Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.

We got together and realized that Universal made it clear that they were out of the Riddick business. They didn't want to spend that kind of money anymore. So, it was going to be an independent movie.

When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!

I guess you don't make any franchise movies unless the fans are there.

To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?

While you're making the film and working with the actors, if you want to have a little room to breathe and experiment and play, it grows, and you want that to happen. It's not enough to just shoot the script. You've gotta come up with new inspiration, as you shoot it. There's gotta be room for that and time for that, so it grows.

Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my scenes in.