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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Since the state of Georgia passed the country’s most generous tax incentives for film and television production, Atlanta has become what is often referred to as the “Hollywood of the South.” But for all the filming that uses the city as a backdrop, there are few that actually portray it as a dynamic metropolis worthy […]
