Whip It! News

'Whip It!' Brought Roller Derby Team to L.A. Premiere

September 30, 2009 03:09:49

Hollywood has become the host of a unique Los Angeles premiere of "Whip It!". On Tuesday, September 29, black carpet was rolled out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre to greet the oncoming celebrities, and it saw members of the L.A. Derby Dolls roller derby team skating down as well as performing stunts.

Black seemed to be the theme for the premiere as majority of the cast attending were seen in a dress or suit that is dominated with the dark color. Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, Juliette Lewis, Eve, Zoe Bell and Landon Pigg were some of the cast members wearing black for the evening.

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'Whip It!': On the Set With Jimmy Fallon, Ellen Page and Alia Shawkat

September 30, 2009 11:09:44

Counting down to the theatrical release of "Whip It!", Fox unleashed profile featurettes for the roller derby comedy drama. One of the on-set videos centers the attention on Jimmy Fallon. Coming from Yahoo! Movies, it features the comedian talking about his "sleazy MC" character Hot Tub Johnny, working with Drew Barrymore and what the movie has to offer.

In addition to this Fallon featurette, two other profile featurettes are also found. One from Yahoo! highlights on Ellen Page as she describes how her character, Bliss, finds herself when she joins a roller derby team. The other one from MySpace takes the focus on Alia Shawkat and how her character takes part in the movie.

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Five Clips From Drew Barrymore's 'Whip It!'

September 11, 2009 01:09:17

More footage of the forthcoming "Whip It!" have been made available for viewing pleasure with the outing of five clips from the roller derby drama. Most of the snippets center their attention to Ellen Page's character Bliss Cavendar and her life leading to her discovery of the underworld roller derby league.

One of the clips captures the moment when Bliss' mother scolds the misfit girl after she embarrasses her mother at a beauty pageant. Another clip sees Bliss and her best friend Pash, played by Alia Shawkat, telling a lie to her parents that they will go to a football game rather than to a roller derby show.

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Drew Barrymore's 'Whip It!' Debuts First Trailer

July 16, 2009 10:07:03

After the first set of photos from "Whip It!" made its way out, Fox Searchlight presents another form of sneak peek at the roller derby comedy drama by premiering its brand new trailer. More than two minutes long, the promotional video introduces Ellen Page's Bliss Cavendar and follows her as she finds a way out of her small-town misery.

Groomed for local beauty pageants by ambitious and haughty mother, Bliss has no clue where her life is going. But, that's all is about to change. One day, she discovers an underworld roller derby league. Impressed by what she is seeing, the misfit 17-year-old girl then tries out to join a team named the Hurl Scouts under the name of Babe Ruthless and finds her true self along the way.

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First Photos from Drew Barrymore's 'Whip It!'

July 09, 2009 04:07:39

USA Today has published the first set of photos from Fox Searchlight's "Whip It!". Providing a peek at how the cast will be seen in the movie, the pictures give out Drew Barrymore as Smashley Simpson, Ellen Page as Babe Ruthless, Kristen Wiig as Maggie Mayhem and Juliette Lewis as the villain Iron Maven.

Seven of the eight images expose captures from the new roller-derby comedy. Some of the photos display an individual shot of several cast members, while one is a group shot of the good team Hurl Scouts and another one sees few of the baddie team Holy Rollers. Aside from the seven pics, USA Today has also included one photo of Drew getting herself behind the camera and directing.

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Dumped Justin Long Backs Out From Drew Barrymore's 'Whip It!'

July 25, 2008 12:07:47

Experiencing a broken down romantic relationship with his latest girlfriend Drew Barrymore apparently has some effect on Justin Long's professional work. Recently splitting from the "Charlie's Angel" star, the 30-year-old has been reported to be dropping out of his involvement in Barrymore's directorial debut project, "Whip It!".

Allegedly, the Bruce Willis' co-star in "Live Free or Die Hard" chose to draw out from the project because he is still stressed out about the split. "He couldn't stand working with her and not being with her," an insider shared the report to E! News. "He's too upset.She dumped him. She was hot and cold. One minute she was in love with him and the next she wanted to break up with him. He is so distraught over the split that he dropped out of the movie."

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Ellen Page Cast in Drew Barrymore's Directorial Project?

January 15, 2008 02:01:31

The pregnant teenager in "Juno", Ellen Page, reportedly is being cast in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut project "Whip It!". The rumor broke out following FilmSchoolRejects' e-mail interview with Shauna Cross, the author of the novel 'Derby Girl' that is adapted into the film.

When asked about the casting, the author/screenwriter hinted that the Kitty Pryde in "X-Men: The Last Stand" is one of the actresses to play in the film. FilmSchoolRejects noted her answer writing, "Rumor is the lead could be played by an actress whose name rhymes with 'Shmellen Shmage.' (Translates to: Ellen Page?) But what do I know? I'm just the writer."

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The movie was shot at our city I'm so excited ^_^

posted by ash10 on Sep 16, 2008

3LyAga

posted by Kxhkgbiu on Jul 15, 2009

Can't wait

posted by LoveMovies on Jul 16, 2009

Looks like a fun date movie to me!

posted by Denny B on Jul 17, 2009

i'm super excited for this movie!! i love ellen page and drew barrymore!

posted by Ellen_Page_lover! on Sep 15, 2009

GOD BLESS YOU DREW FOR GIVIN US DERBY GIRLS SOME MOVIE LUV! THE TRAILER GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS AND I GET A LIL TEARY WHEN HER DAD GIVES HER HER FIRST PAIR OF RIDELLS! CANT WAIT FOR IT! SOCK-YA MISS PRIME DOOMSDAMES, DUKE CITY DERBY

posted by STINKERBRATT on Sep 15, 2009

i am in love with this movie!can't wait to see it!

posted by victoria on Sep 17, 2009

watched the sneak preview..MOVIE IS KICKASS!! GOTTA LOVE DREW BARYMOORE

posted by bak2basiks on Sep 26, 2009

Amazing movie! Saw the sneak preview last night and I love the soundtrack.

posted by drewandellenobsessed on Sep 27, 2009

Great movie. Soundtrack is amazing. The movie is wonderful. Ellen Page is great and her love interest is beautiful.

posted by zoeandsarah on Sep 27, 2009

What's that song that's on the short trailer for this it's like " I want you.. i wanna show you off.."

posted by Indiegirl on Sep 28, 2009

Hey Indiegirl...the song is "I Want You" by Fefe Dobson. Search YouTube to see the VIDEOs. Yes, that's right VIDEOS plural :D The song will be on Fefe's new album, "Joy" comin out round the end of October.

posted by MR.DETAIL on Sep 29, 2009

go see it

posted by cwdj on Oct 01, 2009

what was the song, in the movie and the lyrics were something like "All i wanna do is lick you face" ?!

posted by K SO on Oct 01, 2009

Amazing movie and perfect playlist <3

posted by shelbySCREAMS! on Oct 02, 2009

I saw this movie last night in an early screening thing. AMAZING.

posted by Ditto11 on Oct 03, 2009

where the heck is MGMT?

posted by dude. on Oct 03, 2009

this movie was freaking excellent drew did an amazing job as a director and producer every girl in this film has played a badass in another movie or is showing thier badass side its awesome!

posted by eap183 on Oct 03, 2009

Aaaamazing!!!

posted by laxlover on Oct 04, 2009

Austin texas<3 omfg l cant belive they shot it down town!!! fucking crazy.

posted by Jadeeeeee on Oct 04, 2009

AMAZING MOVIE MUST SEE, FANTASTIC SOUNDTRACK 5/5 :D

posted by Jettiestar on Oct 05, 2009

The only word I have to describe this movie is PERFECT. I wouldn't change a single thing about it.

posted by 5stars on Oct 05, 2009

Loved this movie. &#9829;_&#9829;

posted by Flandar on Oct 05, 2009

loved it.

posted by azulle on Oct 07, 2009

I was in town and happened upon the premier. Juliette Lewis was walking the crowd line away from the rest of the celebs personally meeting everyone. That was impressive that she cares about her fan base and was willing to take the time to greet her fans. What a class act!

posted by Ringo on Oct 08, 2009

loved it wonderfully made unpredictable funny flat out AH-MAZING

posted by allegra on Oct 09, 2009

loved it wonderfully made unpredictable funny flat out AH-MAZING

posted by allegra on Oct 09, 2009

The music is incorporated well, its clear the cast had fun, the concept or family and one's value system at their core is present. Overall its fun, its sweet, its realistic and you should jump up and down in excitement when you purchase your tickets. The humor is wonderful, the directing is fun and sometimes even beautiful. Again-see it, not only for the awesome female cast but because Ellen Page gets a chance to step away from her Juno role and rock in this.

posted by Cinephile on Oct 09, 2009

this movie was SO awesome, but there was also Radiohead-No Surprises on the soundtrack.

posted by AdamantEsuna on Oct 10, 2009

Awesome movie! Way funner than I was expecting -- especially loved Razor's entrance, but can't for the life of me remember what song he had blaring as he arrived at the tryouts? Can anyone help?

posted by razorfan on Oct 10, 2009

where's "I know what I am" on that list? I definitely heard it during the movie... It's by "Band of Skulls" btw

posted by wait, what? on Oct 10, 2009

oh and as to the person above me, i think that might have been the song you're talking about. i don't really remember well enough when it played though.

posted by wait, what? on Oct 10, 2009

omj this movie was sooo good i loved it!!

posted by belindaxoxo on Oct 12, 2009

Good movie ;)

posted by Irishchick4evaxx3 on Oct 12, 2009

Why the hell does everyone love that gay ass band MGMT????

posted by Cleveland_Brown on Oct 13, 2009

i thought i heard the the knife toward the end of the movie, but they're not on the soundtrack. cool song, anyone know which one i'm talking about ?

posted by bcsdude on Oct 14, 2009

Awesome music to this movie! i couldn't get some songs out of my head!

posted by Hakuna~Mutata on Oct 17, 2009

what was the song playing during the opening of the move? I literally got goosebumps when I heard it. I really liked it, but I can't find it anywhere. Anyone know it?

posted by skinnerbox on Oct 25, 2009

skinnerbox, it was knocked up by kings of leon

posted by lesto on Oct 27, 2009

i loved ittt

posted by luiscool86 on Oct 27, 2009

Does anyone know the song that plays in one of the skating scenes I think to iron maven and bliss. It's mostly guitar and I think the song's been out for years? I've been trying to figure this out for weeks!!!

posted by Haley145 on Nov 05, 2009

TURBO FRUITSSSSSSSS THE GO!TEAM WHOOO, LOVE IT, LOVE DREW

posted by amarales on Nov 06, 2009

AWESOME MOVIE!

posted by rbynelz on Nov 07, 2009

Having not seen this movie, i'd like to say that it's one of the worst movies i've ever seen.

posted by Mary Whitehouse on Nov 10, 2009