Here’s the moral of the Vin Diesel story: if you make a silly car movie that ends up being one of Universal’s few big hits in a year when they took a lot of risks and didn’t see many rewards, you can get your weird Space Conan movie that nobody saw sequelized. Yes, Riddick 2/Pitch Black 3 is happening.
I never thought it could happen, but I never counted on the power of positive thinking. And the power of stepping away from the nonsense of The Chronicles of Riddick; according to Variety the new movie will be closer in tone to the excellent Pitch Black and will shy away from exploring the universe Riddick lives in and just be about the guy. So does this mean no trip to the Underverse?
David Twohy is back to write and direct, and production should be starting within a year, as Universal is trying to make the timing work with Fast 5, the fifth Fast and Furious film, which Diesel has signed up for.
Universal will get the domestic while Lionsgate is selling the international rights at the Berlin Film Festival right now.
The title? Riddick. I’m betting they position this as Pitch Black 2, letting the many, many people who didn’t see or didn’t like The Chronicles of Riddick just skip that one and enjoy more of what they liked about that spunky little sci-fi/horror movie.
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yes! Best news ever.
That is fucking great news.
The article fails to mention that it's a foregone conclusion that this will be in 3D…JUST LIKE EVERY FILM
Anyone who likes Pitch Black and dislikes Chronicles of Riddick is on a completely different film wavelength than I am. Dislike or like both, and I could understand …
#4, I agree. Neither film was great, and neither was complete crap (though I only saw the Riddick director's cut, I hear the theatrical is awful). I think the people who remember Pitch Black as great and Riddick as crap just haven't rewatched Pitch Black since its thetarical run (which was 10 years ago). It's really not that special.
Agree with Three Oranges. Do not understand how you could like one and not the other. I can understand if you are a pale limp wristed girly man that these films may be too masculine for you to handle. Same goes for those tubby, hairy, sweaty internet geeks who cannot understand the merits of the chronicles of riddick. It ain't a fucking POS film from Terrance Malick its a high octane action movie like they made in the 80s when men where men and the geeks of the world were still repressed, you know the good ole days.
Pitch Black did one of the best things a film could do – utilize Keith David. That Riddick movie committed one of the worst celluloid sins known to man – wasting Keith David. Let's hope they get it right this time…
All I remember while watching Chronicles of Ridddick is the BACKS OF MY EYELIDS!!! Snoooze-fest!!! And look at that picture of Riddick up there… that's masculine? Maybe he has blades because his hero was one: Zorro, the Gay Blade.
The difference between Pitch Black and Chronicles is that one succeeded at what it was trying to achieve and the other failed. Whether it was a noble failure is a matter of taste.
CoR is one of my guilty pleasures for some reason (maybe because I like the production design). Sure it is not great (the final act is a waste)…but it is 100% better than the last Transformers movie.
This has been in the workings for a long time, and they've been scouting shooting locations for months already. Someone get me a job on CHUD!
More like pitch black? THANK GOD. I love chronicles of riddick, but now that I'm older it's not as "awesome" kind of uninteresting and too comic-bookish for my more mature taste though the little kid in me loves it. I watched pitch black a while back and although its kind of slow and more of an artsy film, it had more thought put into it and there was none of that negromonster stuff. tee hee.
I guess I'm one of the few folks who likes Riddick (I refuse to say The Chronicles of because it's sounds stupid) just as much as Pitch Black. I'd take Riddick over any other Vin Diesel flick. I love what Twohy tried to do with the second film and even though he didn't quite pull it off, it's still a pretty original and epic looking film. The cheesy costumes and crazy set design give the film a cool 80's sci-fi vibe. Bring on Riddick 3!
I actually like Riddick more than Pitch Black.
And it's the Theatrical Cut I dig. That added pseudo-D&D/LOTR-rip stuff in the DC was just dumb.
Killing guys while in Slam would do wonders for my life.
I'm glad to hear that there is another movie. I liked both movies. I should stress the word "like." Because I did not LOVE either. The movies were good for an entertaining rainy day weekend. Not original or mind blowing; but entertaining enough to make me not regret tossing a couple of bucks down to rent. Pitch Black was a case of them basically setting the classic anti-hero and putting him into a Aliens type movie. It was entertaining, but it wasn't a film that I rushed to see at the theater. It was a good Sunday rental. I'll give the writers credit for trying to do something completely different with the Chronicles of Riddick. It's entertaining; but the Alien humanoids aren't really all that interesting. Maybe because they aren't really explained so well. What I liked was the bounty hunter going after Riddick. Not original, but entertaining and I think it's where they should keep the focus. Maybe make the third Riddick be like a sci-fi version of the Good The Bad and the Ugly. Have a Toombs like character–A John Legazomo maybe– as the Tuco type character. Get a good modern day Lee Van Cleef and you got a sci-fi fun movie. And when the hell is the movie supposed to take place? Is it the future? Is it A long time ago in a galaxy that is not that far away? Who knows. All that said, unless the third movie looks great in trailer form I'll probably just rent it. It will probably be good but not great.
Wow, a franchise no one cares about getting another chance. Hope they enjoy their 45 million gross.
Vinny is a much, MUCH better voice actor than actor. He's fantastic in the games, and in Dark Fury, the animation.
And Dark Fury is much, MUCH better than either of the films in part because of that. That's not to say it's good, but, you know.
I'd much rather have a new animation. Hell, an animated version of Escape from Butcher Bay would be fucking awesome.
How could people say if you like one you must like the other? They're not remotely alike! One is a dark, small skungy-outerspace monster thriller. The other is a ludcrous, hilariously light weight adventure in a Dune/Generic Space Opera kind of setting with probably the least 'anti' anti-hero commited to film. There's really no way they could avoid going back to the style of the first as there's no way anyone's giving out another 100mil after the last one.
Thanks #5 for summing it up well. I've enjoyed the general idea, but some of the execution is easily debatable: and that goes for both films. But as a whole, Vin Diesel needs something good in his recent arsenal of films. I keep hoping that he will pick up the reigns of Arnold (or the Rock, but The Tooth Fairy?!?), but his films are really subpar. This is a good step in the right general direction. Let's hope that a smaller budget keeps the film from being too bloated. It's nice to see the talkback isn't too hateful.
I want Riddick to meet up with the aliens from The Arrival. Twohyfest!
Interesting news, is it also true they've finally greenlit the Howard the Duck sequel?
I'm more excited about the Ghostbusters reference than this news
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