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Seems like every other week brings a new movie starring a rapper. Recently, we've seen ATL featuring T.I. and Big Boi, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift with Bow Wow, Killa Season with Cam'ron and Dipset. And we'll soon bask in the glory of Waist Deep starring the Game as a dude named "Big Meat" as well as Idlewild, the perpetually delayed Outkast movie we've mentioned a million times already.

Well, it seems that there's even more hip-hop Hollywood action to look forward to. According to the Associated Press, Missy Elliott will play herself in a film version of her life story; the as-yet-untitled film is being produced by Universal Pictures in conjunction with Robert De Niro's production company, Tribeca Films. No director or other participants have been revealed yet, but damn-- Robert De Niro and Missy Elliott! This could be the greatest thing ever. Or a total disaster. We can't wait to find out who plays Timbaland.

This actually isn't Missy's first time on the big screen. She was in Pootie Tang, the Jessica Alba danceathon Honey and apparently lent her voice to Shark Tale, if IMDB is to be believed.

It was also announced last week that Eminem will star in a silver screen remake of the 50s TV show "Have Gun - Will Travel". According to MTV.com, referencing a story in Variety, the show was originally about a "professional gunfighter" in San Francisco, but Eminem will play a bounty hunter, probably in Detroit, and several other characters and plotlines will be updated and modernized. The film is being produced by Interscope head honcho Jimmy Iovine and Eminem's manager, Paul Rosenberg.

Oh, and Eminem's probably going to be involved in the soundtrack, too. So much for those retirement rumors.