‘Riddick’ Finds More Money, Production To Restart Soon
Nothing is coming easy toVin DieselandDavid Twohywhen it comes to making anotherRiddickmovie. Afteryears of developmentand teases, the star and writer/directorfinally began productionon the sequel toPitch BlackandThe Chronicles of Riddicka few months ago buthad to stop in the middleof shooting because they ran out of money. A new report says that problem has been solved, however. More money has been raised and filming will resume after Christmas. Read more after the jump.
TMZ(viaCollider) broke this news and states thatRiddickwas shooting in Montreal in late October when the cast and crew were locked out because the owner of the studio hadn’t been paid. Now, however, those debts have been paid and production will reportedly restart on December 28.
Running out of money isn’t an uncommon occurrence for independently produced features. It just so happens that, after the bomb that wasThe Chronicles of Riddick, it’s a miracle this film is being produced at all. It probably shouldn’t have happened, no studio would touch it, and it’s been made possible solely through the passion of Diesel and Twohy. (you’re able to read through it’s history backwards atthis link.) This film will reportedly be much more moderate, like the originalPitch Black,in contrast to the massively expensive and extravagant studio production that wasChronicles.
Here’s the reported plot synopsis for the film, which stars Dieseland possiblyKarl Urban, Katee Sackhoff and Bokeem Woodbine:
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick (Diesel) fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.
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