Editing Missy Elliott (section)

=== Film ===
In 2005, there were plans to make a biographical film about the life story of Elliott.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=November 29, 2005 |title=Missy Elliott Says She'll Expose Rape In Autobiographical Film |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1515205/20051129/elliott_missy.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114235952/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1515205/20051129/elliott_missy.jhtml |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=November 23, 2008 |work=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> It was to be co-produced by [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Jane Rosenthal]], and written by Diane Houston.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Shepherd |first=Julianne |date=June 25, 2007 |title=The Making of Keyshia Cole's 'Let it Go' |url=http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2007/06/keyshia_let_go_vid |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306202429/http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2007/06/keyshia_let_go_vid |archive-date=March 6, 2009 |access-date=December 30, 2016 |work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe.com]]}}</ref> In mid-June 2007, Elliott said she was still working on the script with Houston in order "to come up with the right stuff 'cause I don't want it to be watered down. I want it to be raw and uncut the way my life was."<ref name=":0" /> Initially, it seemed Timbaland would not be a part of the movie. When Missy asked him, he refused, believing this dramatized his character; "the movie is about her life, her story, that goes deeper than putting me into the movie".<ref>{{cite web |date=July 18, 2006 |title=Timbaland Shuns Missy Elliott Biopic |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/timbaland%20shuns%20missy%20elliott%20biopic_1002751 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522110932/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/timbaland%20shuns%20missy%20elliott%20biopic_1002751 |archive-date=May 22, 2009 |access-date=December 12, 2015 |website=Contactmusic.com}}</ref>