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As Conjectured, Here Comes More RIDDICK!!

Merrick here...
We've been hearing fro a while now that David Twohy has been scripting (at least one) RIDDICK adventure & that Universal seemed open to the notion of putting Vin back on screens as that character (HERE and HERE). Now, it seems, that's gonna happen. A new Riddick film, apparently working under the simple title RIDDICK, is now spooling up.
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. 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."
...says Variety HERE. Universal's now trying to work schedules to accommodate Vin staring in this and FAST FIVE. I love the richness of this franchise's universe (as imperfect as CHRONICLES was) and I'm totally up for seeing more of it. Even if...or especially if...the next film's approach is far more character driven. In a recent update on his Facebook page (HERE), Diesel indicated that Egypt was a probable shooting location of at least part of the new film - along with New Zealand.
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  • February 12, 2010 12:04 PM CST

    No

    by seppukudkurosawa

  • February 12, 2010 12:05 PM CST

    These sequels are just Ridickulous

    by seppukudkurosawa

    On second thought I should have just stuck with that accidental blank post.

  • February 12, 2010 12:05 PM CST

    Will it be a direct sequel?

    by D.Vader

    Riddick coming to grips with what it means to be a warrior/thief turned king ala Conan?

  • February 12, 2010 12:06 PM CST

    Oh God - not more of this crap!

    by Charlie & Tex

    Riddickulous.

  • February 12, 2010 12:09 PM CST

    Sounds good to me!

    by slone13

    Fuck all y'all who think otherwise.

  • February 12, 2010 12:12 PM CST

    What happened to Vin Diesel, man?

    by seppukudkurosawa

    When Pitch Black came out a decade ago, he seemed to be all set for being the next Arnie. And considering Spielberg only gave him his big break in Saving Private Ryan after seeing the movies he wrote and directed himself, he's not a stupid guy. Where did he go wrong? It seems as if he's spent the last decade just milking two franchises dry. That's not gonna work forever...

  • February 12, 2010 12:14 PM CST

    seppukudkurosawa for the win

    by OceanWang

  • February 12, 2010 12:16 PM CST

    Vin has lots of talent but . . .

    by Thall_Joben

    WHY does he keep making shit movies? Pitch Black rocked, but no2 was like watching Starlight Express when I expected Alien? WTF?

  • February 12, 2010 12:16 PM CST

    Chronicles > Pitch Black

    by Ray Gamma

    Are they fucking kidding? Pitch Black was okay, but Chronicles was way better. Who gives a fuck what 'critics' pan? Surely you can have some sort of perspective on a movie a few years afterwards?

  • February 12, 2010 12:17 PM CST

    My ex will be extremely happy...

    by little_lebowski

    ...which makes me slightly unhappy about this. She loooves the movies and forced me to watch them on what coincidentally ended up being our last date.
    Me, bitter? Nooo...

  • February 12, 2010 12:20 PM CST

    seppukudkurosawa

    by little_lebowski

    Sounds like he's more like the next Stallone. Milking two franchises? Check. Slightly unintelligle, slurred speech pattern? Check.

  • February 12, 2010 12:20 PM CST

    "Universal's trying to work schedules to accommodate Vin "

    by TresEquis

    This is like saying the prom committee is trying to work schedules to accommodate the fattest chicks in class.

  • February 12, 2010 12:20 PM CST

    I grow weary of these character title reboots...

    by GrandMuffTarkin

    Rocky Balboa, Rambo, Fast and Furious. Just seems like lazy creativity to me.

  • February 12, 2010 12:24 PM CST

    It's a shame that Chronicles sucked hard

    by AnYangBluth

  • February 12, 2010 12:27 PM CST

    I liked Riddick for much the same reasons everyone else didn't

    by rev_skarekroe

    I think expanding the Riddick universe from just being an Aliens knockoff was a great idea. And I liked the Dune-esque universe they all lived in, too. Guess it's just me.

  • February 12, 2010 12:29 PM CST

    The Riddickulous Five

    by MamboMan

    anyone?........ anyone???

  • February 12, 2010 12:30 PM CST

    Let's just hope it's more akin to

    by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester

    Pitch Black's great monster-movie motif and less like Chronicles' insipid Dune/Conan/Star Wars mash-up. Although, I guess it has to be better than Below. Talk about a good-looking movie with no substance whatever!

  • February 12, 2010 12:33 PM CST

    noooooo

    by nightmute

    Mainstream audiences don't give a shit. Riddick is not Bond or Indy or Bourne, he's a character who most people haven't even heard of.

  • February 12, 2010 12:34 PM CST

    This should delight dozens of people.

    by Rev. Slappy

    No wonder Universal is in the crapper when they greenlight a sequel virtually nobody wants to see.

  • February 12, 2010 12:39 PM CST

    Movie won't work

    by lochkray

    Riddick is an anti-hero. He only worked in the first movie because he was a "problem" for the hero(s). If you make him the main player (as in Chronicles) you have to make him sympathetic in some way. Then you end up with the whole Hannibal problem. If you like the character too much, then they aren't bad ass enough. If Riddick isn't bad ass, then why watch him? Hard to thorw a rape scene involving the hero into the movie, and have you still route for the guy.

  • February 12, 2010 12:41 PM CST

    More of the 'Pitch Black' stuff, Less of the 'Chronicles' stuff.

    by BiggusDickus

    That is all.

  • February 12, 2010 12:44 PM CST

    Because few asked for it.

    by cookylamoo

  • February 12, 2010 12:44 PM CST

    OMG! The real news is that Twilight: Breaking Dawn

    by AnYangBluth

    will be made, and 2 films no less. They need to be as faithful as possible to the book, including the Jacob pedophile subplot. It's going to be epically awful.

  • February 12, 2010 12:45 PM CST

    Chronicles

    by KnightBorn

    Count me in as one of the apparently few who think the last Riddick movie is underrated. Pitch Black was good but could have easily just been an Aliens sequel, I felt like Chronicles did some nice world building and had some kick ass special effects and scenery.

  • February 12, 2010 12:55 PM CST

    karl urban and linus roache

    by Jesiah

    I wonder if karl urban will return, and I just looked up riddick, I didn't know linus roache aka thomas wayne was in it, I gotta rewatch it later.

  • February 12, 2010 12:56 PM CST

    As a genre film, "Chronicles" directors cut is EXTREMELY—

    by blakindigo

    —ambitious. It has some serious flaws, but I honestly don't get the hate. The film isn't trying to be "Children of Men", it's a pretty, straight-laced action/SF movie without pretending to be anything else. It looks like a SF action movie and I think its better on second viewing. I just wish Keith David could be in the 3rd one…

  • February 12, 2010 12:56 PM CST

    little_lebowski

    by kuldan

    I know what you mean about having a movie (whether it was good or bad) being a lasting reminder of the "last date" with your woman. I very much enjoyed "The Book of Eli," which also turned out to be the last movie I saw just before my girlfriend broke up with me three days later. Fuckin' Denzel. Fuckin' Vin. :)

  • February 12, 2010 1:01 PM CST

    Dear God,

    by SmokingRobot

    Please make it stop.

  • February 12, 2010 1:07 PM CST

    Needs More Toombs!!!

    by Karl Childers

  • February 12, 2010 1:10 PM CST

    FUCKIN' YESSSS!!!!

    by IAmLegolas

    love these Riddick movies, it's like a throwback to those early 80's low budget sci-fi films

  • February 12, 2010 1:12 PM CST

    As Confirmed, Here Comes More APATHY!!

    by AzulTool

  • February 12, 2010 1:17 PM CST

    If you didn't like Chronicles, you're a dumbass

    by REVENGE_of_FETT

    Ok, not quite, just being dramatic.

    HOWEVER, it was a DAMN cool movie. Yes it had some flaws, which were at least somewhat addressed in the Director's Cut. I think part of teh problem was the Necromongers. First off, that's a dumbassed name. Secondly their armor looks a little like a GWAR costume or something, especially that ginormous helmet the main bad guy had.

    Also being the first part in a trilogy gave it thematic and narrative problems.

    And the whole "outrunning the sun" deal, although handled about as well as it could be, is a little silly.

    But overall I fucking love that movie! Vin Diesel was born for the role of Riddick and I can't wait to see him play it again.

    Also, if you haven't played the Riddick games, nobody likes you.

  • February 12, 2010 1:18 PM CST

    Cool.

    by HoboCode

    Although I liked Chronicles more. If anyone hasn't seen Twohy's A Perfect Getaway I suggest you give it a look. Good film.

  • February 12, 2010 1:21 PM CST

    RIDDICKKKKKK!!!!! YES

    by Caylan1976

  • February 12, 2010 1:26 PM CST

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    by koie

    I too enjoyed Chronicles. I don't understand why they would want to shy away from that. As a whole I think the franchise has done very well.

  • February 12, 2010 1:26 PM CST

    Riddick is just a great anti-hero.

    by knowthyself

    Love how Chronicles managed to keep him as a reluctant hero. Every decision he makes is for himself and only helps others incidently. Also the ending was just perfect. Big fan of Riddick so glad we are gettin more.

  • February 12, 2010 1:33 PM CST

    Too bad they are going Pitch Black

    by estacado1

    I enjoyed Chronicles more. It's the universe itself that is fascinating. I hope they try to get Thandie Newton back.

  • February 12, 2010 1:35 PM CST

    Make it as if it's taking place between Pitch and Chronicles

    by googamooga

    Then it might be cool. To make a sequel that disregards everything in Chronicles would just be stupid. I am also one that loved Chronicles and really wanted to see where they would take the story now that Riddick was the leader of the Necromongers.

  • February 12, 2010 1:46 PM CST

    OOOOOH Yes-WESSY!

    by ol' painless

    Just what the world has been braying an screaming for. How about some of them 'Necromonger" thingies, they were so sooooooooo dope! Except that they were shit.

  • February 12, 2010 1:49 PM CST

    Don't spend too much boys.

    by hallmitchell

    Because this is going to Flop. Who is seriously hanging out for a Riddick film?

  • February 12, 2010 2:13 PM CST

    AWESOME!

    by sonnyfern

    Far as I'm concerned, Riddick is one of the coolest characters of our generation. He's right up there with Snake Pliskin man, he's a GREAT character and definitely the best thing Vin has ever done. Oh yeah, and the game kicked ass too.

  • February 12, 2010 2:32 PM CST

    Riddick and the best episode of Combat...

    by zinc_chameleon

    simply called "Tank" where Vic Morror tanks down a fully-loaded Panzer with his Thompson and Colt .45 ACP. Very few actors, high tension all the way. Just put it in Riddick's universe.

  • February 12, 2010 2:42 PM CST

    Hopefully better fictional names for things

    by SavageJuicebox

    Necromongers?! Surely we can do better than that crap this time.

  • February 12, 2010 2:47 PM CST

    zinc_chameleon, that right there is a GREAT idea!

    by blakindigo

    Someone call David Twohy…

  • February 12, 2010 2:57 PM CST

    Riddick's great, but the sequel was flabby and dull.

    by Mr Nicholas

    If it's tight like Pitch Black, with decent villains this time (not mopey space goths), I'll definitely be interested.

  • February 12, 2010 3:07 PM CST

    I'm with SavageJuicebox.

    by Azlam Orlandu

    I actually liked Chronicles, but the names of the planets and factions were pretty bad. "Necromungers", "Crematorium". Yuck.

  • February 12, 2010 3:24 PM CST

    Riddick's universe sucks

    by Adelai Niska

    The only role that ever made me not like Colm Feore was in Riddick. Pitch Black was cool because the universe seemed like ours- transports in place of airplanes, a hybrid Christian-Muslim religion, etc. Chronicles of Riddick ran off the rails trying to be fantastic, which is the opposite of what made PB cool.

    I actually liked Perfect Getaway a lot more than Riddick.

  • February 12, 2010 3:56 PM CST

    But Riddick is now the leader of an Interstellar army

    by DOGSOUP

    How are they going to make that close and personal? Oh shit my bad, spoiler alert. Your own fault for not seeing a six year old movie though.

  • February 12, 2010 4:00 PM CST

    The Character Never Worked

    by Mgmax

    They sold Pitch Black as "What if Hannibal Lecter was your only hope of getting saved on an Alien planet?", but the problem is that Riddick was never that heartless a bastard-- he was about as bad as Clint Eastwood in a Leone picture, and let's remember, it was Eastwood was (relatively) the Good, not the Bad or the Ugly. So the movie kept trying to convince us that something new and unusual was happening when Riddick "fought evil with evil" but he was merely antisocial in the most standard way. Connery in the early Bonds has more of a sadistic side than Riddick ever did.

  • February 12, 2010 4:03 PM CST

    My problem with Chronicles

    by NippleEffect

    was they took a bad ass character with incredible survival skills in pitch black and basically turned him into a full on super being with no evolution in between.

  • February 12, 2010 4:10 PM CST

    just adding my vote to the..

    by soup74

    chronicles being better than pitch black. i liked them both, and im sure ill see #3, but i wish they were going the chronicles route.

  • February 12, 2010 4:16 PM CST

    Riddick.

    by Human_Bean_Juice_

    just kill people in a cold blooded manner and be a heartless prick all of the time. Anti hero this to the max!

  • February 12, 2010 4:18 PM CST

    Adelai Niska, exactly!

    by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester

    Pitch Black worked in the same vein as Alien, a realistic, grimy take on a dystopian future and space travel. Chronicles felt like a forced attempt to turn the world from Pitch Black, into some sort-of "Conan in Space/Dune/Star Wars" weird hybrid-thing, and the result was just awful. I was disappointed the original script featuring Riddick on a living planet with tiger/tree sentinels was discarded; I'd have liked to have seen a series with Riddick making his way through the galaxy, fighting off alien beasties even more monstrous than he! Here's hoping that's what Twohy has in mind for Part 3.

    PS - Karl Urban kind-of sucks in everything except LotR, where he played a totally expendable character anyway.

  • February 12, 2010 4:23 PM CST

    Mgmax

    by slone13

    WHO sold Pitch Black as "What if Hannibal Lecter was your only hope of getting saved on an Alien planet?"

    Riddick was a true anti-hero from the get-go. He was never designed to be a true "villain" at all.

  • February 12, 2010 4:29 PM CST

    I wish "Chronicles" had...

    by blackwood

    ...not been named "Chronicles". Honestly. I know that's probably the least of anyone's reasons for not liking the film (which I did like, mostly). It just bugged me. Maybe it's bad associations with Narnia - maybe it's the feeling that the film and it's mythology was, by declaring itself the Chronicles of something, was announcing it would be willfully and cheerily crawling up its own ass. "Riddick" - Riddick I can get behind. Simple, to the point, no pomp around it. But fuck Chronicles.

  • February 12, 2010 4:37 PM CST

    Actually, in Pitch Black, all he saved was the kid.

    by cookylamoo

    Some hero.

  • February 12, 2010 4:43 PM CST

    Riddick

    by Hipshot

    Was a reluctant hero, but a hero nonetheless. He clearly wasn't the villain, regardless of what people said. But they definitely need to work on the anti-hero aspect. Wish I'd talked Riddick to Vin the one time we worked together. Damn.

  • February 12, 2010 4:58 PM CST

    At least it's a moderately original idea

    by I am_NOTREAL

    instead of just another jerkoff of previously done material. I kinda liked Chronicles, as I've said a few times in TB before, and I'll probably see this.

  • February 12, 2010 5:01 PM CST

    No complains from me

    by AsimovLives

    I liked both Riddick movies.

  • February 12, 2010 6:05 PM CST

    didn't recognize linus roache with his emo make up

    by Jesiah

    And slightly higher voice. I'm used to him being on law & order and batman begins, where he plays sophisticated characters. Didn't recognize him as the other Furyan in chronicles.

  • February 12, 2010 6:23 PM CST

    Script

    by Baryonyx

    David Twohy scripted both Riddick films, but Pitch Black was a rewrite. Jim & Ken Wheat wrote the story and the original screenplay, before Twohy got involved and did the rewrite. So maybe that's why Pitch Black was good and Chronicles stank: because the sequel was all Twohy's own idea. Perhaps Twohy should give a bit more credit to the Wheats for coming up with the original idea that kicked all this off.

  • February 12, 2010 6:28 PM CST

    As long as it's as good as "Highlander 3"...

    by Gozu

    Has everyone lost their fucking mind?

  • February 12, 2010 6:32 PM CST

    cool enough

    by Terry the geek

    I'll see it. It's pretty original compared to what we get a lot of times. Now give us that Serenity sequel....

  • February 12, 2010 6:45 PM CST

    You know...

    by Red Ned Lynch

    ...I didn't hate Riddick. It certainly had good intentions. It tried hard to be more than just cookie cutter sci-fi action product and I wish there was a lot more of that.

    It just didn't quite work. I'm glad they're getting another chance.

  • February 12, 2010 6:56 PM CST

    I liked Chronicles...

    by Judge Briggs

    Why all of the hate? Thought it was decent enough.

  • February 12, 2010 7:02 PM CST

    I really like Chronicles

    by billybigbollocks

    I genuinely don't get why others don't.

  • February 12, 2010 7:36 PM CST

    Highlander 3 at least was not Highlander 2..............

    by SmokieGeezer32_PSN

    2 still wrankles as being WTF? 3 Rescued some dignity but not much. As for 4and5? Not a fan. First Highlander still rocks.

  • February 12, 2010 7:41 PM CST

    The chronicles are Badass

    by bloodawn5

    I loved to see Riddicks universe and all the action,monsters and shit,Pitch Black was just in one planet.I mean imagine some bad ass sci fi flick like the games,Im supporting this!!!

  • February 12, 2010 8:09 PM CST

    I hope they at least keep the plot

    by jimmy_009

    from the second movie. CoR was under appreciated and had a great ending. It'd be a shame if they dumped that.

  • February 12, 2010 8:34 PM CST

    They Should Do One About Riddick's Cosmic Bathhouse Adventures

    by LaserPants

    So gay.

  • February 12, 2010 8:37 PM CST

    more UNDERVERSE, dammit

    by frank cotton

    fuck personal

  • February 12, 2010 8:41 PM CST

    I Thought Chronicles Better on Second Viewing Too

    by Autodidact

    I thought it was pretty damn good in the theatre. But I really enjoyed that movie the second time on DVD. It's the best Conan movie since Conan the Barbarian.

  • February 12, 2010 8:46 PM CST

    Dark Athena

    by Autodidact

    Anybody play that shit around this time last year? I really enjoyed that game. The type you play through, complete, and never fucking play again. But it was damn fun to play... tight controls, visceral action, AAA presentation. And it was really immersive, the game mostly taking place in a single setting that was fully thought out and detailed.

    I really liked Dead Space from last year for similiar reasons.

  • February 12, 2010 8:51 PM CST

    SEQUELS TO BAD MOVIES ARE BAD!!!

    by Linguo_IS_Dead

    I say we just make them for good movies...I think that'd be smarter, IMO.

  • February 12, 2010 9:15 PM CST

    Cool

    by xsi kal

    I'm happy to see more. Would like to see Riddick in prison for the whole movie though.

  • February 12, 2010 9:17 PM CST

    cookylamoo

    by Shan

    He also saved the other guy.

  • February 12, 2010 10:05 PM CST

    Chronicles Directors Cut was better than the Movie Version

    by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBILLCOSBY

    So maybe the critics were shorthanded. But the real reason that critics panned it is because most critics are fags and their reasons for liking and disliking movies are totally different than my reasons.

  • February 12, 2010 10:36 PM CST

    DO NOT LOG OFF!!!

    by Cheeses_of_Nazareth

    If you do you will not be re-admitted onto AICN...

  • February 12, 2010 11:07 PM CST

    But...how can I wipe my history and cookies

    by seppukudkurosawa

    so that my girlfriend doesn't see all the...adult sites I've been browsing on without logging off?!?!

    It's like a quagmire of quandaries!!!

  • February 12, 2010 11:18 PM CST

    I liked Chronicles, too.

    by Stan Arthur

    Maybe not so much if I'd paid to see it in a theatre. But I liked it on HBO on a Sunday afternoon. But that's how I see everything since movies hit $10 here.

  • February 12, 2010 11:20 PM CST

    seppukudkurosawa

    by Stan Arthur

    That's why they came up with InPrivate browsing sessions in the latest IE for Windows 7.

  • February 12, 2010 11:31 PM CST

    Nice try

    by seppukudkurosawa

    but you won't tempt me away from Firefox. Being able to block AICN and IMDB's annoying popup ads with crazy techno music is still too handy.

  • February 13, 2010 1:23 AM CST

    If it's really like PITCH BLACK...

    by NoHubris

    ...it's a great move IMHO.

  • February 13, 2010 1:38 AM CST

    Loved both...want more.

    by Kontarsky

    But I'm so goddamn sick of these articles. Give us tidbits on new plot, pictures, concept art, something, but stop just telling us this same shit about making another Riddick film. I've known they were going to for more than TWO FUCKING YEARS. Good lord, people!

  • February 13, 2010 3:07 AM CST

    While it's a good thing they're doing it more lit Pitch Black

    by tomimt

    They still shouldn't carbon coby it. Pitch was a nice, yet unsurprising piece of formulaic sci-fi horror, that wasn't very terrifying. chronicles was like a poorly written RPG session. Maybe if they could find a balanced middle ground it could work, but I'm not expecting anything spectacular here.

  • February 13, 2010 4:00 AM CST

    Good news.

    by TheHumanBeingAndFish

    I liked CoR. And there's plenty of narratives left to explore in this universe. I think it'd be great if Riddick "descends" into the Underverse to retrieve Kyra - like Orpheus descended into the Underworld to retrieve Eurydice.

  • February 13, 2010 4:27 AM CST

    yessssssssss

    by Russman

    Will be nice to have this world back up on the big screen.

  • February 13, 2010 4:46 AM CST

    Nice

    by Xiphos_2

    I look forward to a new Riddick, both movies were good for different reasons.

  • February 13, 2010 5:06 AM CST

    Good for me...

    by Fineus Fog

    I enjoyed both PB and COR a lot and if it shoots in NZ hopefully some work will come my way.

  • February 13, 2010 5:15 AM CST

    Yeah, the Riddick Universe needs some work

    by David Cloverfield

    Pitch Black seemed like a few hundred years later, but Our Future. Chronicles went crazy with fantasy concepts with terrible names. Also: Riddic isn't such a bad guy.Everybody talks about him like a monster, but I don't think we ever saw him kill, or at least really hurt an innocent. (Maybe the cop in Pitch Black, but he was ready to sacrifice a little girl.)

  • February 13, 2010 7:53 AM CST

    shiny

    by palewook

    make it dark and violent. has to be R. and needs to keep the fast action cuts from TCOR.

    screw the junk conan reboot coming down the pipe. twohy's alpha warrior is the true badass to spend your cash on.

  • February 13, 2010 8:29 AM CST

    HYPE HATE

    by BASEMENT_CHEETOH_EATER

    That's much of what Chronicles suffers from...a combination of trendy fanboy hype hate and the over-exposure of Vin Diesel at the time the film came out. Chronicles isn't the "epic fail' most say it is...it looked interesting and had something of a compelling narrative (marred by significant flaws...I do agree) but it isn't "horrible". It was just inferior to Pitch Black..and that hurt it big time.

  • February 13, 2010 9:00 AM CST

    Chronicals of MY DICK, uh I mean RIDDICK-

    by Ebixby

    Was a botched movie with alot of unanswered questions and story holes. BUT I STILL WOULD WATCH THAT ANYDAY OVER ANOTHER SAW MOVIE!!! I like Riddick. DO it up!

  • February 13, 2010 9:36 AM CST

    That's true, Linguo. Take New Moon for example

    by Watch_The_Birdie

  • February 13, 2010 9:46 AM CST

    "It's been a long time...

    by rbatty024

    ...since I've smelled beautiful." Please, let's have more wonderful dialogue like that.

  • February 13, 2010 11:37 AM CST

    "Vince and Vin"

    by Gozu

    In this hard-hitting action drama, Vince Vaughn and Vin Diesel join forces and kill their respective agents.

  • February 13, 2010 11:39 AM CST

    Hope this is more PITCH BLACK than CHRONICLES....

    by Motoko Kusanagi

    ...cause the latter sucked royal monkey dick.

  • February 13, 2010 3:25 PM CST

    The good/bad of chronicles...

    by Charlie_Allnut

    Good: All the bits with the bounty hunters and the prison planet parts. Bad: Anything relating to the Necromongers (So about 60% of the movie) and most of the sets. I've seen better costumes and sets in B movies from the 80's. Had some great action and characters, but went completely in the wrong direction... IMHO.

  • February 13, 2010 5:39 PM CST

    Chronicles > Pitch Black

    by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE

    ya, I said it. Well, I think ideally the 3rd film should be a mix of the 2 styles.

  • February 13, 2010 5:41 PM CST

    lol @ gozu

    by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE

  • February 13, 2010 7:36 PM CST

    Chronicles was great in the Director's Cut

    by TheSecondQuest

    The theatrical cut was severely lacking (except for the sweet "back of the bus" line) and reduced the awesome hangar fight to a confusing, zoomed-in-shaky-cam sequence to get a PG-13 rating, as well as cut out the more mythological elements that not only shape Riddick's character, but explains a key character plotpoint. The Director's Cut fixed all that and it's quite a bit better and more epic.

  • February 13, 2010 8:02 PM CST

    Meh...

    by Grimjack99

    This'll probably get the same amount of press release as Darkman 2 and 3.

  • February 13, 2010 10:32 PM CST

    pitch black rocked

    by NIGHTWINGKEN

    "CHRONICLES" sucked

  • February 14, 2010 2:04 AM CST

    Let's See ...

    by HongKongCavalier

    Pitch Black: $53M Worldwide ... CoR: $115M Worldside. hrrmmmm ... yep, I can see Universal giving a rat's ass what "The Sandy Vagina Crew" on poopshoot[dot]com think.

  • February 14, 2010 2:06 AM CST

    as far as "rooting for the rapist anti-hero"

    by HongKongCavalier

    The Comedian seems to be pretty damned popular. Yeah, maybe he didn't COMPLETE the act, but, dammit, he DID shoot JFK!

  • February 14, 2010 2:44 AM CST

    Open Letter To Universal: Thank You For...

    by Media Messiah

    ...listening to the fans on greenlighting the "Riddick" sequel(s). "Pitch Black" was a fantastic film, the only thing that it is truly missing is a Special Edition, ala the Star Wars: Special Editions, that will serve to amp-up the effects, sets, and backgrounds of the existing film--something that would increase media and public interests in an otherwise solid, but under appreciated movie (treasure), and thus, increase interest in building a Riddick film franchise, overall, worldwide.

    "Chronicles Of Riddick" never really stayed within the framework of the original film, a film that felt like it took place in a "speculative science" future, rather than a "science fiction" or "fantasy" future...ala Riddick, which gave us the trappings of a fantasy/science fiction world, but seemed to have a split personality--alas, it was unwilling to commit itself either way??? Riddick was full of fat, and possessed no guts to give us the anti-hero that is Riddick--a character who is a villain in mind, but a hero at heart; one who believes that there is such a thing as a intolerable evil, which even he will fight against to protect the innocent, if forced. He is essentially "Scarface"--an uncommon thug, but one who has an ethical line that he just won't cross--and that is what Chronicles Of Riddick forgot to give us???

    Just about the only good scene in the film was its ironic "Conan: The Barbarian" like ending...which was brilliant. Sadly, however, the entire film was not made-out of similar moments. The next film in the series, whatever it will be, is in desperate need of a Hard R rating. I recall, Twohy mentioning an oral sex scene, in Chronicles, between Karl Urban and Thandie Newton's characters that was to take place upon the Lord Marshal's throne, a scene that was cut from the final script to make the film a PG-13, or such? That was a mistake, as the film was missing adult nuances that would have raised its tone. We would have had something akin to TV's "Rome" or "Spartacus", instead...we largely received a slow moving uneventful science fiction film, and aside from the prison planet scene, and the lead villian's supernatural powers, the special effects were not well executed, leaving me puzzled---especially considering the huge budget of the film???

    I hope the sequels are fast moving and really give us a sense of what the world might really feel like in the future, ala "Blade Runner" or "Alien"/"Aliens".

    Lastly, in terms of special effects, I hope that you hire a company like Zoic ("Firefly", "Serenity", "The New Battlestar Galactica", "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer"). They really produce some amazing effects shots worthy of the best blockbuster productions out there, but on a much lower budget than most of the top effects houses. Thanks for listening!!! Sincerely--MM

  • February 14, 2010 6:27 AM CST

    Dioxholster Approves this movie

    by DioxholsterReturns

    Riddick is awesome

  • February 14, 2010 6:39 AM CST

    Addressed to AICN haters of all things COOL

    by DioxholsterReturns

    You can watch Stargate Universe if you cant wait for the next Riddick movie! and if you hate both, then just ask your mom to stop breast-feeding you, coz it seems her milk finally started affecting your brain.

  • February 14, 2010 7:46 AM CST

    God Dammit!

    by The Eskimo

    I respect everybody having different opinions, and if you thought Chronicles sucked, then fine. But us science fiction fans have been begging for good Hollywood sci-fi, since the only good stuff we get now is on cable and limited by lower budgets, but when we get a decently creative and original hard sci fi flick, most people on here poo poo it and call it unnecessary. Well, even if you hated Chronicles, you should be rooting for this movie to succeed, cause otherwise Hollywood is going to continue to put out mostly cookie cutter shit based on video games and our lame childhood nostalgia. (BTW, the only problem with Chronicles IMO is that they tied it into Pitch, cause with a few script adjustments, it very easily could have been a stand alone film, and the idea that we were supposed to associate the hero Riddick in Chronicles with the anti-hero in Pitch, was perhaps worst idea ever, so I just watch them like stand alone films and will do the same for the third installment.)

  • February 14, 2010 8:55 AM CST

    Alexa Davalos full-frontal nudity is required.

    by thedarklinglord

    Make it so, bitches!

  • February 14, 2010 8:56 AM CST

    Riddick Director's Cut...awesome

    by darthwaz1

    Loved it, don't understand all the hate, the animated Dark Fury was bad-ass as well.

  • February 14, 2010 10:24 AM CST

    Love for Riddick

    by Durendal

    No. Sorry, but even the director's cut was a sloppy mess. Thandie Newton was just fucking awful in that movie. Every line out of her mouth was auditory excrement. Pile a bunch of actioneer slop onto a story that could've been decent if it had actually been well executed, useless characters that do nothing (the calculator chick...what purpose did she serve again?), contrivances (Riddick's girl somehow remains intact through the Necromonger assimilation...and no one else did? Really?), fantastical crap...ugh. Sorry, but that movie was a mess.

  • February 14, 2010 11:24 AM CST

    Riddick

    by Caerdwyn

    I loved Pitch Black, and liked Chronicles. It IS possible to enjoy both, though their scope differs dramatically. I think Chronicles tried to accomplish too much, really... you take a character with only minor development (Riddick) and thrust them into an overbearing conflict (Necromongers) and throw in a cadre of supporting cast members to help tell the story/fill the void, and yes, you get a soupy result. It wasn't terrible, but it was probably 'too soon' for the Riddick character, and seems more like material better placed at the end of a trilogy rather than something squeezed into the middle.

  • February 14, 2010 1:51 PM CST

    Durendal

    by slone13

    Why do you keep saying "sorry" in your post? As if you had anything at all to do with either movie? Also, "Every line out of her mouth was auditory excrement." You know this wasn't supposed to be Mamet, right? Drama queen.

  • February 14, 2010 2:02 PM CST

    Pitch Black >> Chronicles FACT

    by ominus

    Lets hope the new movie is closer to the original one.

  • February 14, 2010 3:19 PM CST

    If it gets me another Riddick video game, I'm in

    by Ben_Richards_Bomb_Collar

    Man Butcher Bay is a great game.

  • February 14, 2010 3:48 PM CST

    riddick!

    by El Cimarron

    great news. but as someone else said, this needs more Toombs. he easily stole 'chronicles'. i would have loved for it to just be basically 'riddick vs. everyone' with all these mercs trying to capture him. in fact, the most exciting part of that movie was that section and crematorium. same as in 'pitch black' where i really enjoyed his dialogue with cole hauser a lot more than the alien stalking.

    so yeah, if they can somehow write into the script that once he assumed power, he freed all the necromongers and they went on in their merry way, and riddick went back to being the most wanted fugitive in the galaxy... i'm game!

    oh who am i kidding, i'll watch this regardless...

  • February 14, 2010 4:07 PM CST

    The Story For The Riddick Sequel

    by Media Messiah

    Riddick should escape the Necromongers, who go on a hunt for him, where he, using misdirection, leads them to the planet of the flying hammerhead creatures, who take the Necromongers out.

  • February 14, 2010 4:33 PM CST

    Chronicles of Riddick- one of the few times...

    by SkinJob69

    where the video game was better than the movie.

  • February 14, 2010 4:37 PM CST

    Riddick should sit down in the throne, then order mass suicide

    by losder

    Therebye committing galactic genocide on a big stupid death cult and justifying his gravelly badassness.

  • February 14, 2010 4:40 PM CST

    Eskimo- Vin Diesel has never been in and...

    by SkinJob69

    never will be in a "hard sci-fi" movie. Period. Pitch Black and Chronicles were action-sci-fi, which is fine. But I'd reserve the "hard" label for films like 2001, Primer, Solaris, Moon (the more intellectual side of sci-fi).

  • February 14, 2010 5:04 PM CST

    Skinjob

    by The Eskimo

    There is a long debated and generally agreed upon consensus of the difference between "sci-fi" and "science fiction." The movies you cited are examples of the latter.

  • February 14, 2010 5:08 PM CST

    And describing it as "hard"...

    by The Eskimo

    ...refers to the difference between original sci-fi and genre sci-fi, which would include the multitudes of Star Trek/Wars spin-off medias that are available. It's all just semantics...I think my original point still holds.

  • February 14, 2010 5:09 PM CST

    I thought those terms were interchangeable?

    by SkinJob69

    Like sci-fi was just a shorter version?

  • February 14, 2010 5:20 PM CST

    Fair enough, Eskimo- And I absolutely agree...

    by SkinJob69

    that audiences need to support quality science fiction films or we absolutely WILL keep getting the same tired crap. Loved it when Sunshine came out (minus the third act) and Moon. And it's not about the budget (although it certainly gives a director some flexibility).

  • February 14, 2010 5:22 PM CST

    ^^

    by The Eskimo

    Well, I guess it depends who you ask, but back in the day, many science fiction writers resented the shortened term "sci fi" because it was used to refer to everything from fantasy novels to comic books. Sci-Fi, though an abbreviation of "Science fiction", generally refers to the pulp stuff.

  • February 14, 2010 5:24 PM CST

    Oops, the abovre

    by The Eskimo

    was referring to the previous post, but I love all the movies you mentined and just generally want to support the success of the genre overall so we don't get a Notebook part 2 or whatever other lameness hollywood has on the drawing board.

  • February 14, 2010 5:32 PM CST

    Bald Guy Who Sees in The Dark

    by GornPirate

    I'm always saying they need to make more films about a Bald Guy Who Sees in The Dark.

  • February 14, 2010 5:32 PM CST

    Agreed

    by SkinJob69

    We need to foster the careers of writers with a THX-1138 up their sleeves, not necessarily those who want to make the next Avatar (ground-breaking visually, on the writing side, not so much).

  • February 14, 2010 6:13 PM CST

    Oh dude!

    by The Eskimo

    THX one of my favs ever! Robert Duvall (awesome!), George Lucas (still awesome at that point & time- pre-P. Menace)...true science fiction! I remember the day I picked that VHS rental up off the rack of center aisles in the mom-and-pop video store. (Y'know, the one with the tanning booths in the back.) My mom and dad thought I was crazy when I made them watch it after dinner.

  • February 14, 2010 8:14 PM CST

    Well....at least they identified why Chronicles wasn't that good

    by OutlawsDelejos

  • February 14, 2010 8:36 PM CST

    No fucking difference between "sci-fi" and "science fiction"

    by Autodidact

    To say there is a difference between the meaning of "sci-fi" and "science fiction" is just plain idiotic.

  • February 14, 2010 10:35 PM CST

    First scene should pick up were Chronicles left off:

    by JayLenoTookMyJob

    Riddick has just learned me's the new god and new ruler of the Necromongers.. He glares at them for a few moments, says something like, "Yeah right, fuck this", walks out and tosses some sort of sci-fi plasma bomb into the chamber as he walks out, killing all the top Necromongers.

  • February 14, 2010 11:55 PM CST

    Woo! Yeah! Right on!!! ..................

    by Jaka

    ............. not really.

  • February 15, 2010 2:23 AM CST

    How long does it take Yoko to find your dick Harry??

    by SouthSide_2010

    They are gonna find your anus on a mountain on mars you ginger headed queer!!

  • February 15, 2010 11:44 AM CST

    Just like Aliens? Really?

    by Darth Macchio

    And why? Cause there's a "monster" species that's not from Earth? Does that mean that "Rogue" and "Grizzley" are identical too? How about "Cujo" and "Night of the Lepus"? All the exact same movie yes? Or is it that once people see 'animal' and 'non-terran species' they immediately think 'Alien' and dismiss anything as pure copycat?

    So does that mean Aliens is like Hitler's mustache? Once done, it can never be done again without ridicule?

  • February 15, 2010 11:51 AM CST

    Does Twohy write in crayon?

    by JoeKerr

    Show of hands, who wants more Riddick?

  • February 15, 2010 1:10 PM CST

    I want more Riddick

    by Xiphos_2

    So my hand is up i enjoyed the hell out of both movies.

  • February 15, 2010 9:30 PM CST

    Riddick is proof...

    by HB_Dad

    ...that Hollywood is missing the whole point. People liked Pitch Black, not for the generic action film actor known as Vin Diesel, but for the cool aliens! Doing a Pitch Black sequel based on Riddick is like doing an Alien movie focusing only on Ripley with no Aliens to be had! It just SUCKS!!!

  • February 15, 2010 10:50 PM CST

    sound like their dropping all the good stuff

    by skiff

    I didnt like pitch black just people talking pretending to be in the future. COR was in the future cool ships big scifi beauty shots. All the riddick talking scenes in the prison int he house at the begining were boring. Come on startrek 2