Ben Affleck Joins Cast Of Mike Judge’s “Extract”
Ben Affleck has just signed on to the new Mike Judge comedy “Extract“.
He joins a cast that includes Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig. Clifton Collin Jr. has also been added to the movie.
The story centers on a flower extract factory owner (Jason Bateman) who’s dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife’s affair with a gigolo. Affleck will play an ambulance-chasing lawyer, while Collins Jr. has been cast as a factory worker who loses a body part in a freak accident and is now due for a huge settlement. Read the rest of this entry
Drew Barrymore’s ”Whip it!” Cast
Zoe Bell, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis and Marcia Gay Harden join Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore in Barrymore’s directorial debut, comedy/drama ”Whip it!” for Mandate Pictures.
Marcia Gay Harden plays an overbearing ex-beauty queen who would rather see her daughter, Bliss (Ellen Page), in pageants than skates. Drew Barrymore will play Page’s teammate.
Kristen Wiig (”Saturday Night Live”, ”Knocked Up”) plays Bliss’ rowdy mentor, Malice in Wonderland.
Juliette Lewis is Dinah Might, the star of Austin’s top team.
Zoe Bell plays a medical technician moonlighting as derby star Bloody Holly.
The film pened by Shauna Cross begins shooting this summer in Michigan and Texas.
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.










