Snoop Dogg simply made the leap from behind-the-scenes producer to front-and-center star.

The Lengthy Seaside legend will headline Eli Roth’s upcoming horror movie Don’t Go in That Home, B####!

Director Eli Roth dropped the information Thursday evening on the Bvlgari Everlasting Vimini get together on Rodeo Drive. Snoop was initially connected because the movie’s music producer and soundtrack creator. Now he’s taking the lead function in what Roth calls “the final word haunted home film.”

“He’s been desirous to do Demise Row Movies for a very long time,” Roth informed Selection. “I stated we have to make the final word haunted home film, just like the craziest one, one thing that mixes Home, Home by the Cemetery, Hausu and Friday, the thirteenth.”

This isn’t Snoop’s first time moving into performing roles. The 55-year-old rapper has constructed a strong filmography over twenty years. He starred alongside Tyrese Gibson in John Singleton’s Child Boy again in 2001.

That very same yr, he performed the vengeful ghost Jimmy Bones within the supernatural thriller Bones.

Snoop additionally introduced laughs to Soul Airplane in 2004, enjoying Captain Antoine Mack alongside Kevin Hart and Technique Man. His vary spans drama to comedy, proving he can deal with various genres with ease.

However horror motion pictures maintain particular which means for Snoop. He executive-produced and starred in Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror in 2006. The anthology movie featured three tales of terror with Snoop because the narrator. Danny Trejo and Ernie Hudson joined the solid in that city horror undertaking.

Roth completed the script for Don’t Go in That Home, B####! over the vacations. The director plans to use for California tax credit to shoot in Los Angeles beginning this June. No different solid members have signed on but.

The undertaking reunites Roth and Snoop after their 2012 collaboration. He directed Snoop’s “La La La” music video, which featured horror film components and darkish imagery.

Snoop can be contributing music to Roth’s different upcoming movie, Ice Cream Man. The rapper despatched Roth unique rating music, not Hip-Hop beats.

“I used to be like, ‘Oh my god, that is unimaginable,’” Roth stated about Snoop’s instrumental compositions.

This horror undertaking comes as Snoop expands his leisure empire. He signed a significant partnership take care of NBCUniversal in April 2024. The settlement covers movie, tv, sports activities broadcasting and streaming content material throughout a number of platforms.

He’s additionally locked in as an honorary coach for Workforce USA on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. His “Ambassador of Happiness” function made him a breakout star in the course of the 2024 Paris Olympics protection.

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