It has been announced that Rob Cohen will direct Razor based on the screenplay he wrote. Based on the bestselling comic book franchise Razor, Cohen is partnering with producer Jeff Most of Most Films to produce the film. Number 11 Films is fully financing and handling worldwide sales on Razor as the first film under a new sales and financing partnership it has established with Lotus Entertainment. The companies will be introducing the project to buyers at the upcoming Marché du Film.

Razor is based on two of Everette Hartsoe’s comic book series, Razor and Stryke.

Razor helped define the genre in comics known as “Bad Girl” comics, and remains one of the biggest bad girl comic book characters of all time with sales of over 6 million comic books sold worldwide. Cohen is best-known for creating and directing the debut films for The Fast and the Furious and XXX franchises. His career box office exceeds $1.4 billion. Inspired by his experience writing and developing Razor, Cohen has recently become a successful comic book creator with his critically praised comic book series Red Dog.

Other producers on Razor include Philip Lee, Jim Steele, and Sean Lydiard.

Lotus Entertainment and Keith Wells’ Number 11 Films are setting up a sales and financing partnership to produce and finance 3-4 films annually. The partnership will look to finance and produce 3 to 4 films annually, with budgets in the $5M-$40M range.