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‘Riddick 3′ Titled ‘Riddick’; New Set Photos & Synopsis Revealed

Sandy Schaefer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:54:40 +0000

Following a temporary production shutdown in 2011, the third installment in the Chronicles of Riddick series – which Universal is now officially referring to as simply Riddick – has begun filming once again. Vin Diesel is back in black (goggles) as the titular ex-convict with augmented vision, and has been treating fans with set photos that feature the actor in costume, on the sci-fi action/thriller threequel’s set.

Today, we have two additional images of Diesel, striking poses on the Riddick set – along with the film’s official plot synopsis and complete cast list (via Universal Pictures’ press release).

Read on for the studio-sanctioned description of the Riddick storyline:

The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators ...

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First ‘Riddick 3′ Image & Casting Update

Sandy Schaefer — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:51:40 +0000

A third flick featuring Vin Diesel in his original breakout role, as the “shining-eyed” Richard B. Riddick has always been a questionable prospect, ever since the costly second installment (2004′s The Chronicles of Riddick) failed to become a sizable hit at the box office. In fact, Riddick 3 came close to collapsing in 2011, when a shortage of funding forced production on the project to be temporarily shut down.

Since then, the threequel has managed to secure the necessary funding to continue moving forward – and today, we have both the first set pic of Diesel and another official casting update, to prove it.

The untitled third Riddick flick is expected to be more of a lean, mean, survival sci-fi/thriller in the vein of the original Pitch Black, where a stranded Riddick (Diesel) battles both vicious alien predators and ...

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Katee Sackhoff & Jordi Molla Join ‘Riddick 3′ as Mercenaries

Rob Keyes — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:51:54 +0000

After years of developing the project, writer/direct David Twohy and star Vin Diesel finally managed to get the untitled Riddick 3 project off the ground and into production. That is, until (lack of) financing shut down principal photography for two months. Things are back on track now since Once Race Films paid their bills and not only is the crew back shooting, but the film’s cast just grew by two.

Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff has signed to co-star in the sequel to Chronicles of Riddick as the female lead. Deadline is reporting that Sackhoff will be playing a character named Dahl, a Nordic mercenary on the hunt for Riddick. We can assume female lead also means potential love interest – especially since casting director Anne McCarthy previously described the character as a “sexy female ...

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‘Riddick 3′ Secures New Funding, Production to Resume

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:30:43 +0000

It’s been a long road for Vin Diesel’s Riddick 3. The third entry in the saga of the popular sci-fi character (who first appeared in the 2000 film Pitch Black, then again in his own 2004 solo venture, The Chronicles of Riddick) has had many starts and stops, the latest start being the actual start of production this past summer – the latest stop being a production halt this fall, when the production company, One Race Films, failed to pay its debt to the studio where Riddick 3 is being shot.

However, in a new update we’re hearing that Riddick 3 has secured new funding, and production will soon be back on track.

TMZ (which first reported on the production halt) has the exclusive on Riddick 3‘s resurrection. According to the outlet, Michel Trudel ...

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Movie News Wrap Up: November 5th, 2011

Niall Browne — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:21:50 +0000

This week:

Michael Keaton’s Penthouse North moves to a new Dimension; Dirty Dancing gets a release date; Jason Statham is a Hummingbird; Steve Carell hears the Dogs of Babel and Vin Diesel’s Riddick 3 runs out of money!

1. Michael Keaton’s latest film, Penthouse North has been picked up by Dimension Films.

Joseph Ruben directs David Loughery’s script which sees Michelle Monaghan as a blind photographer terrorized by Keaton. The reason? She has millions of dollars worth of stolen diamonds hidden in her apartment.

Rubeun knows how to put together an adult oriented thriller; his original The Stepfather is a minor-classic in the horror genre, while his Julia Roberts effort Sleeping With The Enemy grossed over $100 million (in 1991 money). Michael Keaton is, well, Micheal Keaton. The man’s an icon in certain circles, so it’s always great ...

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Vin Diesel Gives Update on ‘Riddick 3′; Shares Concept Art

Rob Frappier — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:49:29 +0000

If Vin Diesel is anything, he’s a man of the people (just ask any of the more than 27 million people who “like” the actor’s Facebook page.) – and as a man of the people, Diesel gives his fans what they want, namely updates on the third installment to the popular Chronicles of Riddick franchise.

Recently, Diesel shared some information about Riddick 3, including plans for casting and the possibility of a 2012 release date, on his Facebook page. Diesel also shared a new piece of concept art for the film, which we’ve shared below.

In his usual laid-back style, Diesel expressed his gratitude to his fans for pushing the project to fruition and for requesting an R-rating, which is something a lot of studios aren’t comfortable ...

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Riddick 3 Begins Casting; More Details on Characters & Story Revealed

Rob Keyes — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:40:14 +0000

A live action follow-up to Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick is something fans have been waiting years for. Pitch Black helped launch star Vin Diesel’s career and it spawned a big budget sequel which didn’t meet critical or financial success the studio hoped for. Since then however, writer/director David Twohy and Vin Diesel have taken it upon themselves to find a way to make Riddick 3 happen, one that would return the franchise to its simpler, harsher roots and wrap-up the story of Riddick.

The last update we heard on the project, currently titled Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking, came from Diesel himself who explained that principal shooting on Riddick 3 could begin as early as the summer, but with summer coming to an end and them finalizing the financial ...

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Vin Diesel: Riddick 3 To Begin Shooting This Summer

Rob Keyes — Sun, 29 May 2011 08:35:42 +0000

Vin Diesel has been talking up a third Chronicles of Riddick film for nearly two years now. He let his fans know via Facebook at the end of ’09 that the project had already begun location scouting and a few months later he was confirmed to be returning to star in and produce Riddick 3. David Twohy, the man behind both Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick penned the script, which is said to be true to the character, very dark and certainly worthy of a hard R-Rating.

Twohy and Diesel pitched the project to potential buyers a year ago, using footage from the previous films and video games along with concept art from the new film, which will apparently be going with the simple title of Riddick. Now comes word ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: March 13th, 2011

Niall Browne — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:19:52 +0000

This week:

If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise – an alien invasion with Battle: Los Angeles. These aliens might be seeing Red, but they aren’t from Mars; Bruckheimer & Bay are Cowboys; director Brad Furman has Intricate details; BP are in Deepwater; Vin Diesel and director David Twohy get Riddick-ulous; Tom Petty might be Free Fallin‘ but his daughter Adria won’t Suffocate and Ellen Barkin enters A. Mann’s World.

Box Office

Some say that love is a battlefield, but they just don’t follow the weekly box office. This weekend a major battle took place at the box office, and like any combat situation, there were some casualties. Three high profile new movies opened, but only one could be the winner. Battle: Los Angeles, Red Riding Hood and Mars Needs Moms all fought it out for the box office crown, but it was Battle: ...

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Vin Diesel Talks ‘Riddick’ Character Design, Plus New Art

Rob Frappier — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:41:18 +0000

Most of our Vin Diesel coverage of late has been focused on the fifth Fast and Furious film, Fast Five. It would appear, however, that Vin Diesel doesn’t want us to only remember him as street racer Dominick Toretto: the actor has recently taken to Facebook to let the world know that Riddick is still in the works and that he is actively talking about the film with director David Twohy (Pitch Black).

The last time we talked about Riddick – the third film in the popular sci-fi franchise – was all the way back in May when we reported that the movie was dropping the ridiculous title The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking. That decision meshed with a plot synopsis that focused squarely on Riddick being an epic alien badass that is forced to fight his way off of ...

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Chronicles of Riddick 3 Plot Details

Rob Keyes — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:43:13 +0000

To no surprise, Chronicles of Riddick 3 was just confirmed a few days ago with its star Vin Diesel set to return in one of his career-defining franchises. At this point, the film’s tentative title is simply Riddick and it’s set to be distributed domestically by Universal and internationally by Lionsgate if things go according to plan.

And going according to plan is exactly what’s happening at this early stage. According to THR, the Riddick property is hot in demand and Lionsgate was able to get a bidding war happening in Russia for the rights to its distribution where the asking price has jumped up past $2.5 million for that country alone. This was after a late-night presentation to buyers that Diesel himself attended.

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Vin Diesel Confirmed for Riddick Sequel

Kofi Outlaw — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:33:48 +0000

Variety has confirmed that Vin Diesel will be back to both produce and star in another installment of the Chronicles of Riddick franchise. This confirms some of the rumors that were floating around this past summer, saying that Diesel would be back.

Universal will handle the domestic distribution of the film, which is being titled Riddick. Lionsgate is working on securing the international distribution rights.

As for the script: It was written by David Twohy, the man who co-wrote and directed both Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick and, more recently, A Perfect Getaway.

Diesel is continuing his industry comeback, with The Fast and the Furious 5 already on his docket. In fact, both Riddick and Fast 5 are crowding his schedule at the moment, so ...

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Chronicles of Riddick Sequel Begins Location Scouting

Rob Keyes — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:17:47 +0000

For those of you looking for the return of Vin Diesel as arguably his best on-screen character, Riddick, it looks like it’s one step closer to reality.

On his Facebook page yesterday, Diesel put up an update which included a line revealing that the team behind the next Riddick movie were scouting out locations already – a great thing to hear for those of us anticipating the sequel to 2004′s Chronicles of Riddick.

“The Riddick team is in New Zealand location scouting already… that’s exciting”

The last we heard on the Riddick 3 front was from writer David Twohy, the man who wrote A Perfect Getaway in addition to writing and directing the Riddick films. That was back in August and at the time, he was working out two ...

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Vin Diesel To Return In R-Rated ‘Riddick’ Sequel?

Ross Miller — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:22:08 +0000

Both ShockTillYouDrop and Bloody-Disgusting got a chance to sit down with Pitch Black/Chronicles of Riddick writer, David Twohy, who gave an update on the status of the third Riddick movie. The writer/director of the upcoming A Perfect Getaway confirmed that he and star Vin Diesel are currently in the midst of discussions of how to bring the character back for a third movie, including a very welcome detail that they are aiming for an R-Rated movie again.

Twohy co-wrote and directed Pitch Black back in 2000, before going on four years later to solely write and direct its step-down sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick. Pitch Black was rated R and delivered a pretty hardcore sci-fi action/horror movie that still holds up today. Its sequel was brought down to a PG-13 ...

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Vin Diesel Talks Chronicles Of Riddick 3

Rob Keyes — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:34:34 +0000

The folks over at Gamespot had a one-on-one phone interview with Vin Diesel to discuss his new video game, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, and in the interview the topic of a third live-action Chronicles of Riddick movie came up.

In the interview, the question about writing complexities for the game with regards to story implications of a potential third movie was raised and Diesel responded:

Good question. Maybe we’re too tight-lipped about the next Chronicles of Riddick film, and I think circa the release of [Dark Athena] that’s probably when you’ll start hearing more about the next Riddick film. It is underway and I almost think it’s a coincidence that we haven’t heard anything, that there hasn’t been a lot of public stuff on the Riddick movie.

Later in the conversation, Diesel said ...

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