It looks like Ellen Page is set to start in Whip It, a Drew Berrymore directed roller girl movie! We get the casting news and following film info thanks to our friends at slashfilm:
Page would play Bliss, a “pretty, precocious teen full of sarcasm and wit and hijnks” growing up outside of Austin, Texas, who discovers a female roller derby. It’s Juno…on lil’ polyurethane wheels! I kid.
Anyone thinking that the film’s title is self explanatory should know that “whip it” is a roller skating term, as in, “she’s whipping the jammer.” Man, that is fun to say. Cross, a former L.A. Derby Doll named Maggie Mayhem, says that the flick will be the first to capture the sport with “multiple cameras and great editing,” playfully adding, “It’s going to be sick, yo.” She’s like Diablo Cody…on skates!
Well things are looking very good for Ellen Page. Thanks to her performance in Juno, the beloved darling has guaranteed herself work for quite some time to come; and when you get bitchin’ roles like this - life is good.
I think a roller-skating movie is a perfect choice for Drew’s directorial debut. DB is a fun sassy gal and I can totally see her in the stands of an all girl roller derby cheering on her favorite team. I remember watching Roller Games on TV as a kid. I remember Lita Ford singing Kiss Me Deadly at the end of one episode. That track better be on the soundtrack - it’s a powerful rough and tumble metal ballad from one of the genres legendary Queens.
Roller skating girls in uniform, kicking the crap out of one another is a lot of testosterone pumping entertainment for your dollar. I thing we are ready for a new movie about this sport, and it looks like things are shaping up just fine. I think Page and Berrymore will work well together and I would not be surprised if this is the beginning of a long ongoing working relationship. In celebration of this news, I think a rock out session with Lita is in order.
[Source : The Movie Blog]
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