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Brand new Riddick synopsis unveils the Furyan's new rogues gallery

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:17 PST

A brand new official synopsis has been released, revealing tons of details about the brand new Riddick picture. Check it out: More »

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 »

Does this new Riddick concept art blame the apocalypse on our favorite Furian?

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:30:00 PDT

More news about a potential third Riddick movie: Writer/director David Twohy shared his thoughts, as well as some excellent concept art. Does this mean we're closer to Vin Diesel agreeing to a pay cut so the movie can go forward? 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 »

New Riddick movie will feature alien seduction

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:42:18 PST

The director of The Chronicles of Riddick, who is also directing the new Riddick film, took to the internet to answer the fans questions. The good news: it'll be more like Pitch Black, the first film. More »

Stop the mumbling! Why can't we understand what people are saying in movies any more?

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:30:00 PDT

Did you understand what Vin Diesel was saying half the time in Pitch Black? Or the new B.A. Baracus in The A-Team? And good luck understanding Ken Watanabe in Inception. DenOfGeek declares war on muddy sound mixes and mumbling actors. More »

13 of science fiction's baddest convicts

Marc Bernardin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:00:00 PDT

My, how we do love a bad boy — and here are a baker's dozen of some of the worst of the worst that scifi movies, TV, and videogames have to offer. More »

Riddick 3 Will Be A Return To Pitch Black's Creature Feature

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:00:00 PST

Now that Riddick 3 is being made at Universal, there's one important question to ask. Will the third film be a continuation of the Necromonger-focused Chronicles story line, or a return to the Pitch Black-style action? Rumors say the latter. 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 »

Aging Cowboys And Cloned Dead Teens In This Week's TV

Graeme McMillan — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:00:00 PST

Everything in televisionland seems to be getting back to normal this week, just in time for us all to get used to it before the Olympics come along to ruin everything. But until then: New shows, including Caprica's debut! More »

20 Greatest SF Movies Of The Past Decade

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:07:47 PST

The past decade has seen a lot of bloated special-effects brain-sucks... but it's also seen some of the best science-fiction films ever. Superhero films came of age, apocalypses ruled, and interstellar adventures came back. Here are the decade's 20 greatest. More »

The Next Riddick Movie Aims For R-Rated Gold

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:00:00 PDT

Riddick director David Twohy gave the world an update on the eagerly anticipated third Riddick movie. The good news is, both Twohy and Vin aren't settling for any PG-13 nonsense, and the new film will be closer to Pitch Black. 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 3 Details Reveal What's Next For Our Furyan

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:30:00 PDT

Last we saw of the silver-eyed Riddick he was ruling the Necromonger clan, because you keep what you kill. But in his next movie, where will we find our beloved anti-hero? Spoilers below. More »

Riddick Coming Back To The Big Screen

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:30:46 PDT

Soon enough, both Vin Diesel and Twohy wil be explaining to you exactly what a Necromonger is. Your favorite silver-eyed psychopath, Riddick, is coming back. More »

Chronicles Of Riddick Is New Lord Of The Rings, Diesel Says

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:24:00 PDT

Click to viewMore silver-eyed alien warrior action is coming your way according to the Riddick himself, Vin Diesel. The cold-as-ice Furyan has been living on in the video game world, but it's been four years since we've seen him on the big screen. Diesel revealed that writer/director David Twohy is working on not one, but two Riddick scripts. And the pair have big fat epic dreams for this character. Looks like Diesel and Twohy are looking for a big picture deal with their new Riddick franchise. Vin Diesel told MTV:

David Twohy right now is writing the scripts. The only question is whether we take a page from the Lord of the Rings guys and try to shoot the two chapters at the same time. There are two more in mind... The Chronicles of Riddick was presented as a three part trilogy that would answer Pitch Black in the same way that Lord of the Rings answered The Hobbit.

I'm for it, as long as Twohy address the hella confusing mythology that revolved around the Necromongers. I loved the Underverse, but I didn't really understand where they were going with the whole undead alien race who can die. Last we left off, Riddick was running the show as ruler of the Necromongers, or at least one shipfull. [MTV] More »

All The Nastiest Parts Of Pitch Black

charliejane — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:20:23 PST

Pitch Black, starring Vin Diesel, is a slow boil that gets awesome at the end. For the first hour and a half, our heroes are trapped on a mysterious planet that has like 5,000 suns, and then all the suns are eclipsed and it's permanent night. It takes a while to get to scenes like this one, where the foppish antique dealer ignites his own booze breath and discovers he's surrounded by spiky bat creatures. Then we watch the creatures dismember him and fight over his corpse, thanks to Diesel's altered night vision. Two more bizarre Pitch clips, after the jump. More »

Pitch Black Coming Back?

Kevin Kelly — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:40:13 PST

Vin Diesel may be hoping to pull the emergency ripcord on his speedy free-fall out of the limelight. Director David Twohy mentioned on his blog that there might be yet another Pitch Black sequel emerging from the darkness, but that it would be smaller in scale and independently financed. More »