R-rated Riddick Return

[GreenScar]

This one's for you Diesel!

During an exclusive interview with Bloody-Disgusting this morning, David Twohy confirmed that he and Vin Diesel are indeed discussing a RIDDICK sequel and they are hoping to find a way to return to the R-rated origins of the series. "I’ve sketched out two ideas for continuing RIDDICK, one of which Vin and I have settled in on," Twohy tells BD. "At the studio level, it would have to be a PG-13 movie again and we don’t want to do that again. We want an R, so we are looking at the possibility of setting it up as an independent movie and selling it territory by territory and thereby keeping an ownership stake in the movie. But we’re trying to see what that would yield in this unsafe market..."

"So we’re trying to figure out what that number is and if we can make the movie that we want to make for that number. It’s a complicated formula."

If the stars should align just right financially for a RIDDICK sequel, Twohy says he’d be up for going into production as early as 2010. "It could be my next movie. I know Vin’s going to slide in XXX first. He’s doing a sequel to that the first of the year. So the soonest we could launch would be sometime next year."

Twohy has also finished another script for a thriller that could go next. "[My next movie] could be a supernatural thriller called CRYING HAVOC that Ridley Scott would produce and I would direct. It’s about an FBI agent who uses technology to track a spy across the world only to learn that the spy is more of a demon than a man. That chase leads our FBI agent into the lower circles of hell, at least psychologically speaking. I think it’s a very cool supernatural thriller with a lot of great visuals to it. That’s already written and that could pop next. Ridley has been shepherding that project along."

Either way, RIDDICK remains close to Twohy’s heart. He encouraged by the fan enthusiasm for the project and hopes he gets the chance to continue that series soon. "I get a lot of e-mail about RIDDICK," says Twohy. "I think there’s an audience for it, but you never know. I’ve probably gotten two thousand e-mails on it, but if only two thousand people show up at the theater, you know? But we think about it, we think about it a lot."

[Darth Spartan99]

Nice...Fingers Crossed...

[Billy Rickey]

They should make it PG-13 and than when it comes on Blu just include an unrated version with it

[Oddiophile]

Originally Posted by Billy Rickey

They should make it PG-13 and than when it comes on Blu just include an unrated version with it

That's what I was thinking. PG-13 in the theaters, unrated on DVD & Blu.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Billy Rickey

They should make it PG-13 and than when it comes on Blu just include an unrated version with it

Why compromise integrity like that?

Logan

[xtop]

yeah. i'd rather they shot for an R rating from the get-go. i enjoyed pitch black, the sequel not as much. lets hope for better with this one

[Diesel]

YES!!!

PG-13 or R, I don't care, as long as they make the movie THEY want not what a STUDIO wants.

[nward]

although an R movie sequel would be nice i wouldnt want them to ditch the project all together if this is not possible.

[CAB]

I wonder if the blu-ray.com faithful could help with financing. I'd pitch in a few K.

[Billy Rickey]

Originally Posted by CAB

I wonder if the blu-ray.com faithful could help with financing. I'd pitch in a few K.

It will take millions not thousands so a few thousand won't help

[Billy Rickey]

I don't see why they won't sell to Universal the last movie was pretty good

[Steve]

I really hope this works out well. This movie should have been made several years ago.

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by Diesel

YES!!!

PG-13 or R, I don't care, as long as they make the movie THEY want not what a STUDIO wants.

+10000

Looks exciting! I saw Pitch Black, and I was pretty impressed by it. Can't wait to see a new, and more grittier Riddick movie.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Billy Rickey

It will take millions not thousands so a few thousand won't help

Thanks for that. My thought was perhaps more than just me.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by CAB

Thanks for that. My thought was perhaps more than just me.

I wish I could afford to invest in it. I can promise a few tickets when it comes out though!

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by GreenScar

I wish I could afford to invest in it. I can promise a few tickets when it comes out though!

I'll be seeing it 3 times minimum

I love me some Riddick movies.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I'll be seeing it 3 times minimum

I love me some Riddick movies.

And buying the unrated director's cut.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by CAB

And buying the unrated director's cut.

That is a given

I still need to pick up Pitch Black

[PH3AR]

OMG! YESSSSS!

I rather see it R rated in theaters than the whole pg-13 in theaters then R on blu, but as long as it gets made im happy!

[jtwise]

i hope it gets made soon