EXCLUSIVE: George Gallo is teaming with ‘Green Book’ Oscar winner Nick Vallelonga to produce ‘The Accidental Gangster,’ a new thriller based on reformed gangster Orlando ‘Ori’ Spado’s bestselling autobiography of the same name
Prior to leaving the mob, Ori Spado was an associate of NYC Colombo Crime Family underboss Sonny Franzese, as well as Los Angeles Family underboss Jimmy Caci, and Joey Pyle, who led the London-based criminal organization known as The Firm. He worked as a fixer in both Hollywood and New York and went on to pull off numerous jobs and heists during his time with the mafia, after working for a time as an insurance salesman.
Spado served five years on a RICO conviction in both New York and California and later developed a following interested in his time with La Cosa Nostra via podcasts and in-person appearances, coming to net millions of views on YouTube. He’s at the same time looked to help young people stay out of a life of crime. will be a co-production of Vallelonga Productions, Aspado Productions and Mediator Films, with Ori and Anthony Spado producing alongside Steenhoek, Gallo and Vallelonga.
“This story fascinated me the first time I heard it. And once I read his book I was in,” said Gallo. “It’s not your typical gangster story.” films, more recently writing and directing the Lionsgate action-thriller, starring Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and Freeman. The filmmaker has also penned such features as
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