I’m sure more than a few of you were throwing fist pumps and high fives when we announced Vin Diesel and David Twohy are reteaming to bring us a new RIDDICK film. That bombshell was dropped back in February, and we’ve since caught wind of the first story details for the flick as well as a quick Facebook update from Diesel himself. Well, The Diesel has kept his promise from his last update and just uploaded some pretty sweet concept artwork for the upcoming film. Peep it below!
While still in development, here’s what we know so far about RIDDICK:
Though billed as a back-to-basics approach to the character popularized by Diesel, the script for RIDDICK features the character — the most wanted man in the galaxy — left for dead on a barren alien planet, dealing with “trisons” (three-legged bisons) and “mud demons.” He must then contend with two squads of bounty hunters, one of which ride rockets called jetcycles.
Sounds fun enough, but I’m not sure which beasty below is supposed to be depicted. My guess is it’s a mud demon, seeing how Riddick’s knee-deep in sludge and the monster seems to be rockin’ 4 limbs. Either way, that shite looks pretty badass!
Here’s what Diesel had to say on his Facebook page:
Early Riddick concept art… first frame of a 2D Motion Choreography Study.
Grrrr…
The Furian… left for dead…
p.s. Being involved in the various preproduction engines, I am afforded an education that is priceless. I have always been a fan of internships as a way of education. When Steven Spielberg hired me for ‘Ryan, the running joke was, that I would have come to set to just get him coffee… haha, he didn’t have to write a role for me – it was an amazingly educational experience.
I don’t recall, did Claudia Black die in PITCH BLACK? If not, why wan’t she in the sequel? Bring her back, damn it…bring her back!