R-rating Confirmed for David Twohy’s RIDDICK Starring Vin Diesel
Here’s the most exciting news you’ll hear all minute: the MPAA has given David Twohy’s upcoming ‘Riddick’ film a R rating. Vin Diesel had previously spoken out about having to take a pay cut and work for scale in order to achieve this rating but it’s still nice to hear that it’s official. “Money is always second to art, integrity and spirit… but the real issue is deeper. Can I suspend my life, to momentarily venture to that dark place… called Riddick.” Tears.
Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Nolan Funk, Keri Hilson, Bokeem Woodbine, Jordi Molla, Matt Nable, Conrad Pla, and Raoul Trujillo also star. The film hits theaters next year.
The latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000′s hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004′s The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy.
The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.
The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy.