By Peacock has ordered the limited series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” which comedian Kevin Hart will both star in and executive produce.
The series deals with the infamous story of how an armed robbery in Atlanta, during the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight, changed both one man’s life and an entire city’s destiny.
It will focus both on the hustler behind the robbery and one of the first Black police detectives in the city who was tasked with solving it.
The Chi’s Shaye Ogbonna created and will serve as showrunner on the TV series along with Jason Horwitch (“Echo 3”) with the project based on an iHeart podcast written by Jeff Keating and Jim Roberts.
Universal Television, Will Packer Media and Doghouse Pictures are backing the project with “Dolemite Is My Name” helmer Craig Brewer set to direct the first two episodes.
Hart already has ties with Peacock as he hosts and executive produces the talk series “Hart to Heart” and premiered a stand-up special titled “Reality Check” earlier this year.
Source: THR
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