SUBMITTED BY Typhon24

April 3, 2003 —

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Karl Urban, better known as Eomer in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," is set and Thandie Newton is negotiations to join the cast of Universal Pictures' "Chronicles of Riddick" for writer-director David Twohy, Radar Pictures and One Race Prods. Production begins June 9 in Vancouver, with Vin Diesel, Judi Dench and Colm Feore also starring. "Riddick" continues the adventures of intergalactic prisoner Riddick, a character first introduced in the 2000 film "Pitch Black."