Riddick Information

Riddick (previously known as The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking) is an upcoming science fiction action film, the third installment in the The Chronicles of Riddick film series. Produced by and starring Vin Diesel as the title character, Riddick is written and directed by David Twohy, who already wrote and directed the two previous installments, Pitch Black (2000) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).

The film is targeted for a September 6, 2013 release.

The teaser trailer for the film was released 22 March 2013 via Vin Diesel's official Facebook page.

Plot

Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick 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.

Cast

• Vin Diesel as Richard B. Riddick
• Karl Urban as Lord Vaako
• Katee Sackhoff as Dahl
• Jordi Mollà as Santana
• Bokeem Woodbine as Moss
• Dave Batista as Diaz
• Nolan Gerard Funk as Luna

Development

Rumors of a third film in the Chronicles of Riddick series have circulated since 2006. At first, Twohy assumed that the film would be an independent, low-budget production, rather than being released by Universal Studios as the other films in the series had been.

Despite the second film's tepid reception, Diesel and Twohy remained optimistic about a third film, pushing it toward completion. "Everyone knows I love the Riddick character and I'm always working on it", Diesel asserted. "It just takes five years to make another one because David Twohy and I are so precise about it." Over the next four years, Diesel periodically posted information on his own Facebook page updating fans on the film's progress. In November 2009, shortly after Twohy had finished the script, he announced that pre-production work was underway.

In April 2010, a review of the Riddick screenplay (it was then subtitled "Dead Man Stalking") appeared on the Coming Attractions website. "Free from the constraints of delivering a PG-13 movie, the dialogue in Dead Man Stalking is more suited to a film like Training Day; the mercs we meet are hard living people, not those washout fakeout space mercs from a film like 'Alien Resurrection'," wrote reviewer Patrick Sauriol.

On February 9, 2010, Diesel confirmed in an update on his Facebook page that one of the locations used in the upcoming sequel would be the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt. He mentioned the terrain features, unique to the area, would lend to the off-planet atmosphere of the film.

On March 13, 2011, Diesel released a video on his official Facebook page in which he and Director David Twohy talk about the proposed third film. They reaffirmed that the movie will be rated 'R', like the first one (Pitch Black), a priority for them, and they plan to shoot it lean and quickly.

As of September 23, 2011, the title of the film was listed as The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking. Karl Urban will reprise his role as Vaako from The Chronicles of Riddick. Katee Sackhoff and Matt Nable have also joined the cast.

Principal photography

The first image of Vin Diesel on the film's set was released on January 20th, 2012. Filming began in January 2012 and concluded at the end of March 2012.

The film entered post production in April 2012. Universal Pictures announced that the film will be released on September 6th, 2013.

The teaser trailer for the film was released 22 March 2013 via Vin Diesel's official Facebook page.