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

The Long Beach legend will headline Eli Roth’s upcoming horror movie Don’t Go in That House, B####!

Director Eli Roth dropped the information Thursday evening on the Bvlgari Eternal Vimini social gathering 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 ultimate haunted house movie.”

“He’s been wanting to do Death Row Films for a long time,” Roth instructed Variety. “I said we need to make the ultimate haunted house movie, like the craziest one, something that mixes House, House by the Cemetery, Hausu and Friday, the 13th.”

This isn’t Snoop’s first time getting into performing roles. The 55-year-old rapper has constructed a stable filmography over 20 years. He starred alongside Tyrese Gibson in John Singleton’s Baby Boy again in 2001.

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

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

But horror motion pictures maintain particular that 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 forged in that city horror mission.

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

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

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

“I used to be like, ‘Oh my god, this is incredible,’” Roth said about Snoop’s instrumental compositions.

This horror mission comes as Snoop expands his leisure empire. He signed a serious 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 Team USA on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. His “Ambassador of Happiness” function made him a breakout star throughout the 2024 Paris Olympics protection.

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