hmm…apparently ive never posted about the upcoming pitch black sequel with vin diesel…the chronicles of riddick. couldve sworn i did. i think i was a little unsure about its prospects and was waiting to be impressed. i suppose now tho it deserves a mention, because the second trailer released today is absolutely slick. where the first pitch black was gritty and realistic, the chronicles takes an alternate path towards highly stylized future baroque, in the same vein as david lynch’s dune. vin diesel is still kicking ass as riddick, the annoying little androgynous pest jack/jackie from the first pitch black grew up to become the hottie kyra, and even eomer shows up as one of the top nut-kickers, vaako. they even have dame judi dench yo.
while we’re on the chronicles of riddick, i should also mention dark fury too…the accompanying animated story for the chronicles. similar to how the animatrix collection of animes accompanied the matrix sequels, dark fury is an animation produced by peter chung (aeon flux) that bridges the first pitch black and the chronicles. the dvd comes out on june 15 (4 days after the premiere) and should be interesting.
> the chronicles of riddick trailer 2 (via ign)
> dark fury trailer (via cinescape)
Riddick does look impressive – and all I saw of it was five seconds of a trailer (not sure which one). Hot damn.
Ready, set, bittorrent!!
Kidding aside, I think this will be the first movie in a long time that I’ll actually see in the theaters. It’s that good (or at least we hope so).