Fallon and Shawkat Whip It! with Ellen Page

Posted by Adam Sweeney (adam@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 19, 2008

Jimmy Fallon and Alia ShawkatNo, this isn’t an indie sequel to Threesome. “SNL” Alum Jimmy Fallon and “Arrested Development’s” Alia Shawkat want in on the roller derby flick, Whip It!.

/Film is reporting that the former Weekly Update funnyman will be playing Hot Tub Johnny, a drunken announcer who heckles the roller derby racers. Sounds like a typical Saturday night to me. The question is can Fallon do it without laughing in the middle of his sentences? The world waits in anticipation!

Variety has also claimed that Shawkat, or Maeby Funke to “Arrested Development” lovers, will be playing Pash in the film alongside recent Academy Award nominee Ellen Page. The rest of the cast has some heavy hitters. Marcia Gay Harden, Drew Barrymore, who’s also set to direct the film, and Juliette Lewis are all in on the derby action. And we just have to mention that hip-hop artist Eve will be playing the role of Rosa Sparks. Hilarious.

Whip It! is based on the Shauna Cross novel “Derby Girl”, the story of an indie-rock adoring rebel who comes to terms with her small-town background after finding a roller derby league in Austin, Texas. Sigh, this is so much like my real life.

Who are you looking forward to seeing in Whip It? Who would you cast to be a bad ass roller derby girl?


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  • SUPERJUNK
    I'd cast real derby girls. They are frekin hardcore! My girlfriend is one and I hope the dont mess this movie up. You dont want to piss off derby girls i'll tell you that right now
  • Nevernude
    whoooooooooooooooooooooooo Alia Shawkat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man, she looks hot!
    Marry me!
  • Yeah, I know a girl who is on the Austin team and they are some bad mamma jammas.
  • SUPERJUNK
    Yeah I mean come of these women are 6 feet 6 inches on skates!!
  • If Whip It! is half as sexy as Stick It! I'm going to Beat It!
  • Mister Hand
    I was all psyched for this until I read that Drew Barrymore will be directing. Then a good portion of my hope went right out the window.

    CHARLIE'S ANGELS.

    Shudder.

    On the other hand--could be worse. Could be directed by McG.
  • Patrick
    Right, it could be much worse, Jimmy Fallon could actually be cast in the film.

    Also, I take umbrage with Adam Sweeney calling Jimmy Fallon a "funnyman."
  • HempKnight757
    Cool a bunch of unfunny people in a unfunny plot of a movie, my favorite :)
  • @ Patrick

    Allow me to make the description of Jimmy Fallon a bit more accurate: Weekly Update Guy Who Rides Coattails of Tina Fey.

    I hope that's better. :)
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