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Snoop, Method Man Check in for 'Soul Plane'

Thu May 15, 3:46 AM ET


"Soul Plane" has been cleared for takeoff, with rapper-actors Snoop
Dogg and Method Man coming on board to star in MGM's urban version of
the classic 1980 comedy "Airplane!"

Snoop Dogg will play the plane's pilot, and Method Man will portray
Muggsy, the airline owner's best friend who is put in charge of the
plane's business class. Production is set to begin in late June.
Jessy Terrero will direct.

"Soul Plane" reunites Snoop Dogg and Terrero, who hails from the
music video realm and directed the rapper's "Tell It Like It Is"
video. The two took a recent trip together to Brazil.

During the making of the "Tell" video -- when Terrero learned that he
had nabbed the directing gig for "Soul Plane" -- Snoop Dogg revealed
that "Airplane!" was his favorite movie and expressed a desire to
join the new venture.

Terrero and Method Man worked together when Terrero directed the
video to the rapper's song "Round and Round," featured on the
soundtrack to the 2001 comedy feature "How High," starring Method Man
and Redman.


Snoop Dogg is in production on Warner Bros. Pictures' "Starsky &
Hutch." He is set to embark on a tour with rapper 50 Cent and rockers
the Red Hot Chili Peppers and is developing an urban version of "The
Longest Yard," based on a real-life football game pitting a team put
together by Snoop Dogg against a team from the Los Angeles Police
Dept. Terrero is attached to direct the project.

Method Man next stars in Miramax's "My Baby's Mama" and is attached
with fellow hip-hopper Redman to the studio's comedy "Jail Breakers,"
a remake of a South Korean film.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter