Overview

• Jonathan Daviss, best known for his role as Pope in Netflix’s Outer Banks, was revealed on June 9 as the lead in Universal’s long-planned Snoop Dogg biopic.
• Craig Brewer, director of Hustle & Flow and Dolemite Is My Name, is set to helm the film and revise Joe Robert Cole’s screenplay.
• Snoop Dogg will serve as a producer alongside Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker.
• The movie stands as the inaugural feature under Death Row Pictures’ overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios.
• Universal plans to trace Calvin Broadus Jr.’s evolution from West Coast newcomer to hip-hop icon, following its successful runs with 8 Mile and Straight Outta Compton.