Rapper Snoop Dogg
has been hit with a $250,00 lawsuit, claiming the rapper’s Snoop Youth Football
League Foundation (SYFL) made a deal with Natural Resources Media & Technology
Group to shoot a reality series, despite having a similar, preexisting deal with
20th Century Fox. The
lawsuit, which was filed in New York Supreme Court last week, claims that Natural
Resources inked a deal with the SYFL, granting them exclusive rights over footage
of the team for pay-per-view, cable and DVD/home video distribution, in exchange
for a $100,000 production budget and a share of revenue.According
to the Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox became aware of the second
deal and sent a letter to Natural Resources Media and other companies involved
in the deal, which included TV One, Strange Fruit Film and TV and Axcess Sports
& Entertainment. 20th
Century Fox is developing a similar film with Snoop Dogg, titled Coach Snoop
with screenwriters Mark Gibson and Philip Halprin (Snow Dogs, The
Wild).Representatives
for Fox warned the companies involved that a large investment had been made into
Coach Snoop and that any other television project would violate Fox’s previously
granted rights.The
lawsuit claims Natural Resources was going to film footage of SYFL players leading
up the the "Snooperbowl," the SYFL’s annual championship for its 9-12
year-old players.Representatives
for Snoop Dogg of the SYFL were not available for comment as of press time.