Diesel And Twohy On The Future Of "Riddck"

Vin Diesel says that further adventures of his blind anti-hero are possible if "Riddick" does well enough--but that any sequel is some time off.

He tells Maria Menounos:

"It’s a miracle that Riddick exists, it’s a miracle that we’re back on the boards, it’s a miracle that we just unlocked the key to the continuation of this franchise. I don’t want to mislead anybody with the recent success of [the Fast & Furious film franchise]. I’m not going to be able to do Riddick at the same pace as Fast & Furious. It’s just… It’s just too dark."

"Riddick" director David Twohy says he and Diesel believe there are "two more movies" left in the film franchise.

He tells Screenrant:

"I think it’s good that we are looking at ending the series so it doesn’t feel like an open-ended thing, like we’re doing it just for monetary reasons… I think there’s a real end to this and I know what that last movie looks like. The real question is: is it like a two-parter rather than a one-parter? So I think we’re both thinking the same thing, that there’s two more movies in the series."

That last film would be set on Riddick's home planet of Furya:

"That’s where we end up. I know what that movie looks like, I’ve talked it out. It has all the right notes, it’s a great movie. The real question is: what do you do before you get there? Is it a voyage through the Necromonger universe? Do you have to earn the right to return home by some trial of fire? That’s what we’re talking about doing. Perhaps"

Diesel and Twohy also talked to SFX a few weeks ago about what the future may hold as well...