Vin Diesel, David Twohy Reunite For ‘Riddick: Furya’

Vin Diesel and David Twohy are reuniting for Riddick: Furya, the fourth installment of the action series that launched with the 2000 hit Pitch Black. as well as writing the film Twohy will also be writing. Diesel will star and produce under his One Race Films banner alongside Samantha Vincent, who will also serve as the producer. In the new film, Riddick finally returns to his home planet, a place he barely remembers and fears might be left in ruin by the vicious Necromongers, a religious empire that believes life is an affront to the natural order of the universe.

For those who don’t remember, Pitch Black told the story of a group of survivors getting transported to a prison colony, getting deserted on a barren desert planet, and being picked off one by one by an unseen creature.

Diesel and Twohy succeeded Pitch Black with 2004’s The Chronicles of Riddick, an animated film titled The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, and 2013’s Riddick.

According to Deadline, Twohy said of the film, “My collaboration with Vin and One Race has spanned 20 fruitful years, as together we’ve created three movies, two video games, an anime production, and motion comics for the internet. This new big-screen event will see a return to Riddick’s homeworld, where we finally get to explore Riddick’s genesis.”