Riddick is in a series.
Richard B. Riddick , more commonly known as Riddick , is a fictional character and the antihero of four films in the Riddick series ( Pitch Black , The Chronicles of Riddick , the animated movie The Chronicles of Riddick : Dark Fury , and Riddick ) , as well as the two video games The Chronicles of Riddick : Escape from Butcher Bay and The Chronicles of Riddick : Assault on Dark Athena . Within the canon of the series , Riddick is shown to be a highly skilled predator -- he is extremely mobile and stealthy - especially for someone of his size , has a vast knowledge of how to kill almost any humanoid in a variety of ways , is an extreme survivalist , and is notoriously hard to contain . Riddick is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film , the third installment in the Riddick film series .