Riddick

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After lots of long, hard work, Vin Diesel and David Twohy have brought Riddick back the way that they've wanted to, and it's coming out in theaters (including IMAX) on September 6th.

I could not be more excited.



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[Drax]

Wait is this a remake? Re-release? Director's Cut? I thought they were working on another entry (I've only seen the first movie, but the game series lead me to believe the story could have more entries.)

 

[Tetsujin]

It's a new movie.

 

[Hisako]

Yeah iirc the second film left off with the titular dude wresting control of the evil undead race and simply leaving to god-knows-where?

And afaik the writers said that he was going to obviously be backstabbed and removed from power or something. Maybe they'll finish that story arc.

 

[Jiro]

It's very reminiscent of Pitch Black but I don't even care, Riddick is one of those cool anti-heroes that I love to see in action flicks.

 

[Hisako]

I assume that's only a compliment, seeing as Pitch Black was the first (and imo the best) movie of the series

 

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Pitch Black set up the character of Riddick. Vin Diesel is a big D&D guy, so building iconic characters and worlds is something that he sinks a lot of heart into, and David Twohy's really good at doing that. What happened with Chronicles is essentially that they lost some of the creative options due to having their hands tied by the studio (hence the shift in tone, and moving into a PG-13 rating), although the thematic shift to a larger scale was always a part of what the story set out for - the idea of going to explore the Underverse, etc.

Riddick basically got the two of them back together. Vin Diesel did an open question to Facebook about the possibility of doing them film, and only making anything off of it if it does well in theaters (making nothing at all while doing it). That got a really good fan response - Chronicles becoming a bit of a cult hit on DVD helped.

So, they're getting back to the basics with Riddick, and it's smaller in scope than Chronicles, but not as claustrophobic as Pitch Black was. Hopefully they hit a good stride, and since they've got the rating and creative control they want, I'd like nothing more than to see them be able to delve into Riddick's universe a bit more.



To directly address the questions - yes, Riddick being the leader of the Necromonger army is going to be addressed during the film, so it is a sequel to both Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick.


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[Hisako]

Vin Diesel is a big D&D guy

He's what.

 

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He's what.

He's played D&D for a long time. He even wrote the forward for the D&D 30th anniversary book. Hell, when asked if he would be a Jedi or a Sith, his answer was, "I'd be Chaotic Neutral."

@ thread for the connection to the end of Chronicles of Riddick:


Here're a couple images that've been released showing Riddick on his throne, and him confronting Vaako.

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[Tennyo]

Pitch Black was genius.

I mean, Chronicles of Riddick was fun

But Pitch Black was just a fabulous movie.

I was especially drawn to the character development of Radha Mitchell's character. How she went from

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trying to dump all the passengers, declaring that she wasn't willing to die for them and spending all her time insisting that she wasn't the captain, to becoming their leader and risking everything for the people who followed her, unwilling to leaving anyone behind. I had been hoping that her character would survive the film but her death was rather poetic, and haunting. How it wasn't dramatic, and the alien creature just silently stabs her and pulls her off into the darkness.

It was beautiful.

 

[Jiro]

I assume that's only a compliment, seeing as Pitch Black was the first (and imo the best) movie of the series

I don't want to watch Pitch Black 2 because I have the original to watch but something as good as is definitely something I'm interested in.

Also I love that Vin Diesel is a D&D guy. The first time I heard that I was "wtf" but it's just the best. Could you imagine playing with him? Goddamn it would be awesome.

 

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Pitch Black was genius.

I mean, Chronicles of Riddick was fun

But Pitch Black was just a fabulous movie.

I was especially drawn to the character development of Radha Mitchell's character. How she went from

Spoiler

trying to dump all the passengers, declaring that she wasn't willing to die for them and spending all her time insisting that she wasn't the captain, to becoming their leader and risking everything for the people who followed her, unwilling to leaving anyone behind. I had been hoping that her character would survive the film but her death was rather poetic, and haunting. How it wasn't dramatic, and the alien creature just silently stabs her and pulls her off into the darkness.

It was beautiful.

That moment. Seriously. That moment. Everything about it is perfect.

I want to got home and watch them all now.

I don't want to watch Pitch Black 2 because I have the original to watch but something as good as is definitely something I'm interested in.

Also I love that Vin Diesel is a D&D guy. The first time I heard that I was "wtf" but it's just the best. Could you imagine playing with him? Goddamn it would be awesome.

Same, which is why I'm glad that it seems like it's going to be a careful hybrid of the two. I really just love any film that has solid world building behind it. As a D&D kid whose been a DM for... god... like 15 years now, it's one of those things that will instantly hook me into any film.

I also love that he's the voice of the Iron Giant. But yeah. Playing D&D with Vin Diesel would pretty much complete my life beyond my wildest dreams. You can tell just by the way he talks about it that he would be AMAZING to play with.



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I have no words for how excited I am about this.



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[Hisako]

Karl Urban

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Katee Sackhoff

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

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io9 did a set visit on Riddick a bit back and just published their pieces on it.

• Part 1: http://io9.com/monsters-starbuck-vin-diesel-our-epic-visit-to-the-r-513969839
• Part 2: http://io9.com/vin-diesel-tells-us-why-riddick-is-one-big-game-of-dung-514236515

Here's one of many, MANY excellent quotes from him about making it:

You're sitting on this set because I did a cameo in Tokyo Drift. […] There's something appropriate and liberating and honest and free about going into a picture like this and being able to make it a rated-R picture and not have to comply with an understandable studio mandate of PG filmmaking for the blockbusters in Hollywood […]

I've been lobbying and leveraging for [Riddick] for nine years, and even after leveraging everything in order to make it rated R. Unfortunately, I should probably care more about making money than I do. And don't tell the people who pay me — because they pay me a lot of money — that I would do all this shit for free.

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[The Twilight Mexican]

He's such a badass.

 

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Motion comic prequel: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07...+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Hhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggg YES!!!

AND a semi-spoilery Red Band trailer

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I really never stop loving hearing about how David Twohy and Vin Diesel are together when they're making the Riddick films.

http://io9.com/why-riddick-was-easier-to-make-as-a-brutal-r-rated-movi-855210199



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SUUUUUPER-spoilery interview with David Twohy: http://io9.com/riddick-director-explains-how-the-necromonger-king-gets-1057112239


Quick summary of the good details without being spoilery, deadlines and budget kept him from doing some of the effects shots that he wanted, but he'll be using some of the profit from the film and the extra time to do a longer Director's Cut for the DVD/BluRay release that couldn't be done for the theatrical release due to those limitations (i.e. please see it in theaters and help to make it more awesome).

Secondarily, it doesn't sound like a rehash of Pitch Black. Pitch Black is basically, "A group of people crash landed at the wrong place at the right time with aliens that basically only locust up from the dark." whereas Riddick seems more, "Riddick alone and stranded on a hostile desert-like world where it's deadly during the day, but even moreso at night and alerting his presence to Mercenaries as a way to get offworld."

Either way, they're hoping that it does well, because they have an idea for two other films

Spoiler: where...

Riddick then chases down the Necromongers who stranded him into the Underverse, and then finally ends up on his homeworld of Furya.

- Which I would love to see.



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Exclusive clip of Riddick and some of the aliens:

http://movies.yahoo.com/video/riddick-clip-riddick-ambushed-160102036.html

Spoiler: This leads to...

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Spoiler: More Short Clip Goodness - this time, with Mercs

Less than 10 days left!!!


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[Carlie]

I've never seen any of the Riddick movies not even Pitch Black (yes I'm aware Claudia Black is in it ), they're just not my cup of tea but it makes me giddy every time a promo is shown on t.v. and I see Katee Sackhoff.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

I've never seen any of the Riddick movies not even Pitch Black (yes I'm aware Claudia Black is in it ), they're just not my cup of tea but it makes me giddy every time a promo is shown on t.v. and I see Katee Sackhoff.

How do you know they're not your cup of tea if you've never seen them?

One of them even involves a tea cup...


Really though, Pitch Black & Chronicles of Riddick are pretty different films aside from the character and that they take place in a scifi setting.


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[Super Mario]

Oh man I dont know about yall but I saw Chronicles of Riddick and it isn't so bad! It led me to see Pitch Black and it resulted in my enjoyment of the series! I even played Escape from Butcher Bay (keep in mind this was before I got the hang of stealth games so I always was a noob for stealth till MGS3). This movie has my funds so it may yet see other stories involving the Necromongers and eventually to see Furya.