All-Star Cast Starring In ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’

An all-star solid is bringing high-energy hijinks, afros, and oil sheen to a ’70s-set miniseries centered round an armed theft on a life-changing historic evening that finally reworked Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.”

A Peacock press launch stories that Battle Evening: The Million Greenback Heist, relies on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast and follows a hustler named Hen Man (Kevin Hart) and the chaos that ensues on the evening of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback battle.

An after-party hosted by Hen Man that includes a visitor checklist of the nation’s wealthiest, “ends with probably the most brazen prison underworld heist in Atlanta’s historical past.”

Suspected of masterminding the crime, Hen Man is hellbent on clearing his identify however should persuade his outdated adversary, J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), one of many first Black detectives within the metropolis’s desegregated police drive, who’s tasked with bringing these accountable to justice.

The principal solid of Battle Evening: The Million Greenback Heist, contains Kevin Hart (“Hen Man”),

Samuel L. Jackson (“Frank Moten”),

Taraji P. Henson (“Vivan Thomas”),

Don Cheadle (“JD Hudson”),

and Terrence Howard (“Cadillac Richie”).

 

Key visitor stars embrace Chloe Bailey (“Lena Mosley”), Marsha Stephanie Blake (“Delores Hudson”), Dexter Darden (“Muhammad Ali”), Lori Harvey (“Lola Falana”) and Sinqua Partitions (“McKinley Rogers”).

Within the teaser, we see Kevin Hart remodel into the lead character within the movie and face off with Don Cheadle who’s able to put him behind bars.

Battle Evening: The Million Greenback Heist, a restricted sequence, premieres September 5 on Peacock.

 

Creator / Author / Showrunner / Government Producer: Shaye Ogbonna (Penguin, The Chi, God’s Nation)

Showrunner / Government Producer: Jason Horwitch (Echo 3, The Calling)

Government Producer / Star: Kevin Hart

Government Producer: Will Packer and Sabrina Wind for Will Packer Media

Government Producer: Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat

Government Producer: Conal Byrne and Carrie Lieberman for iHeartPodcasts

Government Producer: Jeff Keating of Doghouse Photos, LLC

Government Producer: Lars Jacobson

Government Producer: Erika L. Johnson

Government Producer: Mike Daniels

Government Producer / Director (Ep. 101, 102, 107 and 108): Craig Brewer (Empire, Dolemite Is My Identify)

Co-Government Producer: Tiffany Brown for Hartbeat, Kenny Burns

Studio: Common Tv LLC, a division of Common Studio Group

Manufacturing Location: Battle Evening is capturing at Meeting Studios in Atlanta