Though it has been nine long years since the last Riddick movie hit theaters, star Vin Diesel felt that there were still a few more stories to tell about the infamous antihero with the ability to kill his enemies in a number of ways. Now, a new live-action Riddick film, simply titled Riddick, will hit theaters this September, and the first teaser for the film has arrived online.

Check out the trailer here after the jump.

There isn’t too much in terms of plot reveals in this trailer. From the trailer’s few precious seconds of dialogue we get, as well as the official synopsis, we find that Riddick is imprisoned on an desolate island which is inhabited by fearsome creatures and equally fearsome bounty hunters out for his head.

We haven’t heard a whole lot about the third installment in the Chronicles of Riddick trilogy, titled simply Riddick, since we got a peek at that first set photo of star Vin Diesel back in January.

Now comes word that Universal Pictures has set an official release date for the trilogy-maker, which continues the stories told in Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, reserving the September 6, 2013 spot.

It’s been more than seven years since Vin Diesel last put on the goggles and black wife beater to play the dangerous and resourceful criminal anti-hero with exceptional night vision that helped make him an unlikely movie star. Now production has began on Riddick and Diesel has posted the first photo of himself in costume from the film’s set on his Facebook Page.

You can check out the image here below.

Despite some recent financial headaches that halted filming for two months, the production of the upcoming Riddick, which will bring Vin Diesel back to the star-making role he first played in the 2000 sci-fi thriller Pitch Black, is moving full-speed ahead.

The David Twohy-directed sequel has just added a new player to its growing cast: according to Variety, Jordi Molla, the Spanish actor who has played outsized heavies in big-budget action movies such as Knight and Day and Bad Boys II, is currently in negotiations to play the role of “Santana, a mercenary who heads up an eight-man crew tasked with finding and killing Riddick.” The actor was recently seen as the villain in the Zoe Saldana action flick Colombiana.

The production of Riddick, the latest in the sci-fi action franchise starring Vin Diesel as a fearsome criminal antihero with exceptional night vision, was well underway before it was shut down reportedly due to a severe cash flow shortage.

TMZ spoke with Michel Trudel, the owner of the studio in Montreal where the film was shooting, who said that Diesel’s production company One Race Films has failed to make its payments for the use of his facilities on time. As a result Trudel states that he was forced to evict the Riddick cast and crew from the studio and even changed the locks until he is paid in full. He’s not alone there; according to unnamed sources close to the production, more than a few members of the crew have not received their paychecks in over two weeks.