Pitch Black News

To be fair there's not a lot of new news coming out about the Riddick film, but Vin Diesel and his team are really good at utilising social media and keeping talk going about their projects, Riddick is no different.

If you follow Vin Diesel on Facebook , you know that he has been dropping little hints from the set of his latest Riddick sequel.

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For months there's been speculation regarding casting news, etc., for the third film in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise tentatively known as Dead Man Stalking , but now all of the official info is finally here.

Universal Pictures, One Race Films and Radar Pictures announced today that principal photography has begun on the action-driven, sci-fi thriller Riddick.

Vin Diesel is giving his fans a lot of early looks at the filming of Riddick . He's already posted two photos and he added this third close-up today! Diesel is currently shooting the film under the direction of David Twohy, who had helmed the previous Riddick outings Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick .

Last week ,Vin Diesel gave us our first look at Riddick from his upcoming sequel to PITCH BLACK and THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK .

Following the first photo of Vin Diesel on the set of Riddick comes this new shot posted by the actor on Sunday.

Actor Vin Diesel will be reprising his role as intergalactic serial killer Richard B. Riddick in the upcoming film CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK.

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Whether or not you're a fan of Vin Diesel and David Twohy 's films featuring the character Riddick , I think you have to admire the fact that, after years of being determined to make a third film featuring Diesel's character, the duo is finally getting the movie made.

Filming is underway on Riddick and Vin Diesel took to his Facebook page to post a behind-the-scenes image of the eponymous character on set.

When 'Pitch Black' came out in 2000, no one would have ever imagined that we'd be looking at the release of a third chapter in the saga of Riddick twelve years later.