Riddick: Furya Moving Ahead With Vin Diesel, David Twohy

The Riddick franchise is getting its fourth entry, with Vin Diesel and David Twohy reuniting for Riddick: Furya. Deadline reports that the long-in-development film is coming together with Twohy back to direct as he has the last three films, while Diesel will reprise his role as the titular character.

The new film will see Riddick returns to his home world at last where he finds that despite his worry that the Necromongers destroyed it, other Furyans are there fighting for their lives against a new enemy — and some of the Furyans are more like him than he thought.

The franchise started with Pitch Black in 2000 and was followed up by The Chronicles of Riddick in 2004 and Riddick in 2013. It has grossed $267.3 million worldwide with the most recent film grossing $98.3 million on its own against a $38 million budget.

“Our legion fans have demanded it for years, and now we’re finally ready to honor their call to action with Riddick: Furya,” Twhoy told the site. “My collaboration with Vin and One Race has spanned 20 fruitful years, as together we’ve created three movies, two video games, an anime production, and motion comics for the internet. This new big-screen event will see a return to Riddick’s homeworld, where we finally get to explore Riddick’s genesis.”