Ekuqaleni, uVin Diesel wayengeke abuyele endimeni ye-Dominic Toitoto ku "Triple Foxhell: ITokyo Drift" (2006), kodwa kamuva umlingisi washintsha umqondo wakhe, ephethe isivumelwano esikhethekile nge-Universal Izithombe Studio. Kulezi zinsuku, udizili ubuso bungumbango "wejubane eliphakeme", kepha ngalezo zinsuku "okubonayo" akukakabi yinto yesilinganiso sembulunga yonke, ngakho-ke umlingisi ngaleso sikhathi wayenezinye izinto eziza kuqala. Kwakungenye yezizathu zokuthi kungani udizili engekho eFurazhazh 2.
Lapho kukhulunywa ngokuthuthukiswa kwe- "Tokyo Drift", abadali banquma ukubheja ngamaqhawe amasha ngokuphelele, kanti isixuku salesi sithombe sinezingxenye ezimbili zangaphambilini sanikezwa yi-Episodic ebukeka iDominica Treadto ekugcineni ifilimu. UDiesel wavuma ukunyakaza okunjalo kuphela uma nje esikhundleni sendawo yonke uzomnika ilungelo lokujikijela - ngesikhathi umlingisi edlalela lo mlingisi kumafilimu amabili amnandi. Ngenxa yalokhu kubhaxamba, i-Riddick yathuthela ubunikazi benkampani yenkampani eyayibizwa ngokuthi yi-One Race.
Ngo-2013, kwathi eminyakeni eyisikhombisa kamuva, ngaphansi kwe-auspices yohlanga olulodwa, kwashicilelwa ingxenye yesithathu ye-Riddick. Le filimu yaphumelela impela, njengoba iqoqe kancane imali engaphezu kwama- $ 98 million ngesabelomali esingu- $ 38 million. UDieslel uphikisana nokuthi usanentshisekelo kulo msebenzi. Ngo-2014, wamemezela ukwethulwa kweRiddick 4: Kufuze ukufukula, futhi kulo nyaka wathi lesi simo sengxenye elandelayo sicishe sikulungele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amapulani adedele nochungechunge oluphathelene ne-Riddick.