Jun 29, 2008 by Courtney O.

4 Ladies Roll with Whip It!

Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis and Zoe Bell are turning heads with Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore in the roller derby comedy Whip it! for Mandate Pictures. The comedy will mark Barrymore's directorial debut.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harden plays an overbearing ex-beauty queen who would rather see her daughter, Bliss (Page), in pageants than skates. Barrymore will play Page's teammate. Wiig (Saturday Night Live, Knocked Up) plays Bliss' rowdy mentor, Malice in Wonderland. Lewis is Dinah Might, the star of Austin's top team. Bell plays a medical technician moonlighting as derby star Bloody Holly.

The film begins shooting this summer in Michigan and Texas.


Sources: The Hollywood Reporter

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Comments (4)

  1. MovieBuff

    Never seen a rollerderby movie i liked yet. Rollerball had potential but didn't quite do it for me. Wonder if this movie is based on the movie Raquel Welch did back in the 70's? I believe it was called Kansas City Bomber. Great name since the movie BOMBED.

    4 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag

  2. Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes

    i dunno may be good

    4 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag

  3. comic book guy

    Yet another Crapfest in the making Maybe Barrymore will stand on a desk and flash here boobs at the screen then this maybe worth a look.

    4 years agoby @lostone01Flag

  4. ed_wood

    I'm a huge Zoe Bell fan and the story sounds funny. Will have to see how Barrymore does at directing, should be interesting.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

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