ITV Studios Global Entertainment to Distribute Underbelly: Razor

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment is to distribute the drama series Underbelly: Razor, following a deal with Screentime Australia and Nine Network.

The 13×1-hour series, filmed on location in Sydney, is based on the best-selling book by Larry Writer. The story is set in 1920s Sydney and focuses on the underworld of drugs, gambling, extortion and prostitution. It stars Danielle Cormack, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Jack Campbell, Steve Le Marquand, John Batchelor, Felix Williamson, Khan Chittenden and Anna McGahan.

“We are proud to represent this prestigious drama from Australia and the most ambitious production in the Underbelly franchise yet,” said Maria Kyriacou, the managing director at ITV Studios Global Entertainment. “Underbelly: Razor offers strong prime-time content for international audiences—delivering entertaining and compelling story lines, larger-than-life characters and outstanding production values. We are extremely well-established in the marketplace as the home for first class, returning drama and expect the new Underbelly installment to create a great buzz at MIPCOM.”

Des Monaghan, the executive chairman of Screentime, added, “We are delighted to be joining forces with ITV Studios Global Entertainment for the worldwide launch of Underbelly: Razor. We are confident that a distributor with the undoubted expertise and reach that ITV Studios Global Entertainment possesses will build on the extraordinary domestic success of Underbelly and further enhance its internationally successful profile.”

Jo Horsburgh, the head of drama for the Nine Network, commented: “Nine is pleased and proud with the continued creative collaboration with Screentime, to bring Razor, the fourth series in the Underbelly franchise of true-crime drama. Set in the mid 1920s-30s, Razor delivers a story and character rich drama and the excellence of production that we have come to expect from Underbelly. I look forward to the audience enjoying the series on air soon.”