Planning for a mid-September shoot, Vin Diesel is set to return to one of his most popular characters with Riddick (labeled Riddick 3 below). As a birthday present to Diesel, writer/director David Twohy sent along a piece of concept art that the actor shared with fans via his Facebook page along with the following message:

Wow, thank you all for the many wonderful birthday wishes, great videos, images, music and words…

This is the third birthday Our collective has shared with me, for that I am grateful.

Vindiesel.com has many of the birthday wishes if you would like to see them, they are heartfelt and cool.

P.s. You all know how much I love concept art, well DT sent me an image for my birthday that I had to share…

Gracias por todo…

Thank you for the LOVE!

Check out the art below and click it on it head over to Facebook and wish Mr. Diesel a happy birthday yourself!