▁offers ▁to ▁film ▁adapt ations ▁of ▁The ▁B ionic ▁Woman , ▁Ali en ▁Nation , ▁and ▁The ▁In cred ible ▁H ulk . ▁Film ▁producer ▁Jo el ▁Simon ▁described ▁Ste el ▁as ▁being ▁different , ▁stating ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁" a ▁kn ight ▁in ▁sh ining ▁arm or ▁in ▁a ▁contemporary ▁setting ". ▁Johnson ▁removed ▁Ste el ' s ▁c ape ▁from ▁his ▁cost ume ▁to ▁reflect ▁this . ▁ ▁Johnson ▁described ▁Ste el ' s ▁persona ▁as ▁a ▁" blue - col lar ▁Bat man " ▁and ▁removed ▁Ste el ▁from ▁his ▁com ic ▁book ▁story line ▁and ▁replaced ▁it ▁with ▁protagon ists ▁and ▁ant agon ists ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁in vention . ▁To ▁aid ▁with ▁the ▁urban ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁dialog ▁Johnson ▁took ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁script ▁to ▁South ▁Central ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁spent ▁a ▁day ▁with ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁k ids ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁was ▁more ▁bel iev able . ▁Through out ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁script , ▁Johnson ▁created ▁several ▁all us ions ▁to ▁his ▁previous ▁television ▁series ▁Ali en ▁Nation . ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁The ▁film ing ▁schedule ▁consisted ▁of ▁fifty - one ▁days ▁with ▁thirty - two ▁full ▁night s ▁of ▁shooting ▁in ▁dow nt own ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁The ▁shooting ▁schedule ▁presented ▁difficulties ▁for ▁the ▁director ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁schedule ▁of ▁the ▁star ▁Sh aqu ille ▁O ' Ne al . ▁O ' Ne al ▁was ▁already ▁committed ▁for ▁playing ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁Summer ▁Olympics