{"id":1652,"date":"2007-11-19T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2021-03-12T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T14:41:08","slug":"riddicks-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1652","title":{"rendered":"Riddick’s Return?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>One of my favorite movies is “Pitch Black.”<\/span><\/a> I loved how it came out of nowhere, without a big name writer, director or stars and nailed it. Everything about the movie worked for me. Especially Vin Diesel<\/span> as Riddick<\/span>. I also thought it was cool that writer\/director<\/span>, David Twohy<\/span> and Vin Diesel<\/span> were in sync with the character of Riddick<\/span>; so much so that they planned to bring him back in a trilogy.<\/span>I have to admit that “The Riddick Chronicles”<\/span><\/a> was a bit of a let down. Suddenly we learn that Riddick<\/span> isn’t human and will play a role in saving the universe. Argh. I liked Riddick<\/span> as a tougher than nails, human ex-con on the run who cares for no one except himself and his own survival… and yet risks his life to save a child. Still, “The Chronicles of Riddick”<\/span> had it’s moments [and enough of them to earn the movie a place in my dvd library]. And yeah, I’d still like to see more of Twohy<\/span> and Diesel<\/span> teaming to bring us further adventures of Riddick<\/span>. Two movies and an animated adventure<\/span><\/a> just weren’t enough. There was so much untapped potential with Riddick that there had to be another movie. That seemed unlikely since “The Riddick Chronicles”<\/span> didn’t do as well at the box office as hoped. <\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe things have changed. David Twohy<\/span> recently announced on his website<\/span>: “All I can say now is ‘We’re talking about it.’ The DVD <\/span>numbers were really good – we know that, and some potential financiers know that. But if another movie surfaces, it probably won’t be a Universal<\/span> movie and probably will be an independent movie. Which means we’ll have to make it for substantially less than the last installment. That’s okay. ‘Pitch Black’ <\/span>was $22 million<\/span> all in. Maybe it’s time to go back to our roots – as we go on to The UnderVerse<\/span>. “<\/span><\/p>\n

Now THAT’S what I’m talking about.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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