Aaron Paul to Play Music Mogul Jimmy Iovine in Biopic SNOOP; Giovanni Ribisi Also Joins the Cast

The Snoop Dogg biopic from Universal Pictures, titled Snoop, has added two more to its cast with Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar).

Paul will play Jimmy Iovine, the billionaire music mogul who via his Interscope Records’ distribution deal with Death Row Records, helped bring Snoop’s early work into the mainstream. Ribisi will play David Kenner, the celebrity and criminal defense attorney who repped Death Row Records in the late ’90s.

Paul and Ribisi join a cast led by up-and-comer Jonathan Daviss in the title role. Other cast members include Myles Bullock Be, Lauren London, Camron Jones, Algee Smith, Tre Hale, Laya DeLeon Hayes, Olly Sholotan, Corey Champagne, Jonica Booth, SwayvoTwain, Cynthia Erivo, Hercy Miller, Zachariah Rogers and Tyquan Givens.

Craig Brewer is directing based on his rewrite of Joe Robert Cole’s original script. Snoop Dogg and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker are producing alongside Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer (8 Mile) and Allan Mandelbaum, with Michael Beugg and Jeb Brody exec producing.

Snoop is set to be released on August 6, 2027.

via: Deadline