History Franchise / TheChroniclesOfRiddick

* RetCon: Riddick's status as a Furyan. In the first film he was just a particularely tough, but still human escaped convict who got a surgical procedure from a doctor in prison to allow him to see in the dark. In the sequels, he's rewritten to be a ProudWarriorRaceGuy from the extinct Furyans, and the "shinejob" on his eyes was supernaturally bestowed on him by the vision of a dead Furyan woman. All these are things which Riddick dismisses in the moment as hallucinations, attributing his abilities to other more mundane sources (hence why he "discovers" the truth of his heritage in ''Chronicles'' despite benefiting from it earlier.) ''Escape from Butcher Bay'' and ''Dark Fury'', which were written as tie-ins to the second movie, do their best to enforce it. ''Assault on Dark Athena'' goes in the opposite direction by downplaying it and not mentioning the Furyans even once.

--> '''Riddick:''' "[[CutHisOutHeartWithASpoon I'll kill you with my teacup]]."

** ''VideoGame/ChroniclesOfRiddickEscapeFromButcherBay'' has Riddick telling Johns about how "Statistically speaking, [space shuttle] landings are the most dangerous." as their shuttle begins to enter the atmosphere. [[spoiler: At the end cutscene of the the game, Riddick (who is now piloting the shuttle) he comes close to repeating the same line, but instead says "Statistically speaking, takeoffs are the most dangerous."]]

*** Becomes a double-example [[spoiler: during the climactic fight with Johns.]]
--> [[spoiler" '''Riddick (to Johns):''']] [[spoiler: "Remember that moment?"]]

--> '''Riddick:''' "[[CutOutHisHeartWithASpoon I'll kill you with my teacup]]."

-->"You're not afraid of the dark...are you?"

A third movie titled ''Film/{{Riddick}}'' (or, depending on the country, ''Riddick: Rule the Dark'') was released on September 6, 2013. Plotwise, the movie is essentially [[JustForFun/XMeetsY a combo of]] ''Pitch Black'' and ''Dark Fury'': Riddick is stranded on a desert planet of ruined human colonies, hideous monstrosities and violent planetary cataclysms and weather patterns much like the first film, but is pursued by Mercenaries with advanced and bizarre technologies and genetic enhancement, much like in ''Dark Fury''. The trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxDEjDMreA here.]]

'''''The Chronicles of Riddick''''' (or simply '''''Riddick''''') is a series of ScienceFiction[=/=][[LowFantasy Low]] [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]] ScienceFantasy franchise set in the 27th century. Its titular character, Richard B. Riddick, is notable for being a LastOfHisKind AntiHero portrayed by VinDiesel.

!Works in this franchise:

!!The Films:

!!The Games:

!!The Animated Film:

!This franchise provides examples of the following tropes:

* LightningBruiser: Despite his size and weight, Riddick is incredibly quick on his feet and is capable of performing amazing feats of physical athleticism, such as leaping great distances, running without stop for long periods of time and being strong enough to go toe to toe with a Bioraptor and mutilating it.

** Considering most of the bad rap comes through the filter of other, worse people, Riddick is more likely an [[AntiHero]] [[HeroWithBadPublicity with Bad Publicity]].

* FriendToAllChildren: Riddick seems to have a soft spot for children. In the DVD extras, this is mentioned as the only reason Johns ever caught him in the first place. He seemingly was willing to leave Jack to die in ''Pitch Black'', though, so this only goes so far.
** VinDiesel stated in the commentary that Riddick didn't think there was any way all of them could get off the planet alive, so his decision to leave them behind was based on logic, not selfishness.

->"''In normal times, evil would be fought by good. But in times like these, [[EvilVersusEvil it must be fought by a different kind of evil]].''"
--> -- '''Aereon''', ''[[Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick The Chronicles of Riddick]]''

'''''The Chronicles of Riddick''''' is a series of ScienceFiction[=/=][[LowFantasy Low]] [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]] ScienceFantasy franchise set in the 27th century. Its titular character, Richard B. Riddick, is notable for being a LastOfHisKind AntiHero portrayed by VinDiesel.

David Twohy, director of ''Pitch Black'', ''Chronicles'' and ''Riddick'' [[http://collider.com/david-twohy-riddick-interview/ intends to follow up the third film with another big-budget, sweeping film about the constellation of stars and planets called "Underverse" that the Necromongers are crusading towards, and after that another low-budget, focused character story about Riddick's return to Furya]].

'''''The Chronicles of Riddick''''' (or simply '''''Riddick''''') is a series of ScienceFiction[=/=][[LowFantasy Low]] [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]] ScienceFantasy franchise set in the 27th century. Its titular character, Richard B. Riddick, is notable for being a LastOfHisKind AntiHero portrayed by VinDiesel.

* NobleDemon: From this series we have Noble Demon Riddick. He's a villain in almost every way; a savage murderer and psychopath with a ''really'' sick sense of humour, but EvenEvilHasStandards, and it seems he WouldntHurtAChild (he seems to like children, and in return he often fascinates them).

A third movie titled ''Film/{{Riddick}} (or, depending on the country, ''Riddick: Rule the Dark'') was released on September 6, 2013. Plotwise, the movie is essentially [[JustForFun/XMeetsY a combo of]] ''Pitch Black'' and ''Dark Fury'': Riddick is stranded on a desert planet of ruined human colonies, hideous monstrosities and violent planetary cataclysms and weather patterns much like the first film, but is pursued by Mercenaries with advanced and bizarre technologies and genetic enhancement, much like in ''Dark Fury''. The trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxDEjDMreA here.]]

A third movie titled ''Film/{{Riddick}} (or ''Riddick: Rule the Dark, depending on the country) was released on September 6, 2013. Plotwise, the movie is essentially [[JustForFun/XMeetsY a combo of]] ''Pitch Black'' and ''Dark Fury'': Riddick is stranded on a desert planet of ruined human colonies, hideous monstrosities and violent planetary cataclysms and weather patterns much like the first film, but is pursued by Mercenaries with advanced and bizarre technologies and genetic enhancement, much like in ''Dark Fury''. The trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxDEjDMreA here.]]

* ''Film/{{Riddick}}'' (upcoming 2013)

--> -- '''Aereon''', ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''

It has been announced that a third movie is due for release in late 2013, titled ''[[Film/{{Riddick}} Riddick]]'' or ''Riddick: Rule the Dark'', depending on the country. Plotwise, the movie is essentially [[JustForFun/XMeetsY a combo of]] ''Pitch Black'' and ''Dark Fury'': Riddick is stranded on a desert planet of ruined human colonies, hideous monstrosities and violent planetary cataclysms and weather patterns much like the first film, but is pursued by Mercenaries with advanced and bizarre technologies and genetic enhancement, much like in ''Dark Fury''. The trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxDEjDMreA here.]]

* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' (2004)

In 2000, ''Film/PitchBlack'' was a surprise hit and quickly gained a cult following. The studio execs, spotting the series as a CashCowFranchise, thus began the expansion of the ''Riddick'' universe through several releases. In 2004, the universe was expanded through videogame prequel ''VideoGame/EscapeFromButcherBay'' and animated sequel ''WesternAnimation/DarkFury'', which both detail the events before and shortly after ''{{Pitch Black}}'' respectively. Both were met with praise, with ''Butcher Bay'' being both a very popular game and easily one of the [[MagnumOpus biggest fan favorites in the series.]]

Whilst the game and animation were very well-received sequels, the same cannot be said for movie sequel ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', [[BrokenBase which has strongly divided the fanbase]]; not only was it widely panned critically, it still maintains some fans despite flat out [[FanonDiscontinuity disownment]] from some. Additionally, 2009 saw a second game, named ''VideoGame/AssaultOnDarkAthena'', released to act as a sequel to ''Butcher Bay'' and as a second prequel to ''Pitch Black''. Like the movie sequel, ''Dark Athena'' had a great standard to meet, [[ToughActToFollow and is generally considered to have fallen short]] (though still good in it's own right.)

It has been announced that a third movie is due for release in late 2013, titled ''[[Film/{{Riddick}} Riddick]]'' or ''Riddick: Rule The Dark'', depending on the Country. Plotwise, the movie is essentially [[JustForFun/XMeetsY a combo of]] ''Pitch Black'' and ''Dark Fury'': Riddick is stranded on a Desert planet of ruined human colonies, hideous monstrosities and violent planetary cataclysms and weather patterns much like the first film, but is pursued by Mercenaries with advanced and bizarre technologies and genetic enhancement, much like in ''Dark Fury''. The trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxDEjDMreA here.]]

* TheAlcatraz: At least three of these are seen in the series. The second movie, simply called ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', has Crematoria, where the prisoners stay in their underground prison because the sunrise sets the atmosphere on fire. Riddick [[OutrunTheFireball outruns it]]. ''VideoGame/EscapeFromButcherBay'' is set in the virtually inescapable Butcher Bay prison (see the videogame's page for more details). A flash animation on one of the official websites featured Ursa Luna Slam City, which Riddick also escaped from.

* AllThereInTheManual

* InformedAbility: Riddick being so evil while all the killing he do is in self-defense.