In the opening monologue of the first episode of Fight Night: The Million Dollars RobberyGordon “Chicken Man” Williams, played by Kevin Hart, lays the groundwork for Peacock’s eight-part miniseries (the first three episodes of which are now streaming). “You know, they burned Atlanta to the ground,” Chicken Man tells his friend, who runs a funeral […]
“He has nowhere to go,” Cheadle said of his very famous co-star. During filming Ocean’s Twelve In Italy, Don Cheadle and his co-stars developed a unique method to evade the paparazzi, which Boogie Nights Star recalled a recent episode of Conan O’Brien needs a friend. “When we were in Italy, where we shot the second […]
Kevin Hart as Chicken Man Courtesy of NBCU/Peacock Fight Night: The Million Dollar Robbery is now streaming on Peacock. The series tells the true story of Muhammad Ali’s return to boxing in 1970 and the infamous robbery at an Atlanta after-party gone wrong. Read on to learn more about the true events that inspired the […]
Don Cheadle and his Oceans 12 His colleagues know how to deal with the odd paparazzi. This week, the actor revealed his secret weapon for avoiding constant cameras on the set of the 2004 film: distract the press with Brad Pitt. Cheadle played in Ocean’s Twelvea sequel to 2001 Ocean’s Elevenalongside George Clooney, Matt Damon […]
What do a gang of criminals, Muhammad Ali and the city of Atlanta have in common? October 26, 1970. When a legal loophole allowed the boxer to return to the ring after refusing to perform military service, the night of his comeback fight became a golden opportunity for a gang of thieves to rob the […]
Kevin Hart’s true-crime miniseries Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist premiered Thursday on Peacock, complete with an all-star cast. The eight-episode limited series tells the true story of Muhammad Ali’s return to boxing in 1970 and an after-party that led to one of the biggest robberies in Atlanta’s history. Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams (Hart) is […]
It takes a while to realize that the hero of Peacock’s new crime dramedy Fight Night: The Million Dollar Robbery is not in reality the convoy of extravagant gangsters, crooks and petty criminals of the series, but rather the city of Atlanta. And that the eponymous robbery, despite the stated financial value, is in reality […]
