Drew Barrymore wants to 'Whip It'

“Whip It” might reel in big bucks if the response to this report is any indication.

I've gotten more e-mails on this piece than any other blog entry in recent memory.

For starters, I got one from the screenwriter herself. Shauna Cross gave the following useful information: "Whip It takes place in Austin, Texas, (is) an adaptation of the book Derby Girl, and not in the mid-west."

I also heard from a reader in Texas:

My name is Vanessa Quinones aka Volatile Vixen of Hurricane Alley Roller Derby of Corpus Christi,TX. I just wanted to let you know we are all for the movie "Whip It." We are also here for it if you hear they need any ladies for the movie. Rock on Drew and rock on womens roller derby for life. We will change womens sports!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, I got an e-mail from Leslie Wood aka Morgan Le Fate:

I for one love the fact of a possible movie concerning the revival of roller derby. I am President of the league here in Mobile, AL and all of our girls are ecstatic over this coming about. Way to go in giving all of the hard working girls who participate in derby a moment in the spotlight, and showing hopefully that it is definitely a sport to be reckoned with.

Internet buzz is no guarantee of later box office success, but I think “Whip It” seems like the right movie at the right time.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)

i'd see it.........if there was nothing else to do.....if i was infected with a virus and the only antidote for the virus would be watching this movie.....if someone held a gun to my mother's head and forced me to watch it.

sounds good i guess