Universal Pictures has officially set a release date for its long-awaited Snoop Dogg biopic: August 6, 2027. The studio confirmed the news this week, ending years of speculation since the project was first announced in 2022.
Titled "Snoop," the film will star "Outer Banks" actor Jonathan Daviss as Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr., tracing the rapper's rise from Long Beach, California, to becoming one of hip-hop's most recognizable icons. Craig Brewer, known for "Hustle & Flow" and this year's "Song Sung Blue," is directing from a script he rewrote based on an original draft by Joe Robert Cole.
Snoop Dogg himself is producing alongside Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker, marking the first project under Death Row Pictures' overall deal with NBCUniversal. The film will be rated R. "My movie is going to be rated R, I guarantee that," Snoop told a crowd at CinemaCon earlier this year. "So get your parents' permission."
"Snoop" will open the same weekend as Disney's "The Bluey Movie" - an unusual box office pairing - and follows Universal's string of successful music biopics, including "Straight Outta Compton" and this year's Michael Jackson film "Michael," which crossed $1 billion globally.
But as the news broke, many longtime fans found themselves thinking less about the box office and more about a chapter of Snoop's story that rarely makes headlines. In 2018, the rapper released "Bible of Love," a 32-track gospel album on which he spoke openly about returning to his Baptist roots after years exploring other paths. "I've always referred to my Savior Jesus Christ on my records," he said at the time, describing the project as something that had "always been on my heart." Whether that season of his life makes it into the film remains to be seen - but for an artist whose public image is often reduced to one era, it's a reminder that his journey has more layers than any trailer is likely to show.
