While Superman may seem like a one-of-a-kind superhero, the Man of Steel is actually based off a lesser-known comic book character named Doc Savage. Trained from birth to become the perfect human specimen, Savage made his first print appearance in a pulp magazine circa 1933 and his first silver-screen appearance in the forgettable 1975 film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. According to ScreenCrush, however, the character will soon be back in a big way.
See here to stream Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze on Amazon Video
A couple of weeks ago, Dwayne Johnson let his fans know via Instagram that he was poring over an “outline for a cool movie” that he planned on making with Nice Guys director Shane Black. Since Black has long been working on a Doc Savage adaptation — and has made no bones about Johnson being his top choice for the titular role — speculation grew regarding the man formerly known as The Rock being cast as the so-called “Man of Bronze.”
On Monday, Johnson confirmed suspicions with the post below, in which he reveals a bit of backstory on the character, expresses his excitement, and uses the hashtag #ItsOfficial.
It should be fun to see Johnson straying a bit from the archetypal action hero role to take on Savage, as the character’s innate weirdness stamps him as unique. As for Black, the director’s offbeat sense of humor seems tailor-made for this particular adaptation and has us excited for the finished product.
The mystery here is just how the busiest man in Hollywood will fit this one in. According to IMDB, Johnson has six upcoming projects that are listed as “announced,” two listed as “filming,” one in pre-production, one in post-production, and one that recently wrapped. Oh, and that’s not counting the recently announced Skyscraper.
No word yet on when this film will hit theaters, or on who will star alongside Johnson, but we’ll keep you updated as news breaks. In the meantime, you can catch him in Central Intelligence, which also stars Kevin Hart and Aaron Paul. That film hits theaters June 17.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?