Third installment in the works for Universal
We had heard of location scouting back in December for a third Riddick movie. Now Variety reports that it’s official – Vin Diesel will star in and produce the latest chapter in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise.
David Twohy — who wrote and directed the first two films in the series, Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick – will helm from a screenplay he penned. Universal will handle domestic distribution on the sci-fi film, which is titled Riddick.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but insiders say the third outing will hew closer in tone to the cult hit “Pitch Black” and will focus on the character of Riddick as opposed to the universe he inhabits, which was the case with the critically panned “Chronicles of Riddick.”
According to the post, dates are being worked out for “Riddick” so as not to overlap with Universal’s fifth installment of “Fast and Furious,” which will shoot sometime this year with Diesel onboard to star and produce.
Source: Variety
