Common Footage has been engaged on a biopic about Snoop Dogg for a number of years now, and right now they revealed that Outer Banks actor Jonathan Daviss will star because the Lengthy Seashore rapper – a lot to Snoop Dogg’s delight. The as-yet-untitled film can be directed by Craig Brewer, who additionally co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole, and options music from the storied rapper’s profession. Snoop Dogg, Brian Grazer, and Dying Row Footage president Sara Ramaker function producers.
Brewer’s earlier directorial credit embody Dolemite Is My Identify, Coming 2 America, and Hustle & Circulate, amongst different motion pictures. This upcoming biopic is the primary movie underneath Dying Row Footage’ total cope with NBCUniversal Leisure and Studios, because the label, Dying Row Information, expands right into a extra visual-focused realm. As for Common Footage, that firm was behind the 2015 N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, wherein Snoop Dogg was portrayed by Lakeith Stanfield.
Final 12 months, Snoop Dogg launched the long-teased Dr. Dre–produced album Missionary, which included options by Jhené Aiko, Eminem, 50 Cent, Methodology Man, Jelly Roll, Sting, and extra. That LP adopted the 2022 full-length BODR, Snoop Dogg’s first solo album on the revived Dying Row Information.
At the beginning of 2022, Snoop Dogg carried out with Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, and others throughout the Super Bowl LVI halftime show in Inglewood, California. Revisit Pitchfork’s review of that televised efficiency celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop.
