All-Star Cast Starring In ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’

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An all-star cast is bringing high-energy hijinks, afros, and oil sheen to a ’70s-set miniseries centered around an armed robbery on a life-changing historic night that ultimately transformed Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.”

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A Peacock press release reports that Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, is based on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast and follows a hustler named Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) and the chaos that ensues on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight.

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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An after-party hosted by Chicken Man featuring a guest list of the country’s wealthiest, “ends with the most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta’s history.”

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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Suspected of masterminding the crime, Chicken Man is hellbent on clearing his name but must convince his old adversary, J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force, who is tasked with bringing those responsible to justice.

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Source: Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist / Peacock

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Source: Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist / Peacock

The principal cast of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, includes Kevin Hart (“Chicken Man”),

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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Samuel L. Jackson (“Frank Moten”),

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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Taraji P. Henson (“Vivan Thomas”),

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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Don Cheadle (“JD Hudson”),

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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and Terrence Howard (“Cadillac Richie”).

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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Key guest stars include Chloe Bailey (“Lena Mosley”), Marsha Stephanie Blake (“Delores Hudson”), Dexter Darden (“Muhammad Ali”), Lori Harvey (“Lola Falana”) and Sinqua Walls (“McKinley Rogers”).

In the teaser, we see Kevin Hart transform into the lead character in the film and face off with Don Cheadle who’s ready to put him behind bars.

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, a limited series, premieres September 5 on Peacock.

 

Creator / Writer / Showrunner / Executive Producer: Shaye Ogbonna (Penguin, The Chi, God’s Country)

Showrunner / Executive Producer: Jason Horwitch (Echo 3, The Calling)

Executive Producer / Star: Kevin Hart

Executive Producer: Will Packer and Sabrina Wind for Will Packer Media

Executive Producer: Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat

Executive Producer: Conal Byrne and Carrie Lieberman for iHeartPodcasts

Executive Producer: Jeff Keating of Doghouse Pictures, LLC

Executive Producer: Lars Jacobson

Executive Producer: Erika L. Johnson

Executive Producer: Mike Daniels

Executive Producer / Director (Ep. 101, 102, 107 and 108): Craig Brewer (Empire, Dolemite Is My Name)

Co-Executive Producer: Tiffany Brown for Hartbeat, Kenny Burns

Studio: Universal Television LLC, a division of Universal Studio Group

Production Location: Fight Night is shooting at Assembly Studios in Atlanta

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