Thing is vin seems like a good guy, and from what i have read he is really into the riddick character and the whole world or at lest the idea of it all, so much so that i think he has sunk a good chunk of his own money into the series over the years trying to get something going.
So bob playing this movie off as a vanity project seems overly dismissive, i think vin really wants this character to take off, is remaking pitch black the best way to do it? doubtful, pb was what it was and it worked well for the time, it was well reviewed when it came out by critics also.
From some of the comments above it seems this is meant as a reboot for the series, with riddick as the central character this time full out, pb he was just a supporting character, he had not risen to "star" status until after the movie came out.
i wish him the best of luck with this, really hope it does well, i would much rather see him making more of theses, than any fast and furious crap.
Far as it comparing to star wars, well it holds up very well vs. episodes 1 2 and 3. but that is not saying much. but every riddick movie be it pb or chronicles has been better than any of the sw prequils.
So bob playing this movie off as a vanity project seems overly dismissive, i think vin really wants this character to take off, is remaking pitch black the best way to do it? doubtful, pb was what it was and it worked well for the time, it was well reviewed when it came out by critics also.
From some of the comments above it seems this is meant as a reboot for the series, with riddick as the central character this time full out, pb he was just a supporting character, he had not risen to "star" status until after the movie came out.
i wish him the best of luck with this, really hope it does well, i would much rather see him making more of theses, than any fast and furious crap.
Far as it comparing to star wars, well it holds up very well vs. episodes 1 2 and 3. but that is not saying much. but every riddick movie be it pb or chronicles has been better than any of the sw prequils.