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On the heels of several successful musical biopics in recent years, Universal Pictures is now developing a film about rap superstar Snoop Dogg.
The production, which will be the first under Snoop’s newly formed Death Row Pictures, will incorporate music from his storied career that dates back to his initial appearance on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic (1992) and his own hit solo studio debut, Doggystyle (1993).
The co-writer of Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever director, Joe Robert Cole, will pen the screenplay, while Allen Hughes, who with his brother Albert as the Hughes Brothers directed movies such as Menace II Society, Dead Presidents and The Book of Eli, is on board to direct.
Snoop biopic in the works: Universal Pictures is developing a biopic film about the life and career of Snoop Dogg, 51, who will also serve as one of the producers along with Allen Hughes, who will also direct; the rapper is pictured in February 2020
Snoop (born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.), 51, will also serve as one of the producers along with Hughes and Sara Ramaker, who helps run Snoop’s Death Row Pictures that was born from the record label Death Row Records, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
‘I waited a long time to put this project together because I wanted to choose the right director, the perfect writer, and the greatest movie company I could partner with that could understand the legacy that I’m trying to portray on screen, and the memory I’m trying to leave behind,’ Snoop said in a statement on Wednesday.
Showing his humorous side, the rapper added that ‘it was the perfect marriage. It was holy matrimony, not holy macaroni.’
Snoop’s Death Row legacy: The Snoop biopic will be the first production under Snoop’s newly formed Death Row Pictures, which came on the heels of him purchasing the Death Row brand earlier this year that all started with Death Row Records
All the hits: The upcoming film will incorporate music from his storied career that dates back to his initial appearance on Dr. Dre’s massive hit The Chronic (1992), as well as his own hit solo studio debut, Doggystyle (1993)’ the duo are seen in June 1993
Snoop purchased the Death Row brand earlier this year from MNRK Music Group, which is controlled by private equity group Blackstone, according to Deadline.
‘I wanted to be the CEO of Death Row Records and basically take over the merchandise and rerelease their music, do documentaries, and possibly do my life story,’ the Gin And Juice star told GQ in December.Â
After acquiring Death Row Records, Snoop met with Universal chairman Donna Langley , who said she ‘had the opportunity to hear [Snoop’s] story in his own words.’
‘We are humbled to be able to create the lasting document of this singular artist,’ Langley said of the upcoming biopic in the statement.
Snoop biopic: The co-writer of Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever director, Joe Robert Cole (right), will pen the screenplay, while Allen Hughes (left), who with his brother Albert as the Hughes Brothers directed movies such as Menace II Society, Dead Presidents and The Book of Eli, is on board to direct
Cole, who along with his Marvel credentials also co-wrote The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, said he’s most excited to be delving into the humanity of Snoop’s journey from the streets of Long Beach, California to global icon.
As for Hughes, the director appeared to transfixed by Snoop’s universal appeal, and how there’s ‘just something about his energy that brings people of all walks of life together.’
Universal Pictures also produced the biopic Straight Outta Compton (2015), which told the story of influential rap group N.W.A., that featured LaKeith Stanfield playing the role of Snoop in a cameo role and Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre. The biopic went on to become a bonafide hit earning $201.6 million on a budget that’s said to be between $28-50 million
Some of the other recent successful biopics include 20th Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which focused on Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, earned $910.8 million on a $50-55 million budget and Paramount Pictures’ Rocketman, which documented the life and career of Elton John, grossed $195.3 million on a $40 budget.
So far there’s no official word on who will portray Snoop in the upcoming film.
The search is on: So far there’s no official word on who will portray Snoop in the biopic; the hip hop superstar is pictured performing in 1993
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