Aaron Paul and Giovanni Ribisi are joining Universal Pictures’ Snoop Dogg biopic, Deadline reported on Nov. 9. Paul, known for Breaking Bad, will play music executive Jimmy Iovine. Ribisi, whose credits include Avatar, will play attorney David Kenner, according to the trade outlet.

Two figures from the business and legal sides of Snoop’s rise

Iovine co-founded Interscope Records, which helped bring Death Row’s music to a national audience. Kenner represented Death Row and was part of Snoop Dogg’s defense in the 1990s murder case that ended in an acquittal. The casting brings both figures into the project. How much screen time the film gives their work, and whether it depicts the trial, remains unclear.

Who else is in the film?

Jonathan Daviss stars as Snoop Dogg, with Craig Brewer directing. Bright Light previously covered Cynthia Erivo’s casting as Afeni Shakur, Tupac Shakur’s mother. Snoop Dogg is among the producers. Universal has scheduled the film for a wide theatrical release on Aug. 6, 2027.