Myles Bullock Be is ready for some peepin’ and some creepin’ as he has nabbed the role of Dr. Dre in Snoop, Universal Pictures’ biopic of entertainment mogul and music icon Snoop Dogg.
Craig Brewer is directing the feature, which is being produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, the veteran producer behind the semi-autobiographical Eminem drama 8 Mile, and the company’s Allan Mandelbaum. Snoop Dogg and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker are also producing.
Jonathan Daviss, one of the stars of Netflix series Outer Banks, is portraying Snoop Dogg, who emerged from Long Beach, California, in the 1990s to become one of the biggest names in rap.
Key to his success was his relationship with Dre, one of the members of influential gangsta rap group N.W.A. In the early 1990s, as Dre made his seminal solo album The Chronic, he was given a cassette of demo tracks featuring a young Snoop Dogg. He was impressed that he put Snoop Dogg on numerous tracks, including the mega-successful single “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang.”
Dre became Snoop Dogg’s mentor and produced the latter’s debut album, Doggystyle, which is considered one of the key albums of the 1990s.
Brewer, who recently directed Song Sung Blue for Universal’s specialty studio Focus Features, wrote the latest draft of the script, which was initially written by Joe Robert Cole. The feature will incorporate music from Snoop Dogg’s vast catalog.
Universal, which previously made 2015’s Oscar-nominated N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, will release Snoop on Aug. 6, 2027.
Senior vp production development Ryan Jones and director of development Tony Ducret are overseeing the project for the studio. Imagine’s Jeb Brody is executive producing.
Snoop reunites Bullock Be with Brewer, who directed him in the 2024 Peacock miniseries Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, which had the actor part of an all-star cast that included Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson and Samuel L. Jackson.
The actor appeared in 20th Century’s White Men Can’t Jump and did a stint on Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s hit Starz series BMF, and earlier on starred in Marvel series Runaways.
Bullock Be, repped by Independent Artist Group and Liberman-Zerman Management, is currently shooting Hulu’s Prison Break reboot Prison Break: Black Creek as a series lead.
