Will Packer on ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Larry weighs in on the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. He’s then joined by producer Will Packer to discuss his new Peacock limited series ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’. They begin their conversation by discussing the premise and history behind the project which leads to a discussion about the art of creating content in today’s entertainment industry (12:57). After the break Larry and Will shine a light on the artistic way Don Cheadle, Kevin Hart, Terrence Howard, and Samuel L. Jackson embody their individual characters in ‘Fight Night’, which tells the story of a heist that took place at a Muhammad Ali boxing match (37:52). Finally, Will talks about his journey to becoming one of Hollywood’s top producers and shares some sage advice to aspiring filmmakers (56:06). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Will Packer Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.6	welcome back Larry when we're here welcome to black on the air man we have such a good
1:11.9	episode today I'm excited about this one.
1:14.0	Talking to my boy!
1:18.0	To Will Packer, producer extraordinary. He's doing so much in the world right now.
1:24.0	Will is killing it out there. But you know, you know all of his movies.
1:28.0	And he has a new one, a new limited series. You know he did girls trip, night school, think like a man, all that stuff, but
1:39.2	fight night he has on peacock coming up and it's about an actual heist that took place when Ali, Muhammad Ali made his comeback against Jerry Cori.
1:47.6	Really, it is a star-packed Samuel Jackson, Kevin Hart, Taraji Henson.
1:55.0	I mean, it is a Don Chito, an amazing cast, really a fun show.
1:59.0	So talking about about his careers,
2:03.0	his career, philosophies, stuff like that,
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