Vin Diesel/Richard B. Riddick
The escaped prisoner from the moive Pitch Black. Prison psychological evaluation potrays subject as violent sociopath with primitive fight
or flight response.
Diesel reprises
the role he created in the
science fiction hit "Pitch Black." Diesel also starred in Universal's
hit film "The Fast and the Furious," directed by Rob Cohen; for his
role, Diesel was honored with 2002 MTV Movie Award nominations both as
Best Male Performance and Best On-Screen Team. He then teamed up again
with Rob Cohen in his starring role as Xander Cage in last summer's hit
"XXX." Most recently, Diesel was seen starring as an undercover DEA
agent in "A Man Apart," directed by F. Gary Gray.
Diesel's other motion picture credits include his standout performance in "Boiler Room;" the voice of the title character in the animated feature "The Iron Giant," which won an Annie Award for Best Animated Feature; and his role of Private Carpazo in "Saving Private Ryan," opposite Tom Hanks, for which Diesel was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the film's ensemble cast.
In the early 1990's Diesel wrote, produced, directed and starred in his first film, a short, Multi-facial, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He then wrote his first full-length feature, "Strays," in which he also was the star, director and producer. This raw urban drama was selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
Diesel's other motion picture credits include his standout performance in "Boiler Room;" the voice of the title character in the animated feature "The Iron Giant," which won an Annie Award for Best Animated Feature; and his role of Private Carpazo in "Saving Private Ryan," opposite Tom Hanks, for which Diesel was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the film's ensemble cast.
In the early 1990's Diesel wrote, produced, directed and starred in his first film, a short, Multi-facial, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He then wrote his first full-length feature, "Strays," in which he also was the star, director and producer. This raw urban drama was selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
Newton would play Dame Vaako. The Wife.
Thandie Newton
recently starred in
"The Truth About Charlie;" opposite Mark Wahlberg; "Mission Impossible
II," opposite Tom Cruise; Bernardo Bertolucci's "Besieged," opposite
David Thewlis; and as the title character in Jonathan Demme's
"Beloved," starring Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. Her additional
feature film credits include "Flirting," "The Young Americans,"
"Loaded," "Interview with the Vampire," "Jefferson in Paris," "The
Journey of August King," "The Leading Man" and "Gridlock'd." Newton
will soon be seen in the independent comedy-thriller "It Was an
Accident," set in the East End of London, and in Shade, with Stuart
Townsend and Gabriel Byrne
Karl Urban/Vaako
Urban will play Vaako, a military commander under Lord Marshal.
Karl Urban starred
in the dynamic role
of Rohan warrior Eomer in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," as
well as in the upcoming "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
Urban made his feature film debut in "Heaven," starring Martin Donovan
and Richard Schiff, and garnered his first Best Actor nominations at
the New Zealand Film Awards for his work in "Via Satellite" and the
critically-acclaimed indie film "The Price of Milk." He was seen this
year in "Ghost Ship," also starring Gabriel Byrne and Julianna
Margulies.
A zealot who targets humans for subjugation with his army of warriors known as Necromongers.
Feore plays Lord Marshal, a warrior priest who is the leader of a sect that is waging the 10th and perhaps final crusade 500 years in the future.
Colm Feore has
played some of the
world's most interesting men, real and imagined: Glenn Gould, Rudolph
Hoess, Romeo, Claudius and his critically- acclaimed role as Pierre
Elliott Trudeau in the mini-series "Trudeau: The Early Years." Feore's
international motion picture credits include Michael Bay's "Pearl
Harbor;" "The Caveman's Valentine," with Samuel L. Jackson; Julie
Taymor's "Titus," with Anthony Hopkins; Michael Mann's "The Insider,"
with Russell Crowe; "City of Angels," starring Meg Ryan for director
Brad Silberling; John Woo's "Face/Off," with John Travolta and Nicholas
Cage; Sidney Lumet's "Night Falls on Manhattan;" Rob Marshall's Academy
Award®- winning "Chicago," with Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger and
Catherine Zeta- Jones; "The Sum of All Fears," directed by Phil Alden
Robinson; and Dennis Dugan's comedy "National Security," with Martin
Lawrence and Steve Zahn.
I got most of the information and bio's from The Universals Production Article. Article Here
Judi Dench/Aeron
Dench portrays Aereon, an ambassador from the Elemental race, an ethereal being who helps Riddick unearth his origins.
Dench portrays Aereon, an ambassador from the Elemental race, an ethereal being who helps Riddick unearth his origins.
Academy
Award®-winning Judi Dench is
one of the world's most respected and best-loved actresses. Her work in
the title role in "Iris" garnered her a BAFTA award and an Oscar®
nomination for Best Actress. In addition, she was nominated for a BAFTA
for her supporting role in "The Shipping News" with Kevin Spacey. Her
work in "Chocolat" earned her a third Academy Award® nomination.
She was awarded the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress for
her role as Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare in Love" in 1999; this
lauded role also brought her the BAFTA, the National Society of Film
Critics Award and nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and the
Golden Globes. She also starred as Queen Victoria in "Mrs. Brown,"
receiving an Academy Award® nomination for Best Actress, as well as
a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion
Picture -- Drama.
Dench is a five-time BAFTA winner, including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for "A Fine Romance" and Best Supporting Actress in "A Handful of Dust" and "A Room With a View." She was most recently seen in "The Importance of Being Earnest" and in her reoccurring role as "M" in the James Bond franchise.
Dench is a five-time BAFTA winner, including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for "A Fine Romance" and Best Supporting Actress in "A Handful of Dust" and "A Room With a View." She was most recently seen in "The Importance of Being Earnest" and in her reoccurring role as "M" in the James Bond franchise.
Keith David/Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
The holy man from Pitch Black.
Linus Roache
The Purifier
Kristin Lehman, who co-stars with Vin Diesel in the upcoming SF movie The Chronicles of Riddick, told SCI FI Wire that her character will share a bond with Diesel's antihero. "I play the only other Furyan in the film," Lehman (TV's Strange World) said in an interview. "Vin is, as we know, a Furyan. And this, of course, is the odyssey for him, to realize who he is, what he comes from, what his odyssey is. And I am the Furyan who brings that out in him. I come to him." *****Its my guess that she is the one in the teaser who holds up her hand... But it may not be.. *shrug* I's just guessing
Nick Chinlund/Toombs
Riddick, hunted down and eventually caught by Toombs (NICK CHINLUND), an inter-planetary bounty hunter (known as a Merc).
Necromonger Army
Necromonger
They're a plague That now sweeps through the ever-dwindling worlds of man Were they once men themselves? Are they still men?
(From Aareon's speech on the teaser)
Which leads me to believe that they are something other than the converted men in the Necromonger armies. Something that perhaps we won't see until maybe the 2nd or 3rd movie? Anyways I caught this image on both The Teaser and The Trailer. Maybe this is a Necromonger?
The holy man from Pitch Black.
Keith David was
born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, and raised in
East Elmurst, Queens, New York, USA. As a child he realized he wanted
to act after playing the cowardly lion in his school's production of
"The Wizard of Oz". He later enrolled in New York's High School of the
Performing Arts and continued his studies at Juilliard. After
graduation he was hired as an understudy for Tullus Aufidius in William
Shakespeare's "Coriolanus". In 1992 he received a Tony Award nomination
for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his role in the Broadway
play "Jelly's Last Jam".
Linus Roache
gained prominence
with his strong performance as clergyman struggling with his vocation
in Antonia Bird's "Priest." His most recent credits include "Harts War"
opposite Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell; and the title role of Robert
Kennedy in "RFK" for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.
Roache recently completed production on the soon-to-be released "Beyond
Borders" with Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen and Blind Flight with Ian
Hart.
Roache's additional film credits include his debut in a small role in "No Surrender;" Iain Softley's adaptation of Henry James' novel "The Wings of the Dove;" the HBO movie "Shot Through The Heart" opposite Vincent Perez; and he portrayed romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to John Hannah's William Wordsworth in the BBC Films production "Pandemonium."
Kristin Lehman/mysterious Furyan?Roache's additional film credits include his debut in a small role in "No Surrender;" Iain Softley's adaptation of Henry James' novel "The Wings of the Dove;" the HBO movie "Shot Through The Heart" opposite Vincent Perez; and he portrayed romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to John Hannah's William Wordsworth in the BBC Films production "Pandemonium."
Yorick van Wageningen The Guv
If you look at the Trading Cards Check list. One of the Cards is [The Guv (Convict Uniform] Which leadse me to believe thru logical deduction that This dude is a Convict and just might be on that mine cart.
*points to the mine cart picture* I think this Yorick dude is one of the miner's
Alexa
Davalos/Kyra
Apparently Kyra is the grown up version of Jack from the movie Pitch Black. *points to the furthers picture right is Jack from Pitch Black* Riddick meets up with Kyra in the Penitentiary called The Slam on the planet Helion.
Alexa Davalos recently completed production on director Bruce Beresford's "And Starring Poncho Villa as Himself," starring Antonio Banderas, and "The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald".
Christine Cox/Logan
If you look at the Trading Cards Check list. One of the Cards is [The Guv (Convict Uniform] Which leadse me to believe thru logical deduction that This dude is a Convict and just might be on that mine cart.
*points to the mine cart picture* I think this Yorick dude is one of the miner's
Apparently Kyra is the grown up version of Jack from the movie Pitch Black. *points to the furthers picture right is Jack from Pitch Black* Riddick meets up with Kyra in the Penitentiary called The Slam on the planet Helion.
Alexa Davalos recently completed production on director Bruce Beresford's "And Starring Poncho Villa as Himself," starring Antonio Banderas, and "The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald".
Christine Cox/Logan
Kristin Lehman, who co-stars with Vin Diesel in the upcoming SF movie The Chronicles of Riddick, told SCI FI Wire that her character will share a bond with Diesel's antihero. "I play the only other Furyan in the film," Lehman (TV's Strange World) said in an interview. "Vin is, as we know, a Furyan. And this, of course, is the odyssey for him, to realize who he is, what he comes from, what his odyssey is. And I am the Furyan who brings that out in him. I come to him." *****Its my guess that she is the one in the teaser who holds up her hand... But it may not be.. *shrug* I's just guessing
Riddick, hunted down and eventually caught by Toombs (NICK CHINLUND), an inter-planetary bounty hunter (known as a Merc).
Necromonger Army
Necromonger
They're a plague That now sweeps through the ever-dwindling worlds of man Were they once men themselves? Are they still men?
(From Aareon's speech on the teaser)
Which leads me to believe that they are something other than the converted men in the Necromonger armies. Something that perhaps we won't see until maybe the 2nd or 3rd movie? Anyways I caught this image on both The Teaser and The Trailer. Maybe this is a Necromonger?
I got most of the information and bio's from The Universals Production Article. Article Here