In late October 1970, Muhammad Ali returned to the boxing ring after being suspended three years earlier for refusing to be drafted into the Vietnam War. Though the legendary boxer won the fight against rival Jerry Quarry, the front pages of Atlanta newspapers the next day ran with a story far more harrowing than Ali's comeback. Peacock's upcoming limited series, "Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist," based on the true-crime podcast, tells the story of the largest heist in Georgia history and how Atlanta was transformed into a Black Mecca.

“I read the script and thought, wow,” series star Taraji P. Henson told Variety during a conversation at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF), where the series premiered ahead of its Sept. 5 opening on Peacock.

"I remember in the early '90s I had two good friends who moved there, and I thought, 'What's so special about Atlanta?' I read the scripts and I understand that this is still a vestige of what Chicken Man started in 1970, and that blew my mind," she said. "When I found out that's where it came from, it was just one of those great historical moments."

"Fight Night" follows Chicken Man (Kevin Hart), an Atlanta businessman who throws a huge post-fight party with a guest list that includes some of the country's most prominent gangsters. However, when the party turns into a brazen robbery, Chicken Man begs Detective J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), the only black detective on the Atlanta Police Department, to help clear his name.