Aaron Paul To Play Music Mogul Jimmy Iovine In Universal’s ‘Snoop’; Giovanni Ribisi Also Set

EXCLUSIVE: Snoop, the Snoop Dogg biopic from Universal Pictures, has added two more to its cast: 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 plays 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. Others set 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.

Universal releases Snoop on August 6, 2027. 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.

The first project under Death Row Pictures’ overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment, announced last April, Snoop will of course incorporate music from the legendary rapper’s vast catalogue. Senior Vice President of Production Development Ryan Jones and Director of Development Tony Ducret are overseeing the project for Universal.

Multiple Emmy-winning Breaking Bad breakout Paul will next be seen in the third season of the hit Amazon series Fallot, Curry Barker’s next film Anything But Ghosts and Jo Nesbø’s The Night House. He is represented by UTA.

Currently, Ribisi can be seen starring in MGM+’s American Hostage, opposite Jon Hamm, and Prime Video’s series The Greatest on Muhammad Ali. Most recently on set of Gregg Araki’s The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization, he is repped by CAA, Linden Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.