We all know Vin Diesel loves "da movies". We also know he's a fan of franchises. But before he got behind the wheel of the Fast & Furious films or into the voice booth for Guardians' Groot, he was Richard B. Riddick in 2000's breakout sci-fi hit Pitch Black more than 20 years (and two sequels) later, he's returning to the role for Riddick: Furya.
David Twohy, who co-wrote and directed Pitch Black and oversaw lesser 2004 sequel The Chronicles Of Riddick and return to stripped-back creature-feature roots Riddick in 2013, is once more pulling double duty, with Diesel set to star once more as the night vision-enhanced tough nut Riddick.
Following years of teases on particularly Diesel's social media, Riddick: Furya is coming together, its rights out for sale. There's no mention of regular distributor Universal, but a chance the studio will be involved down the line.
According to Deadline, the story for the new film is as follows: "Riddick finally returns to his home world, a place he barely remembers and one he fears might be left in ruins by the Necromongers. But there he finds other Furyans fighting for their existence against a new enemy. And some of these Furyans are more like Riddick than he could have ever imagined…"
“Our legion of fans have demanded it for years, and now we’re finally ready to honor their call to action with Riddick: Furya,” Twohy says. “My collaboration with Vin and One Race has spanned 20 fruitful years, as together we’ve created three movies, two video games, an anime production, and motion comics for the internet. This new big-screen event will see a return to Riddick’s homeworld, where we finally get to explore Riddick’s genesis."