Katee Sackhoff Joins Riddick

She'll take part in the female leadWe've become accustomed for you to get all of the news concerning the presently untitled Stories Of Riddick follow up from Vin Diesel's Facebook page it's almost an unexpected to determine something appear elsewhere. But Deadline may be the site confirming that former Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff has become in final discussions to accept female lead.Sackhoff, who cemented herself into sci-fi history because the cigar-chomping, bar-brawling, viper-flying Starbuck, is securing inside a deal to experience Dahl, a Nordic mercenary around the search for Richard B. Riddick.The actress was stated to be involved dating back to November this past year, together with Bokeem Woodbine and Dork Bautista, however the casting process was placed on hold once the finances looked just a little shaky and production around the new film was briefly shut lower. Things appear to become fully back in line now, and that we expect others to sign up shortly, presuming they haven't needed to move onto other projects.They'll all join Diesel and Karl Urban, who's reprising his role as Necromonger Vaako. With David Twohy back on writing and pointing responsibilities, Riddick (or whatever it eventually ends up being known as) ought to be out either later this season or mid 2013.Sackhoff, meanwhile, has got the Haunting In Georgia, Lockdown and Sexy Evil Genius set to reach within the the coming year approximately, and it has also obtained a job in TV cop drama Longmire.