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Exclusive : Riddick begins casting; character descriptions:

Here’s who they’re scouting for at the moment :

Boss Johns
Santana
the sexy female merc Dahl
The smug commander Krone

All good parts. Fun stuff in there.

The script for the film, which is a more tighter, intimate and suspenseful ride than the previous film in the series (”Chronicles of Riddick”), might just be perfect
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*SPOILER*

Someone with the surname ‘Johns’.
Boss Johns and subordinate Santana ultimately get their hands on Riddick and shackle him up where they plan on torturing (Santana, with his machete) and killing him. But before then, Boss Johns wants answers – mostly, he wants to know what really happened to his son – William J. Johns (Cole Hauser in Pitch Black), who, with his prisoner Riddick, crash landed on an alien planet and (unlike Riddick) didn’t return. Knowing Boss Johns will never believe what happened to his son (indistinguishable monsters), Riddick snaps back with a cheeky retort involving felacio.

*END SPOILER *

[moviehole.net "Caffeinated" Clint August 10th, 2011]

And a blurb from io9:
New Link To Pitch Black:

let’s find out whom Riddick meets in his new future:

Consorts! – A nice futuristic word for space hookers. Just because Riddick is now the leader of the necromonger the Lord Marshall to be precise, that doesn’t mean he’s not still the same old Riddick. It would appear (from the casting pages) that Riddick has a futuristic party with not just one, but four hookers (who all seem to be “thoroughly sated.”) It’s good to be the Lord Marshall, no doubt.

Alpha Kid – Another interesting character whom they’re looking to cast is a young Riddick. While the casting pages don’t out right and say that this little kid with the silver eyes is some kind of trippy flashback, it certainly comes off that way. Especially since he’s all alone and digging the graves of his massacred loved ones. Poor baby Riddick.

Mercs – There are plenty of new Mercs for Riddick to tease, punch and possibly team up with. Somehow Riddick gets out of the Necro world and winds up stranded on a scary planet, with a pack of mercs on his tail (just like old times). Dahl, a female mercenary who is completely disenchanted with men, especially the Furyan, seems like she could be a lot of fun. Also, she enjoys sponge baths. But she dislikes perverts, like the other new merc Santana (who is pretty good with the one-liners, and very machete-happy). Finally there’s the merc Boss Johns, who could be the smartest out of all the mercs, and the one with the most interesting back story. Boss Johns is hellbent on finding his son, who was in the the transport ship Hunter-Gratzner (the same ship that crash landed in Pitch Black). Turns out his son is William J. Johns (played by Cole Hauser in the first Riddick picture).

Commander Krone – A Necromonger commander with heaps of scars, who takes Riddick back to his home planet, or what’s left of it.

[io9.com]

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