After Riddick was introduced in Pitch Black (largely considered to be Vin's breakout role), he knew there was more to the character. Together with David Twohy, The Chronicles of Riddick was planned as a trilogy. The idea was that Pitch Black would be to Chronicles what The Hobbit was to Lord of the Rings.

Pursuing the character he loved, Vin passed up a $20 million payday in 2fast 2furious to instead earn $50k as a co-producer and star of Chronicles. After the poor box office performance of the movie in 2004, the Riddick franchise was shelved.

However, in a smooth move by Vin, he traded a cameo in Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift in exchange for the rights to the Riddick franchise. This freed the series to be worked on again.

After developing a story for the new movie again with director David Twohy, Riddick was ready for filming. However, when a delay in the bank loan threatened to delay or even stop filming, Vin mortgaged his own house in order to get the movie back on track. As he states, if Riddick hadn't been completed, he would have been homeless.

After the good box office results for Riddick and strong DVD sales, Universal gave the green light for another Riddick movie--a fact that Vin celebrated online in a youtube video.

Vin also owns Tigon studios--the video game company that created Escape from Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena. These games were used to add color to the Riddick universe as an alternative to big budget films. Tigon also created The Wheelman and has recently been reassembled to create another large Riddick game, a game based on Vin's D&D character Melkor, and a couple other titles.

In interviews, Vin has expressed his love for rpgs and mmos and the ability to build a character. I hope that he would appreciate the efforts of the Fallout community here. Together, we've created the possibility to role-play alongside a high-quality Riddick.