Vin Diesel set to return as Riddick in 2013



 Among the other sequels and prequels that we will be seeing in 2013, Riddick, the next sequel in The Chronicles of Riddick, will be hitting screens globally in September 2013.
The official plot line is as follows:

"The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless.  Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered.  The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.
The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal.  With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy."

Comparisons are already being made to Pitch Black, the first movie of the series that screened back in 2000 and notably filmed in our very own Coober Pedy, where Riddick found himself, on a sun scorched planet appearning to be lifeless and fighting alien predators...

But is this such a bad thing? To be similar to the first, far better movie of the series?