The Riddick series is one of Vin Diesel’s favorite projects, which is why he keeps working on sequels to continue telling the story of the anti-hero Richard B. Riddick. After more than ten years, there is finally the green light for a fourth part of the series, which started in 2000 with Pitch Black – Planet of Darkness. A new home cinema edition of the first film is being released today in the best image quality and with extensive bonus material.
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This is what the 3-disc special edition of Pitch Black contains
21 years after the film was released, the new special edition is now being released and it really has a lot to offer. You can experience Pitch Black in the director’s cut on Blu-ray or on 4K UHD with Dolby Atmos sound. The third disc contains approximately six hours of bonus material.
In addition to lots of features and two audio commentaries, there is world exclusive interviews with different crew members in front of and behind the camera. You can also watch the TV prequel Into Pitch Black. In addition, the 35-minute animated film Riddick: Warriors of Darkness is also represented 80-minute Riddick – Chronicles of a Warrior, which bridges the gap between Pitch Black and its sequel, Riddick. In addition to the new 3-disc special edition *, there is also the Pitch Black Mediabook *, which is limited to 666 copies and contains a 28-page book section.
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That’s what the sci-fi horror Pitch Black is about
A transport spacecraft crashes on a dusty, overheated planet surrounded by three suns. Among the survivors is the felon Richard B. Riddick (Diesel). But he’s not the biggest threat on the planet, because there are a lot of people living there bloodthirsty creatures. Actually, they can only be found in dark caves because they cannot tolerate light. But now, of all times, a total solar eclipse is approaching and the fight for survival begins for Riddick and the other passengers.
After a break of over ten years, the Riddick series is being continued
Four years after the first part, Riddick: Chronicles of a Warrior was published in 2004. The third part, Riddick: Survival is His Revenge, took nine years to arrive and eleven years have already passed since then, but Vin Diesel and regular director David Twohy are still sticking to the popular sci-fi series. Last year it was officially confirmed that it green light for Riddick 4: Furya
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In January, Deadline reported that license sales had begun to finance the film. Twohy wrote the script again, Diesel will produce the film and play the lead role. A sequel is due not least to the fans, who have been demanding a quarter part for years. A start date is still unclear, but the plot is already known.
“In this new feature film, we return to Riddick’s homeworld, where we can finally explore the origins of Riddick“, Twohy explained. Riddick barely remembers this place and fears that the Necromonger villains might not have left much of him left. Surprising he finds other Furyans, and some are more like him than he could have ever imagined. Together they have to fight for survival against a new enemy.
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