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BRISBANE FILMMAKER TAKES ON THE MOB -- AND GOES GLOBAL

Hells Kitchen Productions

Key Facts:

• Hells Kitchen: A New York Mafia Story — crime thriller novella by Steve Young
• ISBN: 978-1-7646093-0-2
• Available globally via Amazon and the IngramSpark network (40,000+ retailers and libraries), incl. Barnes & Noble and Booktopia
• Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1764609301
• Set in New York, 1978, at the height of the Five Families
• Adapted from a completed feature screenplay; proof-of-concept film streaming on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video
• Full package (book, screenplay, pitch deck) heading to US producers and investors later in 2026
• Contact: [email protected] | 0488 091 664

Actor, director and writer Steve Young publishes crime thriller Hells Kitchen worldwide, backed by a proof of concept film already streaming on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — June 2026

Brisbane-based actor, filmmaker and writer Steve Young has published Hells Kitchen: A New York Mafia Story — a crime thriller novella now available globally through Amazon and the IngramSpark distribution network, reaching over 40,000 retailers and libraries worldwide including Barnes & Noble, Booktopia and beyond.

The book is the latest chapter in a deliberately constructed creative strategy that began with a proof of concept film of the same name — a festival winner that earned Young critical acclaim before being picked up by Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video.

Set in New York in 1978, Hells Kitchen drops readers into the height of the mob's power — five families, an uneasy peace, and a Palumbo family that sits at the top of it all. Until shipments start vanishing, men turn up dead, and no one — not the families, not their crews, not even the FBI — knows who is behind it.

Brutal, cinematic and dialogue-driven, the book has drawn comparisons to the great crime sagas of the genre — Goodfellas, Carlito's Way, Donnie Brasco — and reads like exactly what it is: a story built for the screen, adapted from a completed feature film screenplay that Young is now taking to producers and investors.

With a completed feature screenplay, a professional pitch deck and a globally distributed book already in the market, Young is preparing to take the full Hells Kitchen package to the US later this year.

About us:

Hells Kitchen Productions is the Brisbane-based creative company behind the Hells Kitchen crime franchise, founded by actor, filmmaker and writer Steve Young. The project spans a proof-of-concept film streaming on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video, a globally distributed novella, a completed feature screenplay and a producer-ready pitch deck. Young is developing Hells Kitchen as a feature film for the US market.

Contact details:

[email protected]

0488091664