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<p dir="auto"><strong>Greg77</strong> — <em>19 years ago(June 14, 2006 01:00 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Despite the mediocre box office performance of the recent and extremely average 'Get Rich or Die Trying' 50 Cent film that flopped, Universal are planning a similar project on 35 year old rapper - producer Missy's life, to be produced by Robert De Niro's company.   Despite the fact that Missy probably can't act and will need coaching for a few months, at least the film can be guaranteed to have a great soundtrack she'll produce for it.   The Variety story is below.<br />
Posted: Tue., Jun. 13, 2006.<br />
Missy in biopic mix.<br />
U, Tribeca plan movie around rapper.<br />
By CHRIS GARDNER.<br />
Universal Pictures is putting rapper Missy Misdemeanor Elliott in the biopicbiopic mix.<br />
Studio has acquired a pitch from scribe Dianne Houston based on Elliott's life.   Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal are on board to produce through their Gotham-based Tribeca Films shingle along with Elliott's manager Mona Scott.  Project is currently untitled.<br />
Houston came up with the idea and took it to Scott, who helped flesh it out with the scribe and Elliott. Houston then took the project to longtime friend Rosenthal. Tribeca has a first-lookfirst-look deal with Universal.<br />
Elliott has been in business with Universal before: She had a role in the Jessica Alba starrer 'Honey'.   The deal for her biopic follows films based on two of rap's biggest male names, 50 Cent (Get Rich or Die Tryin') and Eminem (8 Mile).  Universal distributed the latter.<br />
Born in Portsmouth, Va., in 1971, Elliott began her musical career with the girl group Sista. She then segued to a producing career before breaking out as a solo artist more than 10 years ago.  Elliott writes and produces much of her own music.   Houston received an Oscar nom for her work on the short film Tuesday Morning Ride.  She penned the recent release Take the Lead and sold a pitch to Participant Prods. titled Zoot, based on the life story of Zoot Valasco.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Was this movie ever produced/filmed <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2753.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--question" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":question:" alt="❓" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f914.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--thinking_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":thinking_face:" alt="🤔" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1261083</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1261083</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:51:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Universal planning biopic film on Missy&#x27;s life on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:51:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>bjorkpluto</strong> — <em>19 years ago(August 29, 2006 01:50 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Queen Latifah should come out as well. Everyone knows she's dating her fitness trainer Jenette Jenkins. MC Lyte is also a lesbian. And Alicia Keys is bisexual.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I think hip hop fans are ready for Missy to come out. I don't think people would hold it against her. I think everyone already knows Missy is a lesbian. Its pretty obvious she's extremely masculine in the way she dresses and the way she walks and talks. She's basically a man and she acts like a man.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Tim can't stop the movie. They can easily create a DIFFERENT NAME for him in the movie and character. They do it ALL the time. No PERSON has control over a biopic they can't stop it. Paltrow didn't have permission from Sylvia Plath's daugther to sue some stuff in the movie Sylvia yet she made the movie anyway.</p>
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<p dir="auto">A link to a bit more about the project, written by Dianne Houston.<br />
<a href="http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3444/2/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3444/2/</a><br />
FWIW, I don't believe Missy will be starring.</p>
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<p dir="auto">it says on wikipedia (yeh I know, not the most reliable source) that it itsn't even confirmed if she's starring in the movie. So everyone calm the f u c k down</p>
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<p dir="auto">I hope they make it that would be so cool.  Being from Virginia on the real i love all the artist espicially Clipse.  I, unlike the famous hip hop Virginians am from northern virginia on the border of DC so i guess i can root from Martin Lawrence too since i'm there all the time.<br />
Seriously waiting Clipse new album, Mr. Me-Too</p>
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<p dir="auto">They most likely will.<br />
There is a rumor going around that a well known female MC is about to come out of the closet and it will conincide with a movie on her life being released.  I think it is her (not that anyone should be surprised that she is a lesbian).</p>
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<p dir="auto">The movie should explore Elliott's lesbian lifestyle if the biopic is going tbe honest. She dates her dancers well known.</p>
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<p dir="auto">so she wrote songs for some who CAN sing? anyone with a pen and some time can do that my friend. she is lucky that she is a female rapper, there arent many around therefore she doesnt have many with the kind of production she has to compete. she isnt a talented rapper, she CAN NOT DANCE..i dont care what anyone says, her songs are nothing more then her talking about sex or her body which isnt great anyway, the whole point of me being on this board is that its just a shame that money, time and effort are going to be spent to make a biopic on someone who DOESNT deserve it.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Been there, done that..and I can honestly say there are plenty of people in the industry that are way more talented then she is. Way more.</p>
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<p dir="auto">she isnt the greatest anything, shes a no-grade talent who luckily for her isnt a has been yet.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Are u guys <em>beep</em> stupid she is the greatest artist of all time she can sing she can rap and she can dance and most probally she can act.<br />
If you know anything about her life you know thins movie will be epic.<br />
and she IS going to the part for herself.<br />
JUST REMEMBER MISSY ELLIOT IS THE GREATEST</p>
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<p dir="auto">NO, the people AROUND her can dance. She just moves awkardly and it seems like she is dancing too. And she really is talentless, shes a female rapper. One of the only ones with good production and who knows people in the industry, the artists your talking about who didnt last are the ones who are probably male rappers, a dime a dozen. The FACT is, she without a doubt does not deserve her own biopic. She barely deserves an E! True Hollywood Story.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Good grief - we must have ran out of bona fide celebrities / grerat citizens in or der to descend to this level of tripe</p>
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<p dir="auto">Seriously Missy Elliot? I mean they couldn't find anyone else to do a biopic on, I mean what has she done? If there going to make this film, then Robert De Niro should make a biopic on my life next.</p>
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