In 2004, the Chronicles of Riddick aired with a little bit of animosity from the fans. From there we thought the franchise had fallen off with no hopes of returning. Today a new trailer for the second installment for what is slated to be a trilogy appeared. Starring Vin Diesel this film will be the third in the series following Pitch Black’s events in 2000. What makes this film a bit different then the previous is that Diesel is producing it.
After the fiasco that The Chronicles of Riddick had created the franchise had a lot of back lash. “The theatrical version of The Chronicles of Riddick received mostly negative reviews from film critics, receiving a 29% Rotten rating with an average score of 4.7/10 on aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes and an average 38/100 score on MetaCritic[4] most of the criticism comes from the editing and some of the pacing.
For his performance in the film, Vin Diesel was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actor at the 2004 Golden Raspberry Awards, but lost to George W. Bush for Fahrenheit 9/11.”
The film caught support of sideline merchandising creating a lot of different venues of marketing post release. The film spun off books, animation and video games. The Xbox game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, later ported to the PC, released simultaneously with the film was well received[5] as was the animated short film The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury by Æon Flux director Peter Chung.[citation needed]
The “unrated director’s cut” DVD (featuring scenes which were cut in order to obtain a PG-13 rating) was released on November 16, 2004, and sold 1.5 million copies on the first day alone. On April 7, 2009, a remake of the video game was included with the release of the game sequel The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

In this newest installment, Riddick, Diesel has been independently funded for the film eluding that the effects will not be so much of a block buster but give off more of a simple feel that Pitch Black did. The plot will find the eponymous criminal once more on the run from mercenaries who want the hefty reward his head will bring, he once again ends up on a planet teeming with alien beasts. The beginning of the story will likely tie into the ending of Chronicles and feature cameos from characters who have appeared in the previous films. The film is set to come out in September 2013.