US limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, based on a true-crime podcast, will premiere on 6th September on Binge / Showcase.
A top shelf cast includes Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle and Terrence Howard.
Additional guest stars include Chloe Bailey, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Dexter Darden, Lori Harvey and Sinqua Walls.
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is based on the infamous story of how an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life but ultimately transformed Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.” When a hustler named Chicken Man (Hart) hosts an afterparty to celebrate the fight with a guest list of the country’s wealthiest, the night ends with the most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta’s history. Suspected of masterminding the crime, Chicken Man is hellbent on clearing his name but must convince his old adversary, J.D. Hudson (Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force, who is tasked with bringing those responsible to justice.
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, Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat, Conal Byrne and Carrie Lieberman for iHeartPodcasts, Jeff Keating of Doghouse Pictures, LLC., Lars Jacobson, Erika L. Johnson, 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.
Friday 6 September on Binge / 8.30pm on Showcase.
Language
links to content on ABC
TV Tonight
