While the road to a third installment of the "Chronicles of Riddick" has been long and bumpy, you have to hand it to the driving forces behind the series. They're not a quiet bunch.

Over the past year, Riddick himself, Vin Diesel, has taken to the Facebook airwaves to broadcast his thoughts on the upcoming sequel and hint at what to expect from the film. As recently as last week, Diesel was facing a major life crisis when it came to pushing the third film "Riddick" into production: would he sacrifice his paycheck to get this passion project made? The sci-fi trilogy rested on his shoulders.

Now, writer/director David Twohy has spoken up on his blog, stating, "The hurdles seem to be dropping.  The final turn is being rounded.  The finish line (actually a starting line) seems closer than ever."

Perhaps Diesel will be hitting the breadlines after all.

Twohy continued dishing with some encouraging words for fans:

"Yeah, I had some good face-time with Vin in NYC.  We talked at length about where we go from here – about how to travel to all the places in the "Riddick" universe that needed traveling to – and we think we know have the Master Map.  We’ll keep it tucked tightly in our breast pocket for now, but it’s enough to say that, if we can pull it all off, you’ll have spent a good 15 years with us."

Twohy also included his own "Riddick" concept art, which he created for Diesel to showcase the look and feel of the new film. If all goes as planned, Riddick should probably equip himself with an umbrella.

With the success of "Fast Five," Diesel is once again in high demand, but he carry enough to weight to get a blockbuster franchise like "Riddick" back up and running again? Neither "Pitch Black" nor "Chronicles of Riddick" were major financial success, but raked in enough that sequels were always possibilities. If both Diesel and Twohy are as jazzed as it sounds to bring back the anti-hero to the big screen, we may just get that third film after all.