Pitch Black ( titled The Chronicles of Riddick : Pitch Black on its DVD re-release ) is a 2000 American science fiction action horror film co-written and directed by David Twohy . Richard B. Riddick , more commonly known as Riddick , is a fictional character and the antihero of four films in the Riddick series ( Pitch Black , The Chronicles of Riddick , the animated movie The Chronicles of Riddick : Dark Fury , and Riddick ) , as well as the two video games The Chronicles of Riddick : Escape from Butcher Bay and The Chronicles of Riddick : Assault on Dark Athena . Riddick is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film , the third installment in the Riddick film series . The film was released on September 4 , 2013 , in the UK and Ireland , and September 6 , 2013 , in the United States . The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction adventure film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film Pitch Black .
Riddick is in a 2023 film.