In an interview with Shock Til You Drop Twohy explained what we have to look forward to, besides more glorious, graphic bloodshed.

"Vin and I have decided on one approach of those two, and there's some interest at the studio level but it would be as a PG-13 film, and we don't want to do that anymore. That's one of the concessions we thought we made with 'Riddick' that we shouldn't have made....The third movie would be more modestly-scaled and it would probably feel more like Pitch Black than Chronicles [of Riddick]. It will always be Riddick-centric."

And he says the film will focus more on the characters and how they deal with their tense situation, the same way Pitch did.

There's nothing more refreshing than reading a director talk about something everyone is super excited about, with actual insight and self-awareness. Chronicles, although amazing, did tackle a bit too much material, I'm happy to see that Vin and Twohy are focused and ready to deliver. Read the rest of the interview over at Shock Til You Drop.

We talked to Murray about his work, and he shared some of his ongoing projects with us. Here's a gallery of some of his work, past and present:

The amazing alien prison planet and alien warrior images come from a pitch package that Murray helped David Twohy (Chronicles Of Riddick) put together. According Murray, Twohy wrote a script

called "100 Days From Now", a remake of "The Great Escape", but with an alien occupation here on Earth. The "Alien Prison", "Alien Warrior", and "Alien Commandant" images are all part of that pitch that he sold to the studio for another director.

As far as Murray knows, that pitch has been shelved for now.

Meanwhile, Murray's no longer involved with the Green Lantern film, now that co-writer Greg Berlanti isn't on board to direct. (It's passed over to Casino Royale's Martin Campbell). Instead, Murray's working on Scott Derrickson's reimagining of Milton's Paradise Lost, with a script by Stuart Hazeltine. In case you missed them, here are those GL images again:

So what about that Star Trek poster, "To Boldly Go," featuring - of all people - Thomas Jane as Captain Kirk? That's not an actual movie pitch, it's just some art Murray created for fun, reimagining the franchise before J.J. Abrams' film even came about. He explains:

It really came about when I saw the ridiculous, but entertaining, "Deep Blue Sea" with Tom Jane and Sam Jackson (it features one of my favorite movie death scenes ever). Throughout Jane's performance in the lead role, I saw so much of William Shatner's Kirk from the TV series, short of the signature dramatic pauses, that I thought he'd be a perfect recast for Kirk, if a remake were to ever happen. So when I had some time between jobs, I thought I'd have some fun recasting the series for a new movie. I really like the thought of Ian McShane as McCoy, but I'm such a fan of his from Deadwood, I could cast him in anything.
You may have noticed the design of their tunics is a mix of DS9/Next Gen jackets with the Classic insignia as a comm badge and a classic tunic underneath. On the Enterprise, I used NCC-1701-A's body style but plated it with the more industrial texture of Archer's Enterprise.

There's also some nice Battlestar Galactica fan art.

There are also some images from Murray's pitch for a Superman Elseworlds comic, "Immortality Crisis," which he says is on DC Comics supremo Dan DiDio's desk right now.

And the images called "Sprout" and "Birth" are from a story called Cascade, which Murray has written up in pitch form. It's about a strange singing plant that sprouts up in the garden of Laura Shepard, a young woman who's just found out she's infertile. As the blossom grows, it eventually opens up to reveal a baby girl, named Cascade, or Cassy. Unfortunately, another family also receives a blossom, which gives birth to an evil child. Murray says he's just worked out a book deal with a major comics company for Cascade, but can't reveal any details yet.

Also on the horizon, besides the Paradise Lost thing, are some work for one of the CSI shows, and Monk.

You can see more of Murray's art, including some more concept art and fan art, over at his website. [Murray Studios]

In an interview with Sci Fi Wire Vin Diesel spilled a few introductory details as to where we will find our favorite Furyan.

We're going to find Riddick alone for the first part of the movie, barely alive, surrounded by carnivorous monsters who are trying to eat him...So you'll see a futuristic Rambo-esque Riddick trying to survive.

Wait: a First Blood Riddick? That's exactly what I want. Thank you, Twohy, for delivering exactly what we were looking for: big bad uglies and Riddick, kicking ass and delivering one-liners. I'm almost okay with not talking about the Necromongers at all, if you have our boy slaying baddies with a tube of bubble-gum flavored lip gloss. (Thank you, Grey Area.)

In an interview with Game Spot about his latest Riddick video game, Diesel spilled the beans about the next Riddick project:

Maybe we're too tight-lipped about the next Chronicles of Riddick film, and I think circa the release of [Dark Athena] that's probably when you'll start hearing more about the next Riddick film. It is underway, and I almost think it's a coincidence that we haven't heard anything, that there hasn't been a lot of public stuff on the Riddick movie....

I think we were so adamant about knocking this game out of the park that we've been doing a lot of late hours—the overtime's on the game at the moment while [Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick screenwriter] David Twohy is finishing up the next script.

Well I'm glad that Twohy is back, because he really needs to come back and put out another Riddick that makes sense the first time around - even though I cherish every single moment that bald brute is on screen. But what will it be about? Will we get to see the Necromonger verse, is he still the Furyian leader, smelling beautiful and playing "who's the better killer"? What about his past, which has been shrouded in mystery for some time?

In any case, I'm delighted, because Riddick news means I get to post this clip:

Death By Tea Cup! So what should Riddick kill someone with in this film?

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]