Snoop Dogg Announces Biopic at CinemaCon

Snoop Dogg announced plans for a biopic chronicling his rise to fame during Universal Pictures' presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Wednesday, revealing that production will begin this summer and the film is slated for a 2027 release.

The rapper, born Calvin Broadus Jr., introduced the project, titled "Snoop," as a rated-R endeavor produced through his Death Row Pictures in partnership with NBCUniversal. He will produce alongside Brian Grazer, known for films such as "A Beautiful Mind" and Eminem's "8 Mile," and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker. Craig Brewer, director of "Hustle & Flow" and the recent Neil Diamond biopic "Song Sung Blue," will helm the film, with a script revised from an original by Joe Robert Cole, who wrote "Black Panther."

Joining Snoop on stage was Jonathan Daviss, the "Outer Banks" actor set to portray the young Broadus navigating the early rap scene. "After my brothers told their story in Straight Outta Compton, it's my turn," Snoop said, referencing the 2015 N.W.A. biopic that grossed over $200 million worldwide and featured a young version of himself played by LaKeith Stanfield. Universal Pictures chair Donna Langley described the upcoming...