Snoop Dogg to play FILLMORE SLIM in biopic

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Snoop Dogg has signed on to play Fillmore Slim in an upcoming biopic. Deadline reprots that the rapper will star in The Legend of Fillmore Slim for Ames Universal and SRI Entertainment. Slim's real name is "Clarence Sims– a blues singer and guitarist. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was also a well-known pimp in San Francisco, referred to as “The West Coast Godfather of the Game” and “The Pope of Pimping.” Sims is still touring at the age of 77!

Hawthorne James is set to direct, pre-production is slated to start in December with filming to begin in March.The film is being produced by Alan Ames and Wayne Anderson, and will be exec produced by Shelly Liebowitz. Ames is also writing the screenplay with Carole Parker. The project was spearheaded by Sims’ daughter Rebecca.

Here is what Ames had to say about the project:

“This film will span decades. from Slim’s emergence as a musician, to his fascination with the fast life, through his years of incarceration and his redemption.”

Snoop is a great rapper and has been in a number of small roles. My only concern is that Snoop has starred in a movie called Soul Plane. What are your thoughts on this news?

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