There might be some newRiddickin the near future. After starring in threeRiddickmovies so far, Vin Diesel has long been teasing a followup fourth movie. At one point, he announced that the sequel would be calledFuryaand that the plan was to go for an R rating. The actor teamed up with writer-director David Twohy in 2016 to move forward on the project, and in 2019, Diesel said the script had finally been submitted.
Updates have mostly been scarce on the plannedRiddick 4, akaFurya. Now, Vin Diesel seems to be teasing a big update about the sequel or a similarRiddickproject. On Instagram, Diesel posted an image of himself in character as Riddick from a previous movie. In the caption, the actor cryptically wrote, “Incredible meeting today, thanks team you know who you are… Let’s just say [Furya may be] closer than you think. #Riddick”
What we can infer here is thatVin Dieselhad some kind of important meeting concerning theRiddickfranchise. Teasing thatFuryais coming soon, it would also seem that Diesel is suggesting thatRiddick 4finally has a major update. We will just have to wait for additional information to see what Diesel is up to here, but it does seem clear that he’s working on somethingRiddickrelated.
This is a role Vin Diesel has now been playing for over two decades. He debuted as the character in 2000’sPitch Black, a movie that helped to establish Diesel as a genuine Hollywood star. He returned for the successful sequelThe Chronicles of Riddickin 2004, and although his career would continue to skyrocket with other starring roles, Diesel would return to the franchise by starring inRiddickin 2013. Coming up on nearly a decade since that last movie, there’s still no love lost for the series by Vin Diesel.
Back in June,Vin Diesel offered another tease on Riddick 4: Furya. During an interview with GamesRadar, Diesel said, “[Director] David Twohy, he wrote a great script. It’s just a matter of timing when we get that opportunity to shoot that. But I believe we’re shooting that in Australia. And it would be the fourth chapter in that series, which would be awesome.”
He added, “We did have great success with [the video game adaptation]Escape from Butcher Bay. It feels like an eternity ago now. But, I imagine that we would take advantage of the gaming space and add an extra chapter, but definitely, the [movie’s] script is already written. So it’s safe to say that we are moving towards filming the fourth chapter ofRiddick.”
Looking back at these comments, could it be that Vin Diesel has finally gotten the go-ahead to begin production onRiddick 4? It’s hard to say for sure at this point, but whatever news he’s gotten, Diesel is clearly pretty excited about what’s to come. Let’s hope an official announcement forRiddick 4: Furyais forthcoming.
Meanwhile, Vin Diesel continues to star in theFast & Furiousseries. He has confirmed that the final two movies will start shooting in January, marking the beginning of the end for the story of Dom Toretto. Even so, he has said he’d be happy to come back for aFast & Furiousmusical, so perhaps we never really know what’s going to come next from the actor.
