When it comes to the character of Riddick, Vin Diesel is like a dog with a bone. After Pitch Black he and David Twohy put together gradiose plans for a sci-trilogy, which fell to bits after the failure of The Chronicles Of Riddick. While many would have given up at that point, Diesel’s stuck with it and now a new Riddick movie is in pre-production.
To tease fans Vin has posted the first concept image from the new flick on his Facebook page, along with the message:
| Early Riddick concept art… first frame of a 2D Motion Choreography Study.
Grrrr… The Furian… left for dead… p.s. Being involved in the various preproduction engines, I am afforded an education that is priceless. I have always been a fan of internships as a way of education. When Steven Spielberg hired me for ‘Ryan, the running joke was, that I would have come to set to just get him coffee… haha, he didn’t have to write a role for me – it was an amazingly educational experience. |
So far we know little about the new movie, other than that it’ll be more like Pitch Black than Chronicles Of Riddick (both in style and budget). You may also notice the image above is signed by Patrick Tatopoulos, the legendary concept artist and creature designer who worked on Chronicles Of Riddick and seems to be back for the next one too, even though he’s now turned director with the likes of Underworld 3.