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====Other film adaptations==== Another screenplay was written by [[Philip JosΓ© Farmer]] based on the January 1936 pulp novel ''Murder Mirage''.<ref>"Intermission" by [[Will Murray (writer)|Will Murray]] in ''Doc Savage # 11'' (Encinitas. CA: Nostalgia Ventures, 2007)</ref> It included a potential [[Wold Newton Universe]] cross-over involving a meeting between Doc Savage and a retired [[Sherlock Holmes]] in 1936. In any case, this screenplay was never filmed.<ref>[http://www.pjfarmer.com/onekind.htm Philip Jose Farmer's Basement: Original Manuscripts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303075117/http://www.pjfarmer.com/onekind.htm |date=March 3, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Chron7.htm |title=Wold Newton Universe |publisher=Pjfarmer.com |access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref> In 1966, the basic premise of Doc Savage's origin was an obvious influence on the Mexican lucha libre film character ''Mil Mascaras'' (1966), which was released at the height of the popularity of the Doc Savage paperback book series in the U.S.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} In 1999, there was an announcement<ref name="AHNOLD">{{Cite web | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82CE61A827892&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title=Ah-nold in line to play Doc Savage | access-date=November 18, 2009 | date=July 11, 1999 | work=Journal Sentinel Online}}</ref> that a [[Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze#Possible remakes|possible remake]] featuring [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] was in the works, with the involvement of [[Frank Darabont]] and [[Chuck Russell]], but it and several other Schwarzenegger projects (''[[Sgt. Rock]]'' and an epic about [[the Crusades]]) were shelved when Schwarzenegger ran for and was elected [[Governor of California]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Doc Savage | url=http://www.mania.com/30936.html | access-date=May 22, 2007 | work=Mania.com Development Hell | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021758/http://www.mania.com/30936.html | archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> In late 2006, [[Sam Raimi]] was rumoured to be making a film involving several [[Street and Smith Publications|Street and Smith]] [[pulp magazine|pulp]] heroes, including [[The Shadow]], [[The Avenger (character)|The Avenger]], and Doc Savage. A screenplay was supposedly written by Siavash Farahani but since then, no other news surfaced with regards to this script.<ref>[https://uk.ign.com/articles/2006/12/06/exclusive-sam-raimis-pulp-fiction IGN]</ref>
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