Twohy discusses PITCH BLACK sequels

By: Jennifer H. Tomooka
Date: Friday, October 11, 2002
Source: JoBlo.com

David Twohy (BELOW, THE IMPOSTER) recently spoke with the folks at JoBlo.Com and discussed the future of his PITCH BLACK sequels.

"We're in pre-production," says Twohy. "The script is finished and I've got my production designer on it. Right now we're calling the series the CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK. We're referring to them now as C-1, C-2 and C-3. I'm plotting all three films as we pre-produce this first film."

Twohy also explained the reasoning behind the switch in titles.

"The reason why it's CHRONICLES and not PITCH BLACK 2 is because that would give a false impression of this next film, because not only are we changing genres - the first one was a horror film and this one will be action/adventure/sci-fi - but we're also increasing the scope in such a way that isn't true to the original film," explains Twohy. "All I can say is that it takes the Riddick character and follows him through multiple worlds as he meets multiple adversaries."

Twohy also stated that he is thinking about the possibility of filming the sequels back to back and that no other casting other than Vin Diesel (KNOCKAROUND GUYS, XXX) has been done.

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