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Dexter Darden to Star as Muhammad Ali in ‘Fight Night’ True Crime Limited Series at Peacock

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Dexter Darden has signed on to join Peacock‘s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” limited series, Variety has confir

Dexter Darden to Star as Muhammad Ali in ‘Fight Night’ True Crime Limited Series at Peacock

Dexter Darden has signed on to join Peacock‘s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” limited series, PvNew has /confirm/ied. He’ll take on the role of heavyweight boxer, Muhammad Ali.

based on the true crime podcast “Fight Night” by Doghouse Pictures, LLC and iHeartMedia + Entertainment, the true crime limited series tells the story of how an armed robbery during the night of Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life, but an entire city. The series follows the infamous heavyweight fight and criminal underground heist that “introduced the world to the city dubbed ‘the Black Mecca,’ and the cop and the hustler at the center of it all,” reads the description. nh. nnb

Darden joins previously announced star Kevin Hart, who also executive produces alongside Will Packer. As PvNew previously reported, Samuel L. Jackson joined the series as notorious gangster Frank Moten, who was given the moniker “the Black Godfather” by New York tabloids.

Created and written by Shaye Ogbonna (Penguin, The Chi, God’s Country). Ogbonna and Jason Horwitch (Echo 3, The Calling) will both serve as showrunners and executive producers. Also executive producing is Sabrina Wind for Will Packer Media; Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat, Conal Byrne and Carrie Lieberman for iHeartPodcasts; Jeff Keating for Doghouse Pictures, LLC, and Lars Jacobson. Craig Brewer (“Empire,” “Dolemite Is My Name”) will executive produce the series and direct episodes several episodes. The series comes from Universal Television LLC, a division of Universal Studio Group.

(By/BreAnna Bell)
 
 
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