Twohy creating a CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK spinoff

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Monday, June 07, 2004
Source: Sci Fi Wire

Sci Fi Wire reports that CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK director/writer David Twohy is currently penning a two-hour movie for The Sci Fi Channel that would flesh out what happened to the Kyra character seen in the upcoming RIDDICK movie. The character was first introduced as a boyish young teen in PITCH BLACK, but in the five years since the events seen in the two films, the character has blossomed into a beautiful but ferocious fighter.

The idea is that if the cable movie is a success, the Channel will spin it off into an ongoing series. "They want to do a sort of KYRA, THE LOST YEARS," explains Twohy at Sci Fi Wire. The series would show what happened when Kyra chose to try and find Riddick after PITCH BLACK and what "trouble befell her along the way."

Twohy also believes that if the show went to series it's doubtful the same actress that played Kyra in CHRONICLES would portray her in the KYRA pilot and series for two reasons. He explains Alexa Davalos is seeking to continue a feature film career, not television, and besides that the character is supposed to be barely a teenager in the pilot.


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