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Synopsis: A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.

Bio: Mark Steel was an Emmy nominee for “The Umbrella Academy.” Other projects have included “Star Trek: Discovery,” “Locke and Key,” and “Son of a Critch.”

Doctor Odyssey

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[This story contains major spoilers from the series finale of Fight Night.]

Kevin Hart’s Chicken Man is on the ground, breathing hard in fear, as Samuel L. Jackson’s badass gangster Frank Moten, known as the Black Godfather, holds a gun.

Subtly channeling Jackson’s legendary Pulp Fiction persona Jules Winnfield, Frank thunders, “You do believe in God, right?” Hart’s Chicken Man reply “with all my soul” produces a soft, but stern “then testify” from Frank. Not long after, a shot is fired, followed by a visual rewinding that flashes back to two weeks earlier, when Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist launched its story.

To launch the hit Peacock limited series — which Hart produces through his Hartbeat shingle with Will Packer — a black screened disclaimer appeared all capped in yellow type with the words “Based On Some Shit,” pause, “That Really Happened.” The series’ eighth and final episode returned to that moment, later revealing that Gordon “Chicken...

Near the end of the second episode of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’s three-episode debut, one of New York City’s fiercest and deadliest gangsters, Frank Moten, played by Samuel L. Jackson, hovers over a petrified small-time Atlanta hustler known as Chicken Man, played by Kevin Hart, after leaving a historic boxing match in that Southern city in 1970.

Moten and his henchmen have taken Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams and a Miami gangster named Harvey (Celestino Cornielle) out to a field in Atlanta, where he quickly executes the Florida crime boss for making insulting comments to him before the unsanctioned boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry. Chicken Man had made the mistake of trying to run a scam on Moten while he was watching the fight and made a promise he couldn’t deliver on, which resulted in his invitation out to the field for a final destination.

Muhammad Ali called Oct. 26, 1970, his “day of judgment.” His refusal to be inducted to the Army during the Vietnam War, on moral and religious grounds, had pushed him out of the ring for 43 months. But that night in Atlanta, his boxing license restored, he faced “The Great White Hope” Jerry Quarry in his long-awaited return to the ring. Black royalty from Harlem to Birmingham showed up and showed out: Diana Ross, Sidney Poitier, Hank Aaron, and Corretta Scott King filled ringside seats. Filling the stands right alongside them were a bevy of gangsters,...

“Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” the eight-episode miniseries (currently streaming on Peacock), documents two major events in Atlanta’s history. While Muhammad Ali made his professional boxing comeback with a win against Jerry Quarry at Atlanta’s Municipal Auditorium on October 26, 1970, a group of hoodlums robbed the Black Mafia of more than $1 million in cash and jewelry at a nearby after-party. As a result, Atlanta eventually became a Black Mecca.

At the center of “Fight Night” is street hustler Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams (Kevin Hart), who hosts the after-party in honor of New York mobster Frank Moten (Samuel L. Jackson), who controls the gangs. While Chicken Man sees Atlanta as a potential Black Vegas, Moten has more ambitious plans for turning the city into a Black Mecca. But just when it looks like they can work together, the robbery turns Chicken Man into the prime suspect. In the aftermath,...

Kevin Hart’s true crime limited series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” premiered on Peacock Thursday, complete with a star-studded cast.

The eight-episode limited series follows the true story of Muhammad Ali’s 1970 return to boxing and an after party that led to the one of the largest heists in Atlanta history. Determined to make Atlanta the Black Mecca of the United States, Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams (Hart) finds himself stuck between established gangsters and calculated robbers.

The series is based on an iHeart Radio true-crime podcast “Fight Night,” created and hosted by Jeff Keating. Will Packer Media produced the podcast and also executive produced the series along with Hartbeat Productions.

Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle and Taraji P. Henson join Hart in bringing this true story to life on screen. Read on for the full cast list and a description of the real world characters they depict.

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An infamous Atlanta crime and an all-star cast headline the meticulously crafted and lavish drama Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. Inspired by the true-crime podcast of the same name, it centers on Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback match against Jerry Quarry and premieres on 50th anniversary of the event. The series features Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Taraji P. Henson, and Terrence Howard as key players in a notoriously ill-fated heist that went down at a massive post-match bash hosted by a local hustler. Parrish Lewis/Peacock On the right side of the law, we have J.D. Hudson, played by Cheadle, who notes that his character was “one of the first police officers sworn into Atlanta P.D.” Back in the ’70s, he adds, “Black officers who could serve [but] couldn’t arrest white people, they could only arrest Black people.” Describing Hudson as “a good guy, a...

The Peacock series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist takes its inspiration from real-life events that happened on the night of October 26, 1970. Muhammad Ali came back to the boxing ring after being banned for more than 3 years, and a bunch of robbers decided to commit a robbery in a house where the who’s who of the underworld had gathered to party and enjoy. There were a few characters of whom we weren’t able to find any real-life references, but a majority of them did exist in real-life and had some role to play during the heist. So, let’s take a look at the characters and their real-life inspirations.

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Jd Hudson

Don Cheadle played the character of the real-life detective Jd Hudson in the series. Hudson was in charge of the investigating team, and additionally, he was also the head of security for Muhammad Ali when...

The events of October 26th, 1970, in Atlanta, Georgia, provided the spark for an unforgettable limited series. On that night, boxing legend Muhammad Ali made his long-awaited return to the ring at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium. Though Ali was victorious over Jerry Quarry, the real excitement was unfolding elsewhere in the city.

A lavish afterparty held in Atlanta’s West End would go down in history, though not for the reasons anyone expected. When armed robbers burst into the gathering, over a million dollars’ worth of valuables were stolen from high-profile guests. This brazen heist formed the basis for Peacock’s 2022 crime drama miniseries Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.

Adapted from the iHeartMedia podcast of the same name, Fight Night brought this outlandish true story to life through eight gripping episodes. An all-star cast tells the tale, with Kevin Hart leading as street hustler Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams. Don Cheadle...

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, directed by Craig Brewer, takes its inspiration from real-life events that happened back in 1970. The city of Atlanta athletic commission granted permission to Muhammad Ali to compete in a fight against Jerry Quarry, and it was a tense environment as there were a lot of citizens who didn’t want Ali’s ban to be revoked. Meanwhile, there was a group of high-ranking criminals, leaders of major crime syndicates, and all the whos who of the criminal world who gathered under one roof to party. Little did they know that there was a plan in place to rob them that night. So, let’s find out what happened in Fight Night episode 1.

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Why did Chicken Man want to host a party?

Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams started his career as a drug peddler, but then later, he left that business and did all...

In late October 1970, Muhammad Ali returned to the boxing ring after being suspended from the sport three years prior for his refusal to be drafted in the Vietnam War. Though the legendary boxer won the fight against opponent Jerry Quarry, the front pages of Atlanta’s newspapers the next day boasted a tale much more compelling than Ali’s comeback. Peacock’s forthcoming limited series, “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” based on the true-crime podcast, tells the story of the greatest robbery in Georgia’s history and how Atlanta transformed into the Black Mecca.

“I read the script, and I was like, whoa,” series star Taraji P. Henson told Variety during a sit-down conversation at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (Mvaaff), where the series premiered ahead of its Sept. 5 debut on Peacock.

“I remember I had a good two friends move down there in the early nineties.

Get ready for an epic true crime drama coming to Peacock this September 5th. “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” tells the wild story behind a brazen robbery in 1970s Atlanta.

The series is based on the hit iHeart podcast of the same name. It takes place during Muhammad Ali’s famous comeback fight against Jerry Quarry in 1970. While Ali was giving Quarry the ol’ one-two in the ring, some crooks were pulling off a huge heist at the afterparty!

You won’t believe who’s playing the mastermind behind it all – comedian Kevin Hart takes on the role of “Chicken Man”. With a cast that also includes Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, and Taraji P. Henson, this show is loaded with big stars.

The preview clip looks amazing. It really makes you feel like you’re back in the 1970s with the outfits and music. Police think Chicken Man...

As the old adage goes, the truth is often far stranger than fiction. And Peacock's upcoming limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, based on "some sh*t that really happened," is set to chronicle the seriously strange goings-on surrounding an audacious armed robbery on the night of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali's comeback fight against Jerry Quarry in Atlanta in October, 1970. The series, inspired by Jeff Keating and Jim Roberts' iHeart true-crime podcast, boasts an all-star line-up featuring Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, and Taraji P. Henson — and you can check out the slick first trailer for Fight Night below:

As we see in this propulsive first proper look at Fight Night, writer-creator Shaye Ogbonna (The Chi) is gearing up to deliver a real haymaker with this super-stylised new show. Featuring 'fros, flares, high-rollers and even higher stakes, this trailer — which opens with Dexter Darden's...

Peacock has released the first trailer for the upcoming limited series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.”

Kevin Hart leads the all-star cast of the series, which includes Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, and Terrence Howard, as well as guest stars like Chloe Bailey, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Dexter Darden, Lori Harvey, and Sinqua Walls.

Watch the full trailer below.

“Fight Night” is based on the iHeart true-crime podcast of the same name. The series is set in Atlanta in 1970 in the day surrounding Muhammad Ali’s comeback fight against Jerry Quarry. The series’ logline states:

“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,...

Peacock recently dropped the Teaser of the Muhammad Ali Series, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Teaser (Photo Credit –YouTube)

Peacock’s newest series, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist has brought together some amazing and biggest names in Hollywood to tell the story of an infamous armed robbery after Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight against Jerry Quarry. Based on the iHeart true-crime podcast of the same name, the limited series has dropped its first teaser and it’s fiery as ever.

The story follows 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.”

The official synopsis of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist reads, “When a hustler named Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) hosts an afterparty to celebrate the fight with a guest list of the country’s wealthiest,...

There’s a huge series coming to Peacock, and it centers around a Muhammad Ali story!

The limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist has added several actors to its cast, featuring some high-profile names from the modeling and music worlds, as well as big actors.

Production on the series is set to begin this month. It was created and written by Shaye Ogbonna who will co-showrun and executive produce the project alongside Jason Horwitch.

Via Deadline: “The series, based on the eponymous iHeartPodcast, will tell the story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint, becoming one of the largest armed robberies the country has ever seen. Fight Night, set in Atlanta, will focus on the cop and the hustler,...

Exclusive: Peacock‘s limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist has added six actors to its growing cast: Chloe Bailey (Candy Cane Lane), Melvin Gregg (Snowfall), Artrece Johnson (A Thousand One), Jalyn Hall (Genius: MLK/X), Clifton Powell (Black Lightning) and Lori Harvey. Production is set to begin next week

The series, based on the eponymous iHeartPodcast, will tell the story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint, becoming one of the largest armed robberies the country has ever seen. Fight Night, set in Atlanta, will focus on the cop and the hustler, at the center of it all.

Previously announced cast includes Dexter Darden as Muhammad Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Hart, Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson and Don Cheadle.

Dexter Darden (Chang Can Dunk) is ready to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee as Muhammad Ali for Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, a limited crime series coming to Peacock. The forthcoming series features Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Hart, and Terrence Howard for a story about an infamous armed robbery after Muhammad Ali’s historical comeback fight in 1970.

In the series, Jackson plays Frank Morten, a real-life underworld kingpin dubbed the Black Godfather by the New York tabloids. The project finds Jackson reuniting with Black Snake Moan filmmaker Craig Brewer, who will direct the first two episodes of Fight Night. Meanwhile, Howard plays Richard “Cadillac” Wheeler, a gangster and associate of the Council of 12. Hart plays Chicken Man in the series, while Taraji P. Henson portrays Vivian Thomas, a savvy businesswoman and Chicken Man’s mistress.

The plot takes place on the night of Ali defeating...

Peacock is ready to touch gloves with Samuel L. Jackson after the Pulp Fiction and Snakes on a Plane star joined the cast of its Muhammad Ali limited series, Fight Night. Jackson plays Frank Moten for the series, a real-life underworld kingpin dubbed the Black Godfather by the New York tabloids. The project finds Jackson reuniting with Black Snake Moan filmmaker Craig Brewer, who will direct the first two episodes of Fight Night.

The plot takes place on the night of Ali defeating Jerry Quarry after he was banned from boxing for military draft dodging. The disturbing events of that evening include hundreds of guests at an after-party being robbed at gunpoint, becoming one of the most significant armed robberies in United States history. The tale unfolds in Atlanta, with story elements revolving around the cop, J.D. Hudson, and Morten (Jackson), the hustler, orchestrating the unprecedented criminal event.

Fight Night also stars Kevin Hart,...

Samuel L. Jackson has joined the Peacock Muhammad Ali limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. He will portray Frank Moten, a real-life underworld kingpin coined the Black Godfather by the NY tabloids.

The project reunites Jackson with Craig Brewer, who will direct the first two episodes of the show. The pair previously collaborated on the 2006 film Black Snake Moan.

The series will tell the story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint, becoming one of the largest armed robberies the country has ever seen. Fight Night, set in Atlanta, will focus on the cop and the hustler, at the center of it all.

Kevin Hart will star in and produce the limited...

The story of an infamous armed robbery after Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight is heading to streaming.

Kevin Hart will star in, and produce, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, which has landed a series order at Peacock. It is based on the eponymous podcast and comes from Shaye Ogbonna and Will Packer.

It will tell the story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint, becoming one of the largest armed robberies the country has ever seen.

Shaye Ogbanna (Victoria Stevens)

The Atlanta-set limited series, which was created and written by Ogbonna, a writer on Penguin and The Chi, follow the fight and the heist introduced the world to the city dubbed “the Black Mecca,” and the cop and...

Exclusive: The story of an infamous armed robbery after Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight is the subject of a new true-crime podcast series from Will Packer.

The Girls Trip producer has teamed with iHeartMedia and Jeff Keating’s Georgia-based production company Doghouse Pictures for Fight Night.

The series tells the story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint. It looks at the party that turned into one of the largest armed robberies the country has ever seen.

Keating, who co-wrote the podcast with Jim Roberts, will host the series with Dan Bush, Lars Jacobson, and Kenny Burns exec producing. Packer and James Lopez, President of Will Packer Productions will co-produce the iHeartRadio Original.

It will launch on October 26 – the 50th anniversary of the fight.

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

12-gauge Comics

Anti #4 (Of 4)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Abrams

Faeryland The Secret World Of The Hidden Ones Hc, $27.50

Star Wars Storyboards The Prequel Trilogy Hc, $40.00

Abrams Comicarts

Bazooka Joe And His Gang Hc, $19.95

Action Lab Entertainment

Double Jumpers #4 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Amulet Books

Army Of Frogs A Kulipari Novel Hc, $15.95

Antarctic Press

Miles Away Gn, $14.95

Ape Entertainment

Drew Hayes’ Poison Elves #2 (Cover A Darick Robertson), $2.99

Drew Hayes’ Poison Elves #2 (Cover B Osvaldo MonPeller), $2.99

Drew Hayes’ Poison Elves #2 (Cover C Darick Robertson), Ar

Archaia Entertainment

Strange Attractors Hc, $19.95

Archie Comic Publications

Archie And Friends Double Digest #27, $3.99

Jinx Volume 2 Little Miss Steps Hc (not verified by Diamond), $16.99

Jinx Volume 2 Little Miss Steps Sc (not verified by Diamond), $9.99

Mega Man Volume 5 Rock Of Ages Tp,...

Seduction of the Innocent will release on February 19, 2013. New York Times bestselling author Max Allan Collins, known for his book Road to Perdition, once again has outdone himself with Seduction of the Innocent, which blends fact and fiction in a true-thriller fashion!

Amanda Dyar: Seduction of the Innocent is an upcoming novel from yourself that focuses on the real life story of 1950s proposed ban of violent and horror-filled comic books. How did you become involved in this project, and how did you prepare for the beginning of your work?

Max Allan Collins: Seduction of the Innocent takes a fairly lighthearted approach to a serious subject, and I hope it doesn't stint on either one. The format is a Golden Age mystery -- that's the era of Rex Stout, Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Erle Stanley Gardner -- since the '50s setting of the novel is appropriate to that kind of story.