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Feb 3, 2012 · Today, we have two additional images of Diesel, striking poses on the Riddick set - along with the film's official plot synopsis and complete cast list (via Universal Pictures' press release).
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Riddick is a 2013 science fiction action film written and directed by David Twohy, based on the character Richard B. Riddick by Jim and Ken Wheat. It is the third installment in The Chronicles of Riddick film series and a sequel to both Pitch Black (2000) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).
Riddick: Directed by David Twohy. With Vin Diesel, Jordi Mollà, Matt Nable, Katee Sackhoff. Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- David Twohy
- 2013-09-06
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"Don't know how many times I've been crossed off the list and left for dead...so this, this aint nothing new."
-Richard B.
is the third live-action film in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise which brought the titular character Riddick back to the silver screen after nine years. Riddick was released September 6, 2013 and was successful bringing in $93 million on a $40 million budget. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD January 14, 2014 topping the home media sales of it's release week. As of January 26, 2014 Universal Pictures and One Race Films are pursuing to make the fourth Riddick movie.
Chronologically (and production-wise), it succeeds The Chronicles of Riddick and processed Riddick 4: Furya.
Vin Diesel original vision was to have the Chronicles of Riddick become like J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. Pitch Black was to serve like the Hobbit, to be a standalone film to establish the universe, and to have a trilogy of the Chronicles of Riddick serving like the Lord of the Rings.
After the Chronicles of Riddick performed poorly at the box office, Universal Pictures shelved the Riddick franchise for good, and would not allow another film to be made. Over the years Vin and David managed to secure the rights of the film from Universal, and shopped it around in foreign markets. This got the attention of Universal who then secured the rights to distribute the film.
was financed independently on a reported budget of $40 million in which Vin Diesel had to leverage his own house to help finance the film. Production began in Vancouver in the fall where all the principal photography was shot on sound stages using the digital backlot technique. On October 29, 2011, production on the film was shut down due to a completion bond running out of money. The crew was kicked out of the facilities and Vin had to advance funds for the crew until the back loans were secured. However, on November 27, 2011, it was reported that the issues with the funding were resolved, and that production on the film was scheduled to continue December 28, 2011 in Montreal.
David Twohy shot the film on Arri Alexa's digital cameras because of the post production pipeline over the course of 47 days. In 2012 Riddick entered post-production, using small visual effect houses Riddick was able to manage on it's relative small budget and still have 900 vfx shots. David pulled 14 hour days in post trying to complete the film, and picture locked it the spring.
Following the teaser that released March 23, 2013 the full trailer for Riddick came out May, 15 2013 that has received millions of views on YouTube.
After being betrayed by the Necros, Riddick ends up abandoned on a sun-scorched planet, where he activates an emergency beacon. Instead of regular rescue, the beacon brings two groups of the deadliest mercs, led by Captain Santana and Boss Johns. The bounty on Riddick's head has been doubled $1.5 million to $3 million, and Boss Johns has been hunting Riddick for the past 10 years, eager to find out what happened to his son William Johns. In a game of who's the better killer, Riddick proves to be superior, but all things turn for the worst when a bad storm blows in, unveiling monsters of the night that are more vicious than the Bioraptors. Riddick and the mercs are now stuck in a fight with the creatures of the dark and among themselves to get off the planet alive.
Following the events of The Chronicles of Riddick, Riddick is the new Lord Marshal of the Necromonger Empire, but he has yet to uptake the scared oath and lead them to the Underverse. Several times, commanders have tried to kill him, but each time they have failed and Riddick feels that he has been losing his edge and desires to get back to his homeworld of Furya. Riddick demands that Commander Vaako give him the charts that lead to Furya, but Vaako informs him that all those charts has been destroyed. Riddick places a blade to Vaako's neck and it is then that Vaako reveals that only he knows the way back to Furya, and orders Captain Krone to get a ship ready.
Captain Krone takes Riddick down to a desolate planet in which Riddick finds out that it is Not-Furya. Necromonger soldiers then try to kill Riddick, but he kills them first, as Captain Krone shoots out the plateau from underneath Riddick, sending him falling down as he yells "You keep what you kill Riddick!"
Riddick awakens on the desolate sun scorched planet being pecked by an alien vulture. His leg is injured, as he tries to repair it he spots a pack of wild jackals. The jackals come to kill him but he dives into a pond to avoid them, as he is holding his breath, eels try to bite at him but he stays there until the jackals go away. Emerging from the pond, Riddick fixes his leg but a single jackal attacks him, he throws a piece of his suit far away, sending the jackal chasing after it, leaving him alone. Another jackal that tries to kill Riddick is killed by a Mud Demon and Riddick watches it as it is killed, evading and eventually finding a cave. He then seals himself under two stones to rest from the dangers of the planet.
Emerging from the cave, Riddick leg is healed and he finds an abandoned pup which he takes to raise on his own. He manages to take a small mud demon and inject it's venom into himself and his pup over a period of days, so they can become immune to the venom. From his cave, Riddick is able to see the other side of his location which is filled with grass and water, but to get there he must first make it past the pond that houses the mud demons. Riddick battles a mud demon and kills it, a mud demon arises and knocks Riddick aside. Riddick's jackal pup gets loose and follows Riddick, but before the pup is killed, Riddick rescues it and slides underneath the mud demon slicing it's belly open and escapes to the other side.
Jumping 6 months, Riddick has been traveling the plains and the pup is now fully grown, at night the jackal notices rain clouds and with Riddick's eyeshine he sees a plethora of mud demons. Riddick and his pet venture on and the jackal spits out a golf ball which indicates human life was on the planet. The two come across the merc co-op station P7. Inside Riddick activates the beacon that scans him, identifying him and sending out the signal to the mercs ships nearby.
Santana's crew is the first to arrive, and they come in the depot looking for Riddick but do not find him, they only see a message written in blood telling them to leave one ship for Riddick and leave. Santana lets Riddick
Critical Reception
The reception has been mixed among critics with many praising the back to basic approach, but criticized some of the dialogue, plot, and pacing. It currently holds a 58% on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 5.4/10, 6.5 out of 10 on IMDB, and a 49 on Metacritic. Amongst fans the overall current rating was a 54% being considered unfavorable.
Box Office
Riddick made $900,000 on special screenings Thursday night, and on Friday it pulled in $7.3 million. For it's opening three day weekend it grossed $18,700,000 in the U.S. and $7,400,000 over seas. The current box office as of 2014 is $98,337,295.
Riddick will be released in the theatrical cut and a director's cut this year. The director's cut will feature more back story of Commander Vaako and more of the mythology from Chronicles adding an additional 10 minutes to the movie. It grossed an additional $23,026,441 in DVD and Blu-Ray sales.
The unrated cut was released January 14, 2014 on Blu-ray with an additional 10 minutes of footage. More flashbacks with Vaako was featured on the Necromonger ships with Riddick. There's also an alternate ending where Riddick travels back to the Necromonger fleet and finds out Krone was the one who has been trying to kill him.
had it's world premiere August 28, 2013 at the Westwood Regence Village Theater in Los Angeles.
Universal hosted the Riddick panel which featured Vin Diesel, David Twohy, and Kate Sackhoff where they revealed the restricted trailer for Riddick.
Aug 12, 2011 · Casting begins for 'Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking' and new story details confirm previous report's about the film's script that David Twohy and Vin Diesel are excited to shoot.
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Photos. Q / A. Plot: What's the story about? The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered.
