Plot details arise on Riddick

Last week we reported that the third Chronicles of Riddick feature, entitled simply as Riddick, is already on the fast track with Vin Diesel reprising his role as the anti-hero of sorts. The Hollywood Reporter got the latest on what exactly the third film will entail story-wise.:

“Riddick” delivers on both counts. Though billed as a back-to-basics approach to the character popularized by Diesel, the script features the character — the most wanted man in the galaxy — left for dead on a barren alien planet, dealing with “trisons” (three-legged bisons) and “mud demons.” He must then contend with two squads of bounty hunters, one of which ride rockets called jetcycles.

Directing the upcoming picture is David Twohy, who helmed The Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch Black, the previous two installments of this trilogy. Writing the script will also be Twohy with Diesel, Samantha Vincent and Ted Field producing. The feature is expected to come out under Universal Pictures sometime in 2012.