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A biopic based on Snoop Dogg‘s life and career is picking up steam at Universal Pictures – find out more below.
A Snoop-focused biopic was first announced in 2022, with Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole penning the script. At the time, Allen Hughes (Menace II Society, The Defiant Ones) was attached to direct.
Little news has been shared of the film’s development since then, until Universal confirmed last week that the project is still in the works, and is heading in a positive direction.
Last week, it was reported that Coming 2 America, Hustle & Flow, Footloose and Dolemite Is My Name director Craig Brewer will be helming the project, reworking some of Cole’s original script. Now, it has been revealed that Brewer has cast Outer Banks standout Jonathan Daviss as the legendary rapper.
Following the casting being made public, Snoop took to social media to post pictures of himself with the young actor: “Let’s go nefew [nephew]! It’s time!”. Daviss wrote in his own post: “Bow wow wow”.
The news was announced exclusively via Deadline, who also confirmed that Snoop Dogg, Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker will produce.
The film has yet to receive a title, reveal its supporting cast, and has yet to lock in a production timeline.
Snoop Dogg’s biopic is expected to chronicle the rapper’s entry into the real of hip-hop, though its currently unclear just how much of his legendary career will be covered in the film.
Snoop Dogg’s latest album ‘Missionary’ has scored a three-star review from NME, with Kyann-Sian Williams writing: “‘Missionary’ is an underwhelming sequel where the inspirational tone feels forced, and the sonic versatility hinders the whole project. Dre and Snoop forgot the legacy they created for the West Coast with ‘Doggystyle’ and – although there are flashes of fun – the forgettable collection barely scratches the surface of their legendary status.”
As for Daviss, he is best known for his role as Pope Heyward in the Netflix action-adventure teen drama Outer Banks, which has been renewed for a fifth and final season. His second largest role was in the 2022 Netflix film Do Revenge.
Madonna revealed that she saw her late mother "on the other side" while she was in a medically induced coma in 2023.
In a conversation on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast on Monday, the Queen of Pop explained that she was treated in intensive care and remained in a coma for two days after doctors discovered a "serious bacterial infection" that developed after a mild fever.
Thinking back to the health scare, Madonna shared that she experienced a vision of her mother, also named Madonna Ciccone, who lost her life to breast cancer in December 1963.
"I was almost there on the other side, and I had a conscious moment," she said. "My mother appeared to me, and she said, 'Do you want to come with me?' And I said, 'No.'"
She added that her assistant was present in the room and heard her say the word, "No."
"And then, when I did eventually wake up, I realised that the 'no' was about me needing to forgive and make good with people that I still held grudges against," the 67-year-old explained.
One of the long-standing conflicts she chose to release was her troubled relationship with her brother Christopher Ciccone.
The artist passed away from pancreatic cancer at 63 in October 2024.
"For my brother, I didn't speak to him for, you know, for years, years, and years. And it was him being ill (and) reaching out to me and saying, 'I need your help.' And me having that moment like, 'Am I going to help my enemy?' You know, that's how it felt. And I just did," the Ray of Light singer said. "And I ended up (helping) and I felt so relieved. And it was such a load off my back, such a weight that was removed, baggage that I could put down to finally be able to be in a room with him and holding his hand, even if he was dying and saying, 'I love you and I forgive you.' That was really important."
