Tag: Riddick

  • 8 Best Karl Urban Movies, Ranked

    8 Best Karl Urban Movies, Ranked

    While he may be best known right now for his highly entertaining role as Billy Butcher on Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys, Karl Urban has an absolute monopoly on being in popular franchises. Between the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the work of Robert Kirkman, Riddick, Star Trek, the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, the Red series, and…

  • ‘Riddick’ Review: Vin Diesel Isn’t Fighting for Family in Space

    ‘Riddick’ Review: Vin Diesel Isn’t Fighting for Family in Space

    “There are bad days, and then there are legendary bad days.” If there was ever one line that could sum up the experience of watching Riddick, the most recent entry to date in the biggest Vin Diesel franchise that isn’t Fast and Furious, it would be that one. A film that embraces the cheese though…

  • Vin Diesel to Return for ‘Riddick: Furya,’ Reuniting with Filmmaker David Twohy

    Vin Diesel to Return for ‘Riddick: Furya,’ Reuniting with Filmmaker David Twohy

    Vin Diesel is set to return for a fourth film in the “Riddick” franchise, titled “Riddick: Furya.”The new film is written and directed by David Twohy, who first teamed up with Diesel on 2000’s “Pitch Black,” and continued the hit sci-fi franchise with two sequels, 2004’s “The Chronicles of Riddick” and 2013’s “Riddick.”Diesel will star…

  • Vin Diesel Had To Fight For An R-Rated Riddick Film

    Vin Diesel Had To Fight For An R-Rated Riddick Film

    As of 2018, the Motion Picture Association (formally the Motion Picture Association of America) has given R-ratings to about 57 percent of the films they’ve rated, according to a report from THR. That number makes it sound like getting an R-rated film made is easy. However, with the advent of the PG-13 rating in 1984,…

  • How A Fast & Furious Cameo Earned Vin Diesel The Rights To Riddick

    How A Fast & Furious Cameo Earned Vin Diesel The Rights To Riddick

    Vin Diesel’s surprise appearance at the end of “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” was a bit of a mind-blower at the time. What was initially an unconnected entry in a series about street racing turned out to bridge previously existing characters within a shared universe, predating the “Iron Man” post-credits scene by two…

  • Katee Sackhoff Returns To Horror In Night Of The Animated Dead [Interview]

    Katee Sackhoff Returns To Horror In Night Of The Animated Dead [Interview]

    This has turned out to be a banner year for fans of the late director George A. Romero. First, there was the release of his long-lost 1975 film “The Amusement Park” and now his 1968 horror masterwork “Night of the Living Dead” has been faithfully remade in animation form by Warner Bros. and titled “Night of the…

  • Daily Podcast: Quentin Tarantino’s New Projects, Dwayne Johnson’s Red One, Riddick 4, and More

    Daily Podcast: Quentin Tarantino’s New Projects, Dwayne Johnson’s Red One, Riddick 4, and More

    On the June 29, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including new projects from Quentin Tarantino, Dwayne Johnson’s holiday movie Red One, the possibility of a fourth Riddick movie, and what’s to come from the final Fast…