Peacock Orders Fight Night Adaptation with Kevin Hart

Peacock has commissioned Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, based on the true-crime podcast Fight Night, with Kevin Hart set to star and executive produce.

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.

Universal Television is producing the adaptation of the podcast, originally from iHeartPodcasts, Doghouse Pictures and Will Packer Media. The series is created and written by Shaye Ogbonna (Penguin, The Chi, God’s Country), who is also a showrunner and executive producer, alongside Jason Horwitch (Echo 3, The Calling).

Additional executive producers 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 direct episodes one and two, as well as executive produce.