Samuel L. Jackson Joins Upcoming Peacock Original Series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
The limited drama series is produced by Will Packer and Kevin Hart, who also stars.
Academy Award®-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson (The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pulp Fiction) has joined Peacock’s limited drama series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.
Set in Atlanta, the Will Packer and Kevin Hart-produced series (also starring Hart) follows the heavyweight fight and criminal underground heist that introduced the world to the city dubbed “the Black Mecca,” and the cop and the hustler at the center of it all.
Jackson will portray Frank Moten, an underworld kingpin coined the “Black Godfather” by the New York tabloids.
The series comes from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and is based on the acclaimed true crime podcast Fight Night by iHeartPodcasts, Doghouse Pictures, and Will Packer Media.
It's created and written by Shaye Ogbonna (Penguin, The Chi, God’s Country). Ogbonna and Jason Horwitch (Echo 3, The Calling) will both serve as showrunners and executive producers.
Also executive producing are Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat, Sabrina Wind for Will Packer Media; Conal Byrne, Will Pearson and Carrie Lieberman for iHeartPodcasts; and Jeff Keating and Lars Jacobson. Craig Brewer (Empire, Dolemite Is My Name) will executive produce the series and direct episodes 101 and 102. Tiffany Brown (Hartbeat) and Kenny Burns will co-executive produce.
While you wait for an official trailer and premiere date to be shared, why not stream Hart to Heat and Kevin Hart: Reality Check (both featuring Hart) or the Peacock Original film Praise This from Will Packer?
