Volgens diverse bronnen loopt Lionsgate te leuren met de internationale rechten op het Berlin Film Festival. Dus dat er een derde Riddick film aan gaat komen is nu onvermijdelijk. Vorig jaar bracht Atari nog een Riddick game uit die door de pers en gamers goed werd ontvangen.

Vin Diesel is going back to the future to topline and produce a third chapter in the "Chronicles of Riddick" franchise.Universal will handle domestic distribution on the sci-fi film, which is titled "Riddick." Lionsgate is selling international rights at the Berlin Film Festival.

David Twohy -- who wrote and directed the first two films in the series, "Pitch Black" and "The Chronicles of Riddick" -- will helm from a screenplay he penned.

Plot details are being kept under wraps. But insiders say the third outing will hew closer in tone to the cult hit "Pitch Black" and will focus on the character of Riddick as opposed to the universe he inhabits, which was the case with the critically panned "Chronicles of Riddick." Still, "Chronicles of Riddick" earned $116 million worldwide and spawned a successful videogame series.