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The rapartist grew up in Portsmouth, near Pharrell’s hometown of Virginia Beach, where the motionpicture will be set
Missy Elliot has signedupwith the cast of Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry’s upcoming movie job, Variety reports.
The rapartist is an apt addition to the task, which hasactually been explained as a coming-of-age musical set throughout the summertime of 1977 in Virginia Beach in a area like the one where Pharrell grew up. Missy was born and raised not far away in Portsmouth, and the 2 came up in a busy Hampton Roads hip-hop scene that likewise produced artists like Timbaland, Clipse, and Magoo.
Missy signsupwith an currently stacked cast that likewise consistsof Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. Pharrell is connected as a manufacturer, while Gondry is set to direct the as-yet-untitled task; Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson are working on the script.
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Over the years, Missy Elliott hasactually popped up in numerous movie and TELEVISION tasks. She made her movie launching in the 2001 funny Pootie Tang and played a fish variation of herself in the 2004 animated kids motionpicture Shark Tale. On TELEVISION, she’s provided her voice to American Dad!, while in 2017, she appeared on 2 episodes of the drama series Star.
Missy is presently tailoring up for a significant summerseason that will discover her embarking on what is technically — and extremely — her initially headlining trip. The 24-date “Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience” trek will