When a meteor storm strikes down a space transport, the eleven marooned survivors discover their barren and hot desert-scape fills with flesh-eating reptiles when engulfed in darkness. Their best chance for survival, a man with surgically-enhanced eyes that allow him to see in the dark, Riddick (Vin Diesel), also happens to be an escaped convict. And every twenty-two years, all three suns go down for a month-long eclipse.

Defender of the Universe David Twohy broke into Hollywood writing Critters 2 and Warlock before successes like The Fugitive, Terminal Velocity, and G.I. Jane. His directing debut Timescape, starred Jeff Daniels as a time-conspiracy chaser. Pitch Black was followed by The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), and Riddick (2013). In 2019, Vin Diesel posted to social media confirming he had received a script for Riddick 4: Furya.