Ellen Page to WHIP IT?
On the list of movies hoping to be made pre-strike was a mysterious project titled WHIP IT which instantly caught my attention as it had actress Drew Barrymore listed as director, the first time her name has ever been attached to a project in that role. It's taken a while but finally we have some concrete news about what the project is about. WHIP IT is a coming of age story about a young girl who finds her identity through rollerblading, and it's based upon Shauna Cross' 2007 novel "Derby Girl". The title of the book apparently changed because WHIP IT sounds more mysterious (it's actually a move in rollerblading).
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The film is being made and financed at Mandate Pictures the same studio behind JUNO... and wouldn't ya know it... Ellen Page is the name that Shauna Cross gave in an interview with Film School Rejects when asked about the casting of the film which she has adapted into a screenplay. The book is targeted for a March start date, once Page has completed her work on the lesbian werewolf movie (seriously) JACK AND DIANE. Although a roller-blading movie is far from the type of film I'm desperate to see, Page is proving herself to be a risk taking and highly interesting actress and Barrymore has been around long enough to know what films work. Bring it on!