently has "zero social graces whatsoever due to his upbringing," Johnson writes, which leads to him being a pretty weird dude. That's what Johnson and Black want to play up in their adaptation.

As Johnson notes in his Instagram post, many elements of Doc Savage are widely recognizable as attributes of Superman. "First name Clark, called 'Man of Bronze,' retreats to his 'Fortress of Solitude' in the Arctic, etc., etc.," he writes.

However there is no hint of the film's release date.