With this past weekend being the Labor Day holiday in the US, Vin Diesel has taken the opportunity to offer a little treat for Stateside followers (and everyone else) over on Facebook, throwing out the latest nugget of information about the development of the follow-up to Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick.
Last month, he dropped information about the roles that writer/director David Twohy and his casting team were looking to fill, and now he’s talking more about the film’s schedule and look.
And, not-so-shockingly, it appears he’s happy with what has been pumped out by the art team so far: “While I was working on character, the Director and his team of artists have been creating the world and style of this picture. We all know how much I enjoy concept art and storyboards. I am like a kid in a candy shop. Seeing the early stage of CGI is always fascinating to me, it is a element that usually comes together long after the filming process, so you look forward to seeing it fully realized.”
Talking of the concept art, you can look at the piece he was recently sent below.
With pre-production and casting in full swing, an announcement about shooting on the movie can’t be far away, with production expected to kick off this month. And now we know where it’ll start: “First stop for the Riddick production is Canada, which is where we shot a large part of Chronicles...” Oh, and there’s even a small nod of gratitude to Universal for backing the film as an R-Rated release. We’ll have to wait and see on that one.