Dhaka, June 7 -- Universal Pictures has tapped "Hustle & Flow" filmmaker Craig Brewer to direct its upcoming biopic on rap icon Snoop Dogg. The currently untitled film will chronicle the hip-hop legend's rise to fame and is the first project under Death Row Pictures' deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios.

Brewer, also known for "Dolemite Is My Name", is revising the existing script written by "Black Panther" co-writer Joe Robert Cole. Casting details and a release date have yet to be announced.

According to Variety, the film is being produced by Snoop Dogg himself, alongside Brian Grazer and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker. Universal's senior vice-president of production development, Ryan Jones, is overseeing the proj...