Underbelly 3: 1985 – 1997
Underbelly 3 looks set to be squeezed in between the stories of its first and second seasons.
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Acclaimed Underbelly director Peter Andrikidis says the third series is being written, with plans to look at the period from the end of series to to the beginning of series one. It’s turning into the Star Wars of television.
“I’d say it’d have something to do with the people that were set up in series one,” he told News Limited.
“But they’re still developing that, it’s just what they can get the rights on.”
Andrikidis hasn’t been involved with the current series because of a scheduling clash with his SBS series East West 101 but is hopeful of directing the third.
“We’re talking,” he said.
The AFI Award winning director, who has also directed episodes of ABC’s Rogue Nation, said Underbelly had helped changed the Australian television landscape.
“It’s a good thing that it came along … you actually are delving into the dark side of human beings, which is a great,” Andrikidis said. “There is an audience for material that is not light.”
He also echoed statements made this week by Screen Producers Association of Australia executive director Geoff Brown who said, “Underbelly is a program that 10 years ago the ABC would have done, and the irony is that commercial networks, which have always been a bit risk adverse, instead took on the very challenging program.”
Andrikidis agreed, adding, “And it would be easier to make on the ABC without commercial breaks because it is a dense story.”
Maybe by the time the third series ends at 1995 the first series will be cleared to air legally in Victoria?
Source: news.com.au, The West
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when is golden mile released n air date plz im in suspence ive got all book n both dvds n even got chooper reid n blue murder parts 1 n 2 plz help me out i like auz crime shows insted of all this american gandsta.
No date yet. Maybe when the Olympics end.
Underbelly is a bloody good series. I am under age and im 12. I read all the books and I watched the two series so far. There is an aparent rumour that there is an underbelly 3. Which is called… The Golden Mile!! Bring it on Bro!!!:]
No rumour it’s true. But you’re a little young for this kinda stuff!
Just finished watching Underbelly 2. I honestly don’t see why there are so many complaints about it. I personaly thought it was a great show. It differs from your average crime show. Its not just catch the crim in a week that they play tirelessly. Fair enough the nudity is is right in your face but it does serve an artistic purpose. Im not going to explain because I could write an essay on why. And about the density of the show, I don’t understand the complaints on that side either. It may not be the most dense show there is, but it is one of the more complicated stories out there.