{"id":4867,"date":"2025-06-08T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T19:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/?p=4867"},"modified":"2025-06-09T04:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:09:14","slug":"universal-pictures-is-preparing-a-film-about-the-life-of-snoop-dogg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/universal-pictures-prepare-un-film-sur-la-vie-de-snoop-dogg\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Pictures is preparing a film about the life of Snoop Dogg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2025 is already shaping up to be a very interesting one for hip-hop culture! <strong>Universal Pictures<\/strong> has just announced the preparation of a biopic dedicated to the star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/tag\/snoop-dogg\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Snoop Dogg<\/a><\/strong>. Behind the camera, we find <strong>Craig Brewer<\/strong>, a director renowned for his authentic musical films such as <strong>Hustle &amp; Flow<\/strong> and <strong>Dolemite Is My Name<\/strong>. This project, expected as THE film on <strong>Snoop<\/strong>, promises to retrace the unique journey of <strong>Calvin Broadus Jr.<\/strong>, from his beginnings on the streets of Long Beach to his status as a global superstar and essential entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKkijqVy95E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKkijqVy95E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKkijqVy95E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A quality cast behind the project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This biopic is not just another film about rap: it is the first project resulting from the partnership between <strong>Death Row Pictures<\/strong> and <strong>NBCUniversal<\/strong>. <strong>Death Row<\/strong>, a famous label that revealed <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong> in the world, associates with <strong>Brian Grazer<\/strong> (producer of the classics <em>8 Mile<\/em> and <em>Straight Outta Compton<\/em>) and to <strong>Sara Ramaker<\/strong>, president of <strong>Death Row Pictures<\/strong>, to produce this important film. <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong> he is also a producer, guaranteeing authenticity and total immersion in his world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The screenplay, originally written by <strong>Joe Robert Cole<\/strong> (Black Panther), will be polished by <strong>Craig Brewer<\/strong> to stick as closely as possible to the life and personality of <strong>Snoop<\/strong>. We will follow the artist through his ups and downs: his first freestyles, his famous collaborations with <strong>Dr. Dre<\/strong>, his time in prison, his artistic rebirth, and his incredible reconversion into businessman and media personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This film marks a turning point for <strong>Death Row Records<\/strong>, which sees the future with its audiovisual production division. The objective is to tell the story of hip-hop culture from the inside, with its codes, its dramas, its successes and its important figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the success of <em>Straight Outta Compton <\/em>(over $200 million at the box office) and the film <em>8 Mile<\/em> (Oscar for Best Song for <em>Lose Yourself<\/em>), <strong>Universal<\/strong> is banking heavily on this new project, which is already shaping up to be an important film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside the film, <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong> continues to make headlines: he will return to his red chair in season 28 of <em>The Voice US<\/em> in the fall, and multiplies collaborations with <strong>NBCUniversal<\/strong>, after having been very present during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on <strong>NBC<\/strong> and <strong>Peacock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biopic of <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong>, scheduled for release on December 25, 2025, promises to be an event not to be missed for all hip-hop fans. Between authenticity, homage and great storytelling, this film could well become a reference for understanding the journey and impact of <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong> over several generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be continued\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first project from the partnership between Death Row Pictures and NBCUniversal.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":4872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,670,678,1475,606,1128,757],"class_list":["post-4867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-featured","tag-hip-hop","tag-journal","tag-los-angeles","tag-magazine-hip-hop","tag-media","tag-snoop-dogg"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4867"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4867\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}