Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Hart are cast in the Peacock True Crime Limited Series “Fight Night.”
Variety has heard that Samuel L. Jackson will be the star of the upcoming Peacock true crime limited series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.” In December, the Peacock ordered the sitcom for a series, with Kevin Hart slated to star and executive produce alongside Will Packer.
It is based on the iHeartPodcast “Fight Night,” which is produced by Packer. The show will take place in 1970s Atlanta. It will chronicle “the infamous story of how an armed robbery during the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life, but an entire city’s destiny,” according to the official description.
Jackson is set to play infamous mobster Frank Moten, who the New York tabloids dubbed “the Black Godfather.” Shaye Ogbonna serves as creator, and showruns alongside Jason Horwitch. Both executive produce alongside Hart, Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat; Packer and Sabrina Wind for Will Packer Media; Conal Byrne, Will Pearson and Carrie Lieberman for iHeartPodcasts; and Jeff Keating and Lars Jacobson. Also executive producing is Craig Brewer, who will direct the first two episodes. Hartbeat’s Tiffany Brown and Studio 43’s Kenny Burns co-executive produce. UTV serves as the studio.