Jordi Molla In 'Riddick' Talks

After coming close to nabbing the coveted villain role in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek 2," Spanish thesp Jordi Molla is taking his sinister sneer to another sci-fi franchise, as he's in negotiations to play the villain opposite Vin Diesel in David Twohy's "Riddick."

Molla is in talks to play Santana, a mercenary who heads up an eight-man crew tasked with finding and killing Riddick.