Will Packer & Kevin Hart Score Another TKO With ‘Fight Night’

Will Packer and Kevin Hart are back at it again, this time with the new Peacock series ‘Fight Night’ and it’s a Total Knockout. HipHollywood caught up with Packer, who executive produced the 8-part drama alongside Hart and Shaye Ogbonna, to dish on making the series and assembling an all-star cast.

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is based on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast about 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.

Starring: Kevin Hart (“Chicken Man”), Samuel L. Jackson (“Frank Moten”), Taraji P. Henson (“Vivian Thomas”), Don Cheadle (“JD Hudson”), Terrence Howard (“Cadillac Richie”), Chloe Bailey (“Lena Mosley”), Marsha Stephanie Blake (“Delores Hudson”), Dexter Darden (“Muhammad Ali”), Lori Harvey (“Lola Falana”) and Sinqua Walls (“McKinley Rogers”).

‘Fight Night’ streaming on Peacock now with new episodes every Thursday.