Claim: Vin Diesel is friends with Riddick.
Evidence: Actor Vin Diesel has played the title role in all of the Riddick-based films and video games so far.
Produced by and starring Vin Diesel as the title character , Riddick is written and directed by David Twohy , who previously wrote and directed the first two installments , Pitch Black -LRB- 2000 -RRB- and The Chronicles of Riddick -LRB- 2004 -RRB-.