Everything We Know About Riddick 4

Vin Diesel is returning for Riddick 4: Furya. Here's what we know about the sequel's development status, story details, and potential release date.

The development of Riddick 4: Furya has slowly been picking up steam. It was first announced back in 2014 that Universal Pictures wished to move forward with a fourth installment of the Riddick franchise. In 2015, Vin Diesel announced Riddick 4 would be titled Furya and confirmed it was a rated-R film. Since then, the movie has stalled in pre-production, and Vin Diesel has focused on his other titular character Dom Toretto in his lucrative Fast & Furious franchise.

The Riddick franchise’s first three movies, Pitch Black (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), and Riddick (2013), were by no means critically acclaimed or blockbuster hits. However, the popularity of the Riddick character has accumulated a vast fanbase that allowed the franchise to expand beyond its films. The character also has two fairly popular first-person stealth video games, an anime series, a comic book series, and a Riddick Spinoff Show called Merc City is currently in development.

The character of Riddick was first introduced in Pitch Black as a dark, dangerous criminal being transported to an off-world prison. When the transport crashlands on a foreign monster-filled planet, Riddick uses his unique skills and abilities to survive until daylight. This original characterization developed further during The Chronicles of Riddick, when the titular character fulfilled a prophecy that Lord Marshall would one day be killed by a Furyan male. While precise plot details remain unclear, it seems certain that the antihero’s story will continue to be explored in the franchise’s next installment. Here is a breakdown of everything currently known about the development of Riddick 4: Furya.

Riddick 4 Cast & Crew: Vin Diesel Is Coming Back, Who Else?

Alongside movie star Vin Diesel, the writers and directors of the first three films will also be returning for Riddick 4: Furya. Riddick 4: Furya will be written and directed by the same creators of the first three films. David Twohy will direct and co-write alongside Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat. Furya is still in the early stages of development, so no casting has commenced or at least been made public. However, the screenplay was completed in 2021, and a recent Instagram post from Vin Diesel suggests that pre-production has moved on to the storyboarding phase.

Riddick 4 Story Details: What We Know

Vin Diesel has suggested Riddick 4: Furya will delve into the mysterious origins of his character, Riddick, as the Furyan fugitive finally discovers his homeworld of Furya. In The Chronicles of Riddick, Riddick’s homeworld Furya was described as a harsh world where only the strongest could survive. The storyboard slide Vin Diesel shared on Instagram showed Riddick in a spacesuit with a shocked expression on his face with a caption reading: “Scene 10 – The boy’s eyes shine just like Riddick’s.” Hinting the exploration of Riddick’s backstory might be done by introducing other characters like him on his homeworld, such as this mysterious boy that has left Riddick stunned.

Riddick 4 Release Date Prediction

Riddick 4: Furya may still be a few years away from being released. Vin Diesel is currently busy filming Fast X, which has seen its own number of setbacks with the departure of director Justin Lin. It has also been determined Vin Diesel wishes to film Fast X and Fast 11 back to back and finish Dom’s Fast Saga story before continuing on his next chapter with Riddick. With this in consideration, filming for Riddick 4: Furya may not commence until early-mid 2023, which would slate it for a 2024 release.