"Whip It!" is the upcoming $10 million feature, directed by actress Drew Barrymore, adapting the 2007 novel "Derby Girl" by author Shauna Cross.
The comedy stars Canadian actress Ellen "Juno" Page as 'misfit' teenager 'Bliss Cavender'.
Bliss is pressured into entering beauty pageants by her mother, but joins a roller derby league instead.
Cast includes Barrymore as teammate 'Smashly Simpson', Marcia Gay Harden as Bliss' mother, Kristen Wiig as her roller derby mentor 'Malice in Wonderland', Alia Shawkat as best friend 'Pash', Jimmy Fallon as 'The MC', Landon Pigg as love interest 'Oliver', Juliette "Strange Days" Lewis as rival player 'Iron Maven', Zoё Bell as derby star ' Bloody Holly' and Ari Graynor as 'Eva Destruction'.
The Mandate Pictures production started July 26, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan, with additional scenes shot in Texas."Whip It!", produced by Barrymore's Flower Films will be released October 9, 2009...
