Netflix Officially Says Goodbye to Vin Diesel’s 119-Minute Sci-Fi Epic
Netflix will remove Vin Diesel’s 2013 sci-fi film Riddick on 31 August, ending its current run on the service. The departure also affects the earlier films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, meaning the full trilogy will no longer be available there and no replacement streaming service has been announced.
Riddick, which runs for 119 minutes, starred Diesel alongside Karl Urban and Katee Sackhoff and had a reported $38 million budget. The article notes that the character remains one of Diesel’s best-known roles beyond Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise, despite his most recent live-action appearance as Riddick being in 2013.
In short
- Netflix removes all three Riddick films on 31 August.
- No new streaming home has been announced.
- Riddick remains a notable Vin Diesel role.
Explained simply
Riddick is a 2013 science-fiction film starring Vin Diesel as Richard B. Riddick, a dangerous survivor stranded on a hostile planet. It is the third film in a series that began with Pitch Black and continued with The Chronicles of Riddick.
Diesel is best known to many viewers for playing Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious films, but Riddick is another long-running role associated with him. The trilogy’s place on streaming services matters to viewers who want to watch the films, though availability can change as services’ catalogues are updated.
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