Riddick starting filming

[Deckerd]

Vin Diesel has announced on Facebook that filming will be starting soon. He's mentioned Riddick's home planet quite a few times (can't remember if it's Fury or Furyan) so that could be a hint.

 

[Pingfah]

Awesome!!!

Chronicles of Riddick is very underrated, I found it to be a highly imaginative film, that was paced much better in it's directors cut.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Great news...have wanted a continuation of the franchise since the end of "Chronicles of Riddick". I wonder what version of the script that they decided to go with since there were two of them, the one I read was fantastic.

 

[FPAlpha]

For real?

I like Vin Diesel and it's time to have a real badass again in the movies.

Definitely looking forward to it.

 

[Deckerd]

He had to get Fast & Furious and Hannibal the Conqueror out of the way first. According to his musings, the script was agreed last year but after a very dry spell, his dance card was suddenly full, so this was third in line.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I'm hoping they picked the Dead Man Stalking script...it takes place several months after Chronicles ends and sets up the rest of the movie.

 

[Hyperspace05]

Great news!

 

[Turtletrekker]

I didn't really care for Pitch Black, so I gave Chronicles of Riddick a pass. I may have to re-consider.

 

[bigdaddy]

I didn't really care for Pitch Black, so I gave Chronicles of Riddick a pass. I may have to re-consider.

They are nothing alike.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Not even close and "Riddick" is more akin to "Pitch Black" than "Chronicles".

 

[CaptJimboJones]

Nice. For anyone who was a fan of these films, I highly recommend checking out the "Escape from Butcher Bay" and "Assault on Dark Athena" games, which are very well made (starring Vin) and add a lot to the Riddickverse.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'm weird, I like Chronicles of Riddick and I've been wanting to see more.

Wassup with Hannibal the Conqueror anyway? Movie, TV? Netflix doesn't list it at all - it'll be on DVD anyway, right?

 

[sojourner]

Riddick is a Furyan from Furia. Furry is right out.

 

[JustAFriend]

Wasn't Furry populated with Tribbles? ;-)

Looking forward to more Riddick...

 

[zakkrusz]

Sweet, I for one am looking forward to it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Is this the Underverse film?

 

[sojourner]

^no. from what I heard this will be a smaller, more personal story like Pitch Black.

 

[PsychoPere]

Twohy wrote two scripts, but they're probably going with the Dead Man Stalking concept to bring events back to a smaller scale. I doubt the film will spend any considerable amount of time, if any at all, in the Underverse, since that would likely require a larger budget than Twohy and Diesel are trying for. I really liked both Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (as well as Escape from Butcher Bay, though I haven't played Assault on Dark Athena), so I'm looking forward to this, although I am disappointed Chronicles didn't do better financially in order to warrant a large-scale sequel. That's a universe that I'd love to see explored a lot more.

 

[Deckerd]

Riddick is a Furyan from Furia. Furry is right out.

Who said Furry?

 

[Deckerd]

Wassup with Hannibal the Conqueror anyway? Movie, TV? Netflix doesn't list it at all - it'll be on DVD anyway, right?

No

It isn't due for release till next year. Still in special effects limbo, I'd guess.