Pitch Black. That was a pile of crap wasn’t it? Yes it was. Shut up. Anyway, it seems that play-doh-headed star Vin Diesel is all out of cash for 18-sided dice and wife beaters, so he’s decided to return to the role that originally made him a laughing stock/subject of a thousand dorky D&D fans wet dreams.

Talking (well, making a noise like an industrial mangler) to Variety, big Vin reckons this trip will ditch the CGI Dame Judi Denchisms in favour of a stripped back character study, because obviously, he’s always been known for his intricate character acting and ability to completly immerse himself in a role, as witnessed by his Olivier-eclipsing turn in The Pacifier.

Makes the upcoming Escape From New York remake sound almost palatable doesn’t it? Expect this shit to clog up screens in 2012.

Notes emanating from the desk of writer/director David Twohy (Of  ‘Critters 2: The Main Course’ fame…) this week speak of a low budget, tight, focused Sci-Fi drama that makes no concessions to studios and takes no prisoners. Excited yet?

Don’t be.

It’s a sequel to inept dork-fest The Chronicles of Riddick. Seemingly refusing to learn a bloody thing from that debacle, Twohy has promised a return to the stripped-down-but-overrated thrills of Pitch Black.

Speaking to Shock’ Til You Drop, the clearly befuddled helmer said:

The third movie would be more modestly-scaled and it would probably feel more like Pitch Black than Chronicles. The only thing we have to work out is how to do it cheaper…because I don’t think Vin will work for scale anymore…