Matthew Randazzo V (born March 13, 1984) is an American true crime writer and historian originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, who currently lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington.[1] Randazzo is of Sicilian-American, Isleño, and Cajun descent.[2] He is the author of 2008's Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit & The Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry, and 2009 Phoenix Books release Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia with Kenny "Kenji" Gallo, and 2010's Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend with gangster Frenchy Brouillette,[3] which claims to be the first book to ever break the code of secrecy in the New Orleans Mafia Family. Breakshot was republished in 2010 by Simon & Schuster imprint PocketBooks.[4]
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Two of Randazzo's books have been purchased for television and film adaptation. Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia was optioned by producer Henrik Bastin and sold to Fox Broadcasting Company for development as a weekly hour-long dramatic series with Oscar-winner Robert Moresco attached as producer/screenwriter.[5] Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit & The Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry was optioned by Dale Alexander Carnegie, executive producer of Clash of the Titans (2010 film), as a major motion picture.[6] Randazzo is attached as a producer of the Ring of Hell adaptation, which is currently entitled Crossface.