Samuel L. Jackson (Secret Invasion, Jurassic Park) has joined the cast of Peacock’s upcoming Muhammad Ali limited series project Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. It joins Kevin Hart in the film and will take on the role of Frank Moten, “a real-life crime boss nicknamed the Black Godfather by New York tabloids.”
The story is set in Atlanta, “following the clandestine heavyweight robbery that introduced the world to the city nicknamed the Black Mecca. It also focuses on the cop and the crook at the center of the story. Fight Night promises to reveal the infamous saga of an armed robbery during Ali’s historic comeback fight in 1970 and how it changed the fate of a city.
The series is set during the “night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which occurred 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 robbery groups the country has ever seen.”
The series is developed by the director Craig Brewer, who had already collaborated with Jackson on the 2006 film Moan of the black snake.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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