Peacock orders drama based on ‘Fight Night’ podcast, with Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart

NBCUniversal streamer Peacock has commissioned Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, a limited drama starring and executive produced by Kevin Hart, alongside Will Packer.

Set in Atlanta, the series tells the infamous story of how an armed robbery during the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life, but an entire city’s destiny.

Shaye Ogbonna and Jason Horwitch are attached to showrun and executive produce the series, which is produced by Universal Television, and is based on the true crime podcast Fight Night by iHeartPodcasts, Doghouse Pictures and Will Packer Media.

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.