Vin Diesel and writer/director David Twohy have been meeting to look at concept art for a third Riddick movie and discuss a potential shooting schedule, the actor revealed to his 24 million Facebook fans. On Tuesday, Diesel posted a message on his wall telling fans Twohy had good news — they could start filming this summer — but there was a catch. “[I]n order for us to make a true R rated film, I must work for scale upfront. Not unlike the Find me Guilty experience (which I wouldn’t have changed for the world)… Money is always second to art, integrity and spirit… but the real issue is deeper. Can I suspend my life, to momentarily venture to that dark place… called Riddick. Now, I need to hear from Our collective… you. Wisdom and clarity appreciated,” he wrote.Â
More than 26,000 fans “liked” the idea of a sequel, and an hour later, Diesel returned to thank fans for their “interesting and intelligent responses” and let them know he was off to chat again with Twohy. The duo sounds willing to go the lower-budget independent route to make an R movie. Twohy has said before that they had a $22 million budget for 2000′s R-rated introduction to the character, Pitch Black, and that the budget for the 2004 PG-13 sequel The Chronicles of Riddick rose to probably $122 million. “And suddenly when you’ve got all the toys and you can do anything you want, you tend to do too much,” he said. “You don’t make the decisions upfront that allow you to tell a slick, cohesive, coherent story.” (EW gave Pitch Black a B+, and The Chronicles of Riddick a C.)
The Chronicles of Riddick ended with a cliffhanger. To describe it in general terms for Riddick newbies (spoiler alert!): Riddick kills the evil bad leader of the evil bad people, and discovers that means he himself becomes the evil bad leader of the evil bad people.
Am I read this wrong or is he just saying that he’s working scale upfront with a backend option for a percentage of the profits…doesn’t sound so bad to me..unless it bombs…
This is my favorite Vin Diesel characters. Would like to see where they go with this character.
Same. I hope that he goes for it and makes the movie.
he is being atypical of a big movie star by saying he is willing to take a financial risk. most stars want the big check upfront and on the back-end.
“If I say big words, I will look smart!”
I hope he goes for it- I’m looking forward to seeing what happens!
that quote made me laugh SO HARD!!!
He must be trying to move into comedies now.
“Money is always second to art, integrity and spirit”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adding: “Now excuse me while I go do another Fast and Furious movie.”
Beautiful add on Darrin…though I must say “Find Me Guilty” directed by the late great Sidney Lumet is a fantastically underrated film that should be watched. It ranks up there with “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Serpico,” “Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead,” and “Network.” I kid you not and Vin Diesel is terrific in it.
Are you saying you don’t believe him ?
You just made my husband HAPPY Vin-he is a huge fan, I will watch him in anything.
I know for certain that if I was as rich as Vin , I wouldn’t be worried about money.
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