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Universal Pictures has announced a wave of additions to the cast of its forthcoming Snoop Dogg biopic<\/a>, Variety<\/em><\/a> reports. Among them is SwayvoTwain\u2014aka Michael D\u2019Angelo Archer Jr., the son of late neo-soul legends D\u2019Angelo<\/a> and Angie Stone<\/a>\u2014who will play Biggie Smalls<\/a>. G Perico<\/a> is also set to portray Big Reecie Cup, and one-time Ellen Show<\/em> \u201ckid rapper<\/a>\u201d Bentley Green has been cast as RBX. They join an ensemble led by Outer Banks<\/em>\u2019 Jonathan Daviss<\/a> as Snoop Doggy Dog himself.<\/p>\n Directed by Craig Brewer of Hustle & Flow<\/em> fame, Snoop<\/em> is still almost a year out from hitting theaters, with a projected release date of August 6, 2027. Black Panther<\/em> screenwriter Joe Robert Cole handled the original script treatment for the film, which is being produced by Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker as well as Snoop Dogg himself. Alongside Daviss, the core cast includes Myles Bullock (Dr. Dre), Camron Jones (Tupac Shakur), Algee Smith (Warren G), Tre Hale (Suge Knight), and Laya DeLeon Hayes (Shante Broadus, Snoop Dogg\u2019s wife of almost three decades).<\/p>\n Universal was also behind the 2015 N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton<\/em><\/a>. In that film, Lakeith Stanfield played Snoop. Snoop<\/em> will mark the first cinematic release under Death Row Pictures\u2019 overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment and Studios.<\/p>\n Read about the Notorious B.I.G.\u2019s Ready to Die<\/em><\/a> and Life After Death<\/em><\/a> at Nos. 21 and 11, respectively, in The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n