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Snoop Dogg, Kenya Barris Team for Sports Comedy Film ‘The Underdoggs’ for MGM

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Wilson Chapman editorAfter his thrilling halftime performance at the 2022 Super Bowl, Snoop Dogg is entering the sports world — on the big screen.

The acclaimed rapper is set to star in Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s upcoming sports comedy film “The Underdoggs,” and will produce the movie alongside “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris.Set for a theatrical release on Oct.

20, 2023, “The Underdoggs” is described by the studio as “The Bad News Bears” in the world of youth football. Snoop Dogg stars as Jaycen Jenning, “2Js,” a former NFL superstar who has a run-in with the law and winds up coaching youth football in lieu of going to prison, in the hopes of relaunching his fledgling career.“‘The Underdoggs’ is a real personal project for me considering that I’ve been coaching football for 15-plus years with the Snoop Youth Football League that I started with my long-time business partner Constance Schwartz-Morini,” Snoop Dogg said in a statement announcing the project. “Giving back to the community through football has taught us so many invaluable life lessons that we’ve been able to share with kids in similar situations like mine when I was growing up,” he continued. “My hope is that this movie will shed light on the realities that kids and adults face in the hood and within the complex world of football.”The film’s script, penned by former Barris collaborators Danny Segal and Isaac Schamis (“Grown-ish,” “#BlackAF”), is based on a pitch from Snoop Dogg and Schwartz-Morini.

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