“Something’s bound to go down,” Kevin Hart says in the teaser trailer for Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.
Moments later, a major crime unfolds.
The Peacock limited series follows the infamous story of an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight.
The true crime drama is set for release in September and features an all-star cast.
Hart stars as “Chicken Man” — a hustler trying to level up. The cast also includes Samuel L. Jackson as “Frank Moten,” Taraji P. Henson plays “Vivan Thomas,” Don Cheadle co-stars as “JD Hudson,” and Terrence Howard plays “Cadillac Richie.”
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Chicken Man hosts an afterparty — filled with “the baddest mothers around” — to celebrate the highly-anticipated boxing match. But the celebration goes sideways and ends with one of the most brazen heists in Atlanta’s history.
When he’s suspected of masterminding the robbery, Chicken Man tries to clear his name. But first he must convince his old adversary, J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force, that he’s not guilty.
Dexter Darden guest stars as “Muhammad Ali.” Chloe Bailey, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Lori Harvey, and Sinqua Walls also have roles on the series.
The drama is based on the Will Packer-produced iHeartPodcast “Fight Night,” as previously reported. Packer executive produces alongside Kevin Hart and Sabrina Wind.
Shaye Ogbonna (Penguin, The Chi) is creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer.
Jason Horwitch (Echo 3, The Calling) serves as co-showrunner and executive producer.
Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Empire) is co-executive producer and directs four episodes. Brewer previously worked with Henson and Howard on Hustle & Flow. The trio also teamed up on Empire, as Brewer directed several episodes and served as a producer.
Additional executive producers on Fight Night include Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat; Conal Byrne and Carrie Lieberman for iHeartPodcasts; Jeff Keating of Doghouse Pictures; as well as Lars Jacobson, Erika L. Johnson, and Mike Daniels.
The drama comes from Universal Television LLC, a division of Universal Studio Group. The series was filmed at Assembly Studios in Atlanta.
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist begins streaming Sept. 5 on Peacock
Watch the teaser trailer below:
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