Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Hart are collaborating for a brand-new task. The 2 stars are set to star in Peacock’s real criminal offense restricted series Battle Night: The Million Dollar Heist. According to Range, the program was purchased by the platform in December with Hart connected as the lead.
Will Packer is called as an executive manufacturer along with the Fathership star on the series. It is based upon the Packer-produced podcast, Combat Night
According to the main description, the series is based in Atlanta and occurs throughout the 1970s. It will inform “the notorious story of how a heist throughout the night of Muhammad Ali’s historical 1970 return battle altered not just one guy’s life however a whole city’s fate.”
Samuel L. Jackson participates in “The Last Full Measure” Atlanta red carpet screening at SCADshow on January 20, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Range reported Jackson will star as the infamous gangster Frank Moten, who was nicknamed “the Black Godfather” by New York City tabloids.
The main podcast, which includes over 10 episodes and was very first broadcast in 2020, elaborates on the complete story as follows:
On October 26, 1970, Muhammad Ali triumphantly gone back to the world of boxing in Atlanta, Georgia. Every nationwide front-page heading the next early morning included the story of one of the greatest break-ins in history. At the center of all of it– a hustler called ‘Chicken Man.’ Fans got here in Rolls Royces provided from New York City. Embellished in dynamic fur coats and leaking with diamonds, they got personalized invites then strutted into the arena. The sold-out crowd stood and cheered when the first-round bell called, minus 2 empty seats. After the battle, numerous commemorating the triumph, consisting of leading black mafia leaders, headed to Chicken Man’s home with invite in hand. Rather of females and red wine welcoming them at the front door, each strolled into the barrel of a sawed-off shotgun. On FIGHT NIGHT, J.D. Hudson, among the very first black investigators in Atlanta’s desegregated police assisted lead Muhammed Ali into the ring. The next day, he was appointed to the break-in by the chief of cops. When asked by a reporter years later on, ‘When did the examination end?’ J.D. summed it up completely, ‘When everyone was dead.'”
Shaye Ogbonna works as developer and showrunner along with Jason Horwitch. Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat, Packer, and Sabrina Wind for Will Packer Media, Conal Byrne, Will Pearson, and Carrie Lieberman for iHeartPodcasts, Jeff Keating and Lars Jacobson executive produce along with Hart and Packer.