Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and the rapper Snoop Dogg are creating the MGM comedy feature film The Underdoggs. Snoop, Barris, Mychelle Deschamps, Constance Schwartz-Morini, and Jonathan Glickman will produce it. Charles Stone will direct the MGM comedy film, and Danny Segal and Isaac Schamis wrote the script. Dogg and Schwartz-Morini originally pitched the idea. Snoop Dogg will play Jaycen Jenning, aka “2J’s,” a former NFL player that becomes a youth football coach to escape further run-ins with the law. The Underdoggs film that Snoop Dogg and Kenya Barris are making is a passion project for the rapper. Snoop has been a football coach for Snoop Youth Football League for 15 years. This will be the first collaboration between Barris and Snoop. Danny Segal and Isaac Schamis previously worked with Barris on Grown-ish and #BlackAF.
Kenya Barris Has Moved on from Black-ish
The producer gained fame from his series Black-ish on ABC. He also created Grown-ish and Mixed-ish. Barris may also make the spin-off Old-ish. He was a writer for the series The Game, Girlfriends, and Soul Food. He co-created and produced the series America’s Next Top Model. On top of making the comedy film The Underdoggs with Snoop Dogg, Kenya Barris is working on a Richard biopic with MGM. Barris has written and produced other films as well. He wrote for the films Girls Trip, The Witches, and Cheaper by the Dozen. The MGM comedy film will star Snoop, who has first-hand experience being a football coach. The television producer has a lot of successful films and series under his belt. His Grown-ish collaborators will write the comedy film The Underdoggs from the mind of Snoop Dogg.
The rapper is added to the list of well-known talent Barris has worked with, along with Rashida Jones, Anthony Anderson, and Tyra Banks. There is no release date for the MGM comedy film.