Memphis director Craig Brewer is set to a direct a Snoop Dogg biopic that will star Jonathan Daviss of "Outer Banks" fame.

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.