{"id":8061,"date":"2017-07-27T09:58:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T13:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/electus-partners-with-michael-franzese-on-mafia-drama\/"},"modified":"2017-07-27T12:23:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T16:23:58","slug":"electus-partners-with-michael-franzese-on-mafia-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/electus-partners-with-michael-franzese-on-mafia-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Electus Partners with Michael Franzese on Mafia Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electus has aligned with former crime boss and author Michael Franzese for the scripted series <em>American Royalty<\/em>, a modern take on the crime genre exploring the leading mob families.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the true story <em>Quitting the Mob: How the &#8220;Yuppie Don&#8221; Left the Mafia and Lived to Tell His Story<\/em>, <em>American Royalty<\/em> explores the life of Michael &#8220;Yuppie Don&#8221; Franzese, a former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family who was heavily involved in the gasoline tax rackets in the &#8217;80s. 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