The feature project from director Craig Brewer has cast Outer Banks actor Jonathan Daviss in the lead role. Brewer ( Coming 2 America, Hustle & Flow) is revising the script that was previously penned by Joe Robert Cole and tells the story of Calvin Broadus Jr.’s eventful journey along his path to fame as Snoop Dogg.

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Daviss is set to star as the venerable hip hop artist Snoop Dogg in the definitive biopic from Universal Pictures. Best known for Outer Banks, Daviss takes the lead role days after the studio set Craig Brewer to direct the film.

Jonathan Daviss is moving from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the West Coast. The Outer Banks star has been tapped to play Snoop Dogg in the upcoming biopic being directed by Hustle & Flow filmmaker Craig Brewer for Universal Pictures,