SUBMITTED BY Typhon24

March 14, 2003 —

From E! Online:

Later this month, [Vin] Diesel jets to Vancouver, British Columbia, to begin rehearsals with Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Karl Urban and Thandie Newton on the first of two follow-ups to Pitch Black, the sleeper hit that put him on the Hollywood map. But it's not just a sequel, Riddick will, like The Lord of the Rings, be a trilogy.

"The objective was never to make a sequel to Pitch Black," Diesel says, "but to explore the universe Riddick lives in and to explore whatever his purpose is in this universe. These movies will involve plane travel through different dimensions."