Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

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Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Genre Crime drama
Created byShaye Ogbonna
Based on
Fight Night
by
  • Jeff Keating
  • Jim Roberts
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production companies
Original release
Network Peacock

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is an upcoming American crime drama television miniseries created by Shaye Ogbonna, based on the 2020 podcast of the same name.

Contents

Premise

A heist occurs the night of Muhammad Ali's return to boxing in 1970.

Cast

Production

It was announced in December 2023 that Kevin Hart was set to star in and executive produce the series, which Peacock had greenlit in a straight to series order. [1] Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, Dexter Darden and Taraji P. Henson were added to the cast in January 2024, while Craig Brewer was hired to direct the first two episodes. [2] [3] [4] [5] Myles Bullock, Don Cheadle, Chloe Bailey, Melvin Gregg, Artrece Johnson, Jalyn Hall, Clifton Powell, Lori Harvey and Marsha Stephanie Blake were added to the cast in February 2024. [6] [7] [8] [9] In March, Rockmond Dunbar joined the cast. [10]

Filming began on February 12, 2024 in Atlanta. [11]

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References

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