Missy Elliott Joins Pharrell and Michel Gondry’s Coming-of-Age Musical

Missy Elliot has signed up with the cast of Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry‘s upcoming movie job, Range reports.

The rap artist is an apt addition to the task, which has actually been referred to as a coming-of-age musical set throughout the summer season of 1977 in Virginia Beach in a community like the one where Pharrell matured. Missy was born and raised nearby in Portsmouth, and the 2 turned up in a dynamic Hampton Roads hip-hop scene that likewise produced artists like Timbaland, Clipse, and Magoo.

Missy signs up with a currently stacked cast that likewise consists of Halle BaileyDa’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 dealing with the script.

For many years, Missy Elliott has actually turned 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 film Shark TaleOn 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 preparing for a significant summertime that will discover her embarking on what is technically– and incredibly– her Headlining tripThe 24-date “Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience” trek will begin July 4 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver and go through the summer season, covering Aug. 22 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Missy will be signed up with by a few of her closest good friends and partners throughout the trek, consisting of Ciara, Busta Rhymes, and Timbaland

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