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Tons of Riddick 3 character details reveal new link to Pitch Black

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:20:00 PDT

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Good news, Furyan fans — David Twohy and Vin Diesel's third Riddick movie has started casting, and new details are leaking out all over! Find out who's coming back from the Underverse right now. More »

Vin Diesel may be willing to take a huge pay cut to play Riddick again

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:30:00 PDT

Our favorite Furian shared some good news and some bad news about the new Riddick movie. The good news is, it might start filming this summer. The bad news, Diesel's salary woes may halt the project completely. More »

Man and Superman: The Riddick DVD Collection

Richard Kadrey — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:36:52 PDT

We first met Richard B. Riddick back in 2000 in an excellent little SF action movie, Pitch Black. He was introduced to us as a ruthless killer and the most badass criminal alive. But he was a lot more than that. Riddick was a man who through intelligence and sheer force of will had made himself into as dangerous a human being as ever stomped across the screen. More »

The haunting glow of Tim Flattery's Solaris concept art

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:30:00 PDT

Concept artist Tim Flattery's career has stretched back to Back To The Future and Tim Burton's Batman, and he's worked on Tron Legacy. But when we asked him his favorite project, he named Soderbergh's Solaris. It's easy to see why. More »

What's the difference between being a concept artist and drawing comics?

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:30:00 PDT

The best concept art tells a story, all by itself. But what's the difference between creating concept art for movies, versus drawing comics or illustrating books? We asked some of our favorite concept artists, and here's what they said. More »

New concept art, details and creature designs spill Riddick's next movie details

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:00:00 PDT

New concept art gives us some precious glimpses of the new creatures in the third Riddick movie, and there's some more news about the film. Which, last we heard, might be called The Furian... Left For Dead... More »

Captain America Gets A Mad Scientist! Plus John Carter Of Mars And Transformers Set Pics!

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:00:00 PDT

Captain America's latest enemy is the last person you'd expect. Check out Transformers 3's new Bumblebee, and a mysterious John Carter set pic. Plus Lost, Predators, Despicable Me, Green Hornet, Splice, True Blood, Chronicles Of Riddick, Chuck, Caprica and Supernatural. More »

New War Machine Footage From Iron Man 2. Plus Another Spider-Man Casting Rumor And Riddick 3 Script Review!

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:00:00 PDT

Another actor is rumored to play Peter Parker, an Iron Man teaser includes awesome War Machine action, and someone's read the Riddick script. Plus Cowboys And Aliens, Joss Whedon's Cabin In The Woods, Resident Evil and I Am Number Four. More »

When A Bad Movie Has One Incredibly Great Scene

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:34:32 PDT

Why do so many bad movies have one good scene each? All of a sudden, the awfulness goes away, and the movie starts living up to its potential. The performances click, the action is exciting. Here are 20-odd examples. More »

First Concept Art From The Third Riddick Movie: Left For Dead On A Monster Planet!

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:08:33 PDT

Vin Diesel just posted this long-awaited concept art from the new Riddick movie. It's a frame from a "2-D motion choreography study," and it's called "The Furian... Left For Dead..." (But we all know, you should never count Riddick out!) More »

Riddick 3 Is On Its Way

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:33:00 PST

Fans of gravelly-voiced bald scifi heroes rejoice: Universal has announced that it will be releasing a third Chronicles of Riddick movie in the US, with international rights being auctioned off at the Berlin Film Festival. More »

In 20 Years, The Navy Will Be Full Of Riddicks

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:00 PST

The U.S. Navy is looking towards the world of 2030, when its newest recruits will be just retiring. There'll be lasers, remote-controlled planes... and eye surgery to help you see in the dark. More »

Location Scouting For The Next Riddick Has Begun

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:24:46 PST

The newest news about the greatest Furyan boosts our hope that the next Chronicles Of Riddick project will be made. The team is scouting new Riddick locations in New Zealand. More »

Your Spock/McCoy Snark Forecast

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:00:00 PDT

Just how many Scotty/McCoy cliches will turn up in Star Trek? It's a spoiler. There are also new Wolverine ads, a Pandorum pic and Riddick/Green Hornet descriptions. Plus major Dollhouse, Lost, Fringe and Supernatural spoilers! More »

Green Lantern Concept Artist Reimagines Star Trek

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:18:25 PDT

Brian Murray's concept art helped launch a Green Lantern movie. But his other artwork includes this fantastic alien prison, for a David Twohy film... plus a far different reinvention of Star Trek than J.J. Abrams'. More »

Kirk's First Battle! Spider-Man 4 Villain Hints! Deadpool Speaks! Riddick's Odyssey! And Doctor Who's Regeneration!

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:00:00 PDT

What's an alien known as The Doctor doing in Star Trek? Deadpool and Riddick both speak up. Sam Raimi talks Spider-Man 4. Terminator poster! Plus Doctor Who, BSG, Moon, Avatar, Lost, Smallville and Heroes. More »

Riddick Is Your Zen Buddhist Philosopher Of Space Murder

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:30:00 PST

As soon as I got done labeling Chronicles Of Riddick a dead franchise, this awesome trailer for the new Riddick video game, Assault On Dark Athena, popped up. It has everything: sleep pods, moody narration, spaceships, a mixture of range and melee combat, first-person shooterhood, and multiplayer modes. Plus it comes bundled with the acclaimed Riddick game Escape From Butcher Bay. It's out next June. [VE3D] More »

Why Is It So Hard To Start A New Franchise?

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:30:00 PST

Click to viewIn an alternate universe, we're all obsessing about the impending release of The Matrix V and Chronicles Of Riddick 9. Even as we're drowning in retreads of things that launched in the 1960s, just think of all the more recent works that tried - and failed - to launch a franchise. Why is it so difficult? More »

Riddick's Low-Gravity Death-Orgy... In A Ball Of Foam

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:05:00 PDT

We feel bad that our jokey headline the other day annoyed the fans of Vin Diesel and the Chronicles of Riddick, because we totally love Riddick and Vin too. So we decided to break out our DVDs of the animated Riddick spin-off, Dark Fury. It bridges the gap between Pitch Black and Chronicles, Animatrix-style. And it includes this fantastic sequence where Riddick lunges out of a giant ball of foam, in low gravity, and kills a small army of mercenaries. Then he meets his hugest fan in the universe, a cyber-crazy lady who collects psychopaths. More »