Vin Diesel Offers an Update on RIDDICK 4

In case you weren’t aware, Vin Diesel and writer/director David Twohy have been developing a fourth installment of the Riddick franchise titled Riddick: Furya, and it’s actually getting close to production.

The script for the film is complete and ready to go. During a recent interview with GamesRadar, Diesel said, "David Twohy, he wrote a great script. It's just a matter of timing when we get that opportunity to shoot that. But I believe we're shooting that in Australia. And it would be the fourth chapter in that series, which would be awesome."

It was previously revealed that Furya is the name of Riddick's homeworld, and this next chapter is said to serve as an origin story for Diesel’s character. Twohy previously said that the film would be a prequel that gives a sense of the character's history.

Diesel went on to say, "We did have great success with Escape From Butcher Bay. It feels like an eternity ago now. But, I imagine that we would take advantage of the gaming space and add an extra chapter, but definitely, the [movie's] script is already written. So it's safe to say that we are moving towards filming the fourth chapter of Riddick."

The tagline, as read by Diesel’s son in a social media post a couple of years ago reads, "Everyone wants to be a beast, until it’s time to do what real beasts do."

I’ve enjoyed the films in the Riddick franchise, and I’ve been looking forward to seeing this next one.