Snoop Dogg at the Milken Institute Global Conference in 2023. Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images
Universal Pictures has tagged Craig Brewer to direct its upcoming biopic on Snoop Dogg.
🎤 The untitled film is set to be the first project stemming from Universal's deal with Death Row Pictures, a production company offshoot from the iconic Death Row Records label acquired by Snoop in 2022, Deadline reports.
🎬 The Snoop biopic is written by Joe Robert Cole and produced by Snoop, Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker.
💰Universal hopes the film deliverslike its previous Big Screen features on hip-hop legends:
The studio scored over $200 million at the global box office with 2015's "Straight Outta Compton"about the rap group NWA, and over $240 million with 2002's "8 Mile," which featured Eminem, Hollywood Reporter notes.
What we're watching: Casting hasn't been revealed, and there's no word yet on when the feature might hit theaters.