The Chronicles of Riddick Trailer Online!
Source:
Universal Pictures
Tuesday,
December 16, 2003
Universal
Pictures has
launched online the trailer for The Chronicles of Riddick, the science
fiction action-adventure epic in which Vin Diesel reprises his
star-making Pitch Black role of enigmatic anti- hero Richard B. Riddick.
In the
film, written and
directed by David Twohy, Riddick has spent the last five years on the
move among the forgotten worlds on the outskirts of the galaxy, eluding
mercenaries bent on collecting the price on his head. Now, the fugitive
finds himself on planet Helion, home to a progressive multicultural
society, which has been invaded by the Lord Marshal (Colm Feore), a
zealot who targets humans for subjugation with his army of warriors
known as Necromongers. Exiled to a subterranean prison where extremes
of temperature range from arctic nights to volcanic days, Riddick
encounters Kyra (Alexa Davalos), the lone survivor from an earlier
chapter in his life. His efforts to free himself and Kyra lead him to
the Necromonger command ship, where he is pitted against the Lord
Marshal in an apocalyptic battle with possibly the fate of all
beings-both living and dead-hanging in the balance.
Article
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ET on
The Chronicles of Riddick Set & Sequel Talk
Source:
Entertainment Tonight
Monday,
December 15, 2003
Entertainment Tonight visited
the set of Vin Diesel's The Chronicles of Riddick and has posted a
behind-the-scenes segment online with the star. Here's a clip from the
interview in which Diesel already talks about the sequel to "Riddick".
Captured
and imprisoned on a
planet where the extreme temperatures range from arctic nights to
volcanic days, Riddick partners with a young woman from his past
(newcomer ALEXA DAVALOS) to escape, only to find himself confronting a
group of religious zealots led by the evil Lord Marshall (COLM FEORE
from "Storm of the Century"), a tyrant bent on waging a deadly crusade
across the galaxy.
"What's so
interesting about
Riddick is that he is an anti-hero that has to struggle just to
understand the purpose or relevance of heroism," says Vin. "So he
travels through the universe, aloof to his heroic calling, and that's
what this movie's about. It's about existing your whole life without
any sense of identity and not knowing where you come from, and not
knowing who you are, or why you exist. And that feels like a very
relevant issue to build a mythology around."
Article
here
The
Chronicles of Riddick Teaser Site Up!
Source:
Universal Pictures
Thursday,
December 11, 2003
Universal
Pictures has
launched the teaser website for writer/director David Twohy's The
Chronicles of Riddick, opening June 11 and starring Vin Diesel, Colm
Feore, Alexa Davalos, Karl Urban, Linus Roache, Thandie Newton, Dame
Judi Dench and Keith David.
The site,
for the Pitch Black
follow-up, starts in a similar way as the old site, but when you get to
the main page just click anywhere to start a flash intro featuring the
voice of Dame Judi Dench. Hit the image below to check it out and stay
tuned for the trailer, coming early next week!
Article
Here
The
Chronicles of Riddick Update!
Source:
JoBlo
Tuesday,
December 9, 2003
JoBlo
alerted us that they've
gotten the latest update on the Pitch Black follow-up, The Chronicles
of Riddick, from writer/director David Twohy himself. Vin Diesel
reprises his role of enigmatic anti-hero Richard B. Riddick in the new
science fiction action-adventure epic also starring Colm Feore, Karl
Urban, Thandie Newton and Dame Judi Dench.
Twohy says
that Wednesday at
midnight, the old Pitch Black website will be transformed into a
dimensional portal that will take you on a fly-by of one of the worlds
in the "Riddick" universe. Then on either Monday the 15th or Tuesday
the 16th, the teaser trailer will go online at Apple. It will also be
playing in theaters with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
on the 17th.
Article
Here
Chronicles
Of Riddick Spinoff Novels Coming
Source:
Del Rey
Sunday,
September 14, 2003
Del Rey reports:
Early
reports have Alan Dean
Foster writing the novelization for THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, a
spin-off of the popular sci-fi movie PITCH BLACK. Del Rey will issue
the movie novel in conjunction with the theatrical release of the film
next summer. Vin Diesel will star in the role of Riddick, the
quasi-criminal, intergalactic adventurer who wears the very cool
goggles in PITCH BLACK. An original follow-up novel, also from Del Rey,
which continues the above stated chronicles will follow some months
later.
Article
here
Production
Begins on The Chronicles of Riddick
Source:
Universal Pictures
Wednesday,
July 2, 2003
Universal
Pictures, in
association with Radar Pictures and One Race Productions, has announced
the start of principal photography on the science fiction
action-adventure epic The Chronicles of Riddick, starring Vin Diesel
and co-starring Colm Feore, Alexa Davalos, Karl Urban, Linus Roache,
Thandie Newton and Dame Judi Dench. The film was written and directed
by David Twohy (Below, Pitch Black).
Vin Diesel
reprises his
star-making Pitch Black role of enigmatic anti- hero Richard B. Riddick
in the new science fiction action-adventure epic, The Chronicles of
Riddick.
Riddick
has spent the last
five years on the move among the forgotten worlds on the outskirts of
the galaxy, eluding mercenaries bent on collecting the price on his
head. Now, the fugitive finds himself on planet Helion, home to a
progressive multicultural society, which has been invaded by the Lord
Marshal (Feore), a zealot who targets humans for subjugation with his
army of warriors known as Necromongers.
Exiled to
a subterranean
prison where extremes of temperature range from arctic nights to
volcanic days, Riddick encounters Kyra (Davalos), the lone survivor
from an earlier chapter in his life. His efforts to free himself and
Kyra lead him to the Necromonger command ship, where he is pitted
against the Lord Marshal in an apocalyptic battle with possibly the
fate of all beings-both living and dead-hanging in the balance.
Article
Here
Tuesday,
May 13, 2003 12:41 CDT
According
to The Hollywood
Reporter, newcomer Alexa Davalos has joined the cast
of Universal Pictures' The Chronicles of Riddick for writer-director
David
Twohy. Production begins June 9 in Vancouver on the Pitch Black
follow-up, with
Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton and Karl Urban also
starring.
The second
installment finds
Riddick, now a hunted man, in the middle of two
opposing forces in a major crusade. Davalos will play Kyra, a grown-up
version
of a character that appeared in "Black" who initially was thought to
be a boy but turned out to be a girl.
Nick
Chinlund also has been
added to the cast, playing a character named Toombs
Article
Here
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