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Actress Drew Barrymore gets in the director's chair with her new film, Whip It.Barrymore has been producing movies for quite some time already with films like Never Been Kissed, Donnie Darko, and the Charlie's Angel's movies already under her producers belt. The script for this project and the novel which it is based on were both written by Shauna Cross, who plays this sport in real life.

When speaking about her first time directing, Barrymore said this: "I've been putting everything into a piggy bank, whether it was working with a filmmaker or going to a museum or listening to a certain song. Everything I've learned throughout my whole life has been going into this piggy bank, and I just smashed it all over the floor with this one."

The comedy stars Ellen Page, Juliette Lewis, Kristin Wiig, Jimmy Fallon, Zoe Bell along with Barrymore in a story about Page's character, Bliss Cavendar. Biss gets tired of her mother's pressure towards being a beauty queen and finds a release for her frustration in joining the underground, rough and tumble woman's sport of roller derby. Whip It, is set to hit theaters October 9th.

I'm pretty excited about this movie it looks like a lot of fun, and with roller derby names like Babe Ruthless, Smashley Simpson, Maggie Mayhem, Dinah Might and, my personal favorite, Bloody Holly how could you not smile? Here's a look at some pictures USA Today provided from the film: