First Look: 'Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist'

The wave of nostalgia continues to run through Hollywood with a new Universal Television series from Kevin Hart and Will Packer that is set in 1970 in Atlanta and will stream on Peacock beginning in September.

Based on a popular iHeart true-crime podcast of a similar name, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist focuses on “the infamous story of 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.’ When a hustler named Chicken Man (Kevin 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, J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force, who is tasked with bringing those responsible to justice.”

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Along with Hart and Cheadle, the Peacock series stars Samuel L. Jackson (“Frank Moten”), Taraji P. Henson (“Vivan Thomas”), and Terrence Howard (“Cadillac Richie”). Key guest stars include Chloe Bailey (“Lena Mosley”), Marsha Stephanie Blake (“Delores Hudson”), Dexter Darden (“Muhammad Ali”), Lori Harvey (“Lola Falana”), and Sinqua Walls (“McKinley Rogers”).

Check out the Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist character portraits below.

‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ character portraits

Shaye Ogbonna is the creator of Fight Night, as well as writer, showrunner, and executive producer, along with Hart; Packer; Jason Horwitch, who is also showrunner; Sabrina Wind; Bryan Smiley; Mike Stein; Conal Byrne; Carrie Lieberman; Jeff Keating; Lars Jacobson; Erika L. Johnson; Mike Daniels; and Craig Brewer, who also serves as a series director. Co-executive producers are Tiffany Brown and Kenny Burns.

Fight Night lands on Peacock on September 5.

See more photos from the Universal Television production below.