Samuel L. Jackson Boards Peacock’s Muhammad Ali Limited Series ‘Fight Night’
deadline.comSamuel L. Jackson (The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pulp Fiction) has joined the Peacock Muhammad Ali limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.
He will portray Frank Moten, a real-life underworld kingpin coined the Black Godfather by the NY tabloids. The project reunites Jackson with Craig Brewer, who will direct the first two episodes of the show.
The pair previously collaborated on the 2006 film Black Snake Moan. The series will tell the story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came 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 robberies the country has ever seen.
Fight Night, set in Atlanta, will focus on the cop, J.D. Hudson, and Moten, the hustler, at the center of it all. Kevin Hart will star in and produce the limited series which landed a series order at Peacock in December.
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