After five years of starts, stops and one eviction, it looks like Riddick is on track to hit the big screen this fall. Yes, the third installment of the Chronicles of Riddick franchise from writer/director David Twohy is still set to hit theaters on September 6th. We can say this because the films star, Vin Diesel, shared the following with his 39+ million fans on his official facebook and we all know you can’t put stuff up on facebook unless it is totally for realsies. (since I suppose it could count as a spoiler, it’s up after the jump.) (more…)

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So after taking forever to get the project started after numerous stalls and delays (such as getting locked out of the studio for not paying the rent) the anthropomorphic meat sack known as Vin Diesel is on the verge of wrapping up his third Riddick movie, creatively titled Riddick. On his official Facebook he released some details about the film.

“The studio said the earliest they could release the new Riddick is in January… was hoping for 2012… but, it’s on the horizon.

/smile

P.s. I think they are liking what they are seeing… haha, cause they asked when both Underverse and Furya would be ready to make and release… haha… now that’s a ways in the future but it is exciting.”

So Underverse and Furya are the next two? The studio wants to know how quick he can make them? Come on, give the man some time to let his creative juices flow, movies like that just don’t write themselves.

Riddick will see the titular character battling space mercenaries (led by Battlestar Galactica alum Katee Sackhoff a possible high point for the movie) and alien predators on a desert planet. Wait, I guess they do write themselves.

If you are thinking I am being unnecessarily harsh on Mr. Diesel and his ham handed labour of love, I am. Pitch Black was alright and forgettable, Chronicles of Riddick was harsh and painful.

Just make the hurting stop.

Source: Blastr

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Vin Diesel posted another photo from the set of Riddick, which is currently filming in Montreal, to his Facebook page.

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 more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy.

Riddick stars Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Jordi Molla, Matt Nable, Katee Sackhoff, Bokeem Woodbine, Dave Bautista, Conrad Pla, Raoul Trujillo. Nolan Funk and Keri Hilson co-star in the film, written and directed by David Twohy.

What do you think? Any scarier looking than the last movies bunch?

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Vin Diesel shared a couple of Riddick set pictures on his Facebook page over the weekend and NerdBastards has swiped them so you can check them out. You can check out Diesel’s Facebook wall for some previously-posted photos here.

The Universal Pictures release is written and directed by David Twohy, also stars Karl Urban, Jordi Molla, Matt Nable, Katee Sackhoff, Bokeem Woodbine, Dave Bautista, Conrad Pla, Raoul Trujillo, Nolan Funk and Keri Hilson.

Synopsis:

Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick (Diesel) fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.

Who else is excited to see another movie in the Riddick franchise?

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After a lot of hiccups and mis-starts and bounced checks it seems that shooting is now underway on the upcoming third movie in the saga of intergalactic bad ass Riddick in the simply called, Riddick.

Having read the plot description though I’m not sure what to think of this new Riddick. If you’ll remember, at the end of Chronicles of Riddick, Vin Diesel‘s character became the head of the dark army of Necromongers after defeating their Lord Marshall (“You keep what you kill,” remember?) But from the sounds of the plot description it seems like more adventures of fugitive Riddick. So what happened to the army of the undead and all their spaceships and everything? You’ll also notice that Karl Urban returns as Vaako, so we have continuity, but with Star Trek 2 shooting now too, how much will he be in it? I hope it’s not a thing like in Chronicles when they introduced the surviving Pitch Black characters just to kill them off.

Anyway, here’s the press release:

Universal Pictures, One Race Films and Radar Pictures announced today that principal photography has begun on the action-driven, sci-fi thriller Riddick. The shoot will take place in Montreal.

The latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000′s hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004′s The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy.

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 more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy.

Riddick also sees the return of Karl Urban (Star Trek, The Bourne Supremacy) as Vaako and introduces to the series Jordi Molla (Bad Boys II, Colombiana) as Santana, the arrogant captain of the mercenary ship; Matt Nable (Killer Elite) as Boss Johns, a man looking for answers; Katee Sackhoff (TV’s Battlestar Galactica) as the Nordic mercenary Dahl; and Bokeem Woodbine (upcoming Total Recall) as bounty hunter Moss. Rounding out the cast are Dave Bautista (The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption), Conrad Pla (Immortals), Raoul Trujillo (Apocalypto), Nolan Funk (TV’s Aliens in America) and two-time Grammy Award-nominated singer Keri Hilson.

The film is produced by Vin Diesel (upcoming Fast & Furious 6, Fast Five) and executive produced by Samantha Vincent (Fast Five, Fast & Furious) for One Race Films. Ted Field (The Last Samurai, Pitch Black) produces for Radar Pictures, while Mike Drake (Dream House, A Nightmare on Elm Street) also executive produces.

Twohy is joined on the film by a talented behind-the-scenes team, including director of photography David Eggby (Pitch Black, Mad Max), production designer Joseph Nemec III (A Perfect Getaway, The Hills Have Eyes, Terminator 2: Judgment Day) and editor Tracy Hall (Limitless, A Perfect Getaway, The Flock).

The Riddick franchise has also produced two popular video games: The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. As well, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released the anime DVD The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury.

Riddick, which is shooting in Montreal, Canada, is a One Race Films production. The film will be released by Universal Pictures in the U.S., and Lionsgate is handling international sales.

Source: Coming Soon

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Well, it looks like the third Riddick movie is still chugging along. Sure it’s had its share of problems, you know like having the whole production being stopped and locked out of the studio due to money issues. That’s all in the past now and we are inching closer and closer to learning more about who Riddick is, or at the very least what he looks like in this third installment. Vin Diesel was nice of enough to release an image via his Facebook of him in character to the internet, tagged with “Grateful for the opportunity to make magic… Thank you.“

Hit the jump to see the pic, but I will warn you, it might count as a spoiler.

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When masturbating to Katee Sackhoff I often refer to the act as “Sackinghoff”. Am I the only one?

Anyway, the actress known for being the hard-drinking, cigar-smoking ace pilot in Battlestar Galactica has just landed (no that was not a piloting pun) the female lead in David Twohy’s second sequel to Pitch Black, which is still operating under the title Riddick. She will play a character called “Dahl”. Wait, Dahl? As in “Doll”? I see what they did there.

Katee Sackhoff is in final negotiations to play the female lead opposite Vin Diesel in the untitled Chronicles Of Riddick sequel. In the movie, written and directed by David Twohy, the Battlestar Galacrica alumna will play Dahl, a Nordic mercenary tracking Riddick (Diesel).

Reviewing the casting choice I can’t help but produce a “not-bad” face. I think Sackhoff is definition of strong leading female. She’s a great actress that will certainly add to the flavor of this new Riddick tale.

Speaking of this NEW Riddick. I’m kind of psyched about it.

Chronicles of Riddick, was a muddy, convoluted story revolving around Diesel’s cool-guy poses and one-liners. It vainly attempted to elevate Riddick into a mythological hero, but failed miserably.  However, I did love the shit out of Pitch Black (the first flick in the series). It was smart and suspenseful sci-fi; working on fundamental fear of the dark, fear of helplessness, fear of the unknown, and fear of unpredictable human behavior. The newest film will be amalgamation of both. Here’s a  synopsis for Riddick that was posted a while back:

“Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick (Diesel) fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves  pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.”

So, it’s like Robert Rodriguez’s Predators, but refined with a plot of intergalactic proportions. I dunno know about you, but I’m down.

Source: Deadline

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For the past 5 years or so Vin Diesel‘s Riddick has been on the road to a third movie, and it’s been a little bit bumpy to say the least. If you’re eagerly awaiting this third installment in what began with Pitch Black, we’ve got some good news and some bad news.

I’ll say this much, the film makers know their demo for this movie. Sci-fi fans that love roided out stuff shirts. Collider is reporting that writer/director David Twohy is in the process of finalizing the movies supporting cast. Battlestar Galactica alum Katee Sackhoff has been offered the role of Dahl, a Nordic merc who’s on the hunt for Riddick. Andreas Apergis, from SyFy’s Being Human, is being approached to play Krone, the commander of the dark theocracy. Rounding out this wishlist is Bokeem Woodbine (Devil) and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista (The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption)

*cough*

Really… That is the dream cast? Stars of basic cable and a wrestler? No offense to the thespians listed above, but other than Karl Urban, the cast sounds like they are scrapping the bottom a little. Yes, I am including that anthropomorphic pork chop named Vin Diesel as well.  Just looking at the very brief character descriptions is enough to tell me this is not going to be a good movie, they sound like they are ripped straight from some 13 year olds D&D campaign.

Oh yea, remember when I said that there was good news and bad news? The above was the bad, this is the good!

TMZ is reporting that Michel Trudel, the owner of the Montreal studio where the movie is being filmed, heroically changed the locks and kicked everyone out of the building. Oh sure the cover story is that Diesel’s production company, One Race Films (the crap? ok… do you mean car race or…?) has failed to pay on time. Personally, I like to think that this Mr. Trudel is just trying to save the world from one more Riddick movie.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I kind of liked Pitch Black back in the day. In my own defense, I was young and unaware how much I hated Vin Diesel, or how much he hates me. He has to hate me, he keeps making movies.

Should this financial set back be resolved, the plan is to inflict this movie upon us sometime in 2013. Please, let the Mayans be right.

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*Note: Ranty nerd commentary in the intro. For direct Riddick news skip to the middle.

Fuckin’ Riddick. Look, I can commend Vin Diesel and the creatives behind the Riddick franchise for creating a big budget cinematic mythos out of scratch, but the last flick, Chronicles of Riddick, was a muddy, convoluted story revolving around Diesel’s cool-guy poses and one-liners. It vainly attempted to elevate Riddick into a mythological hero, but failed miserably. Sorry, I just didn’t dig it.  However, I did love the shit out of Pitch Black (the first flick in the series). It was smart and suspenseful sci-fi; working on fundamental fear of the dark, fear of helplessness, fear of the unknown, and fear of unpredictable human behavior. Chronicles completely went the way of “meh”.

Now, a third flick is in the works and it seems to be am amalgamation of the first two movies. Up until this point the only stuff we’ve had to go off of is some concept art like the one above, and the following short synopsis…

Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick (Diesel) fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.

Thanks to Moviehole, who got their hands on a script for the film, we have some more details to feed into.

The film will be a direct sequel to Pitch Black, but at the same time takes place after the event in The Chronicles of Riddick. Huh? Read this, it will make sense. Maybe.

Riddick is a direct sequel to Pitch Black – the events tie into that film. In much the same way the upcoming Dark Knight Rises will tie up any loose threads and plot points from Batman Begins, Riddick will return to the mystery and monsters at the centre of Pitch Black.

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