“Wicked” actress Cynthia Erivo has joined the cast of the Snoop Dogg biopic “Snoop” at Universal Pictures.
Erivo will play rapper Tupac Shakur’s mother, Afeni Shakur, a former Black Panther activist who had a strained relationship with her son. She was the subject of Shakur’s 10 hit “Dear Mama”.
“Outer Banks” star Jonathan Daviss plays Snoop Dogg, the rapper who emerged from Long Beach, California in the 1990s to become one of the biggest names in rap.
Camron Jones (“Panic”) will portray the influential but troubled Tupac. Also starring are Myles Bullock Be, Lauren London, Algee Smith, Tre Hale, Laya DeLeon Hayes, Olly Sholotan, Corey Champagne, Jonica Booth and SwayvoTwain.
Craig Brewer is directing the feature and wrote the latest draft of the script, which was initially written by Joe Robert Cole.
The project, which will incorporate music from Snoop Dogg’s vast catalog, is being produced by Brian Grazer, Sara Ramaker and Allan Mandelbaum. Production is currently underway in Southern California.
Source: THR
