Maybe I can meet Ellen Page

Pretty Cool! Michigan passed legislation giving a tax rebate to companies that film in Michigan. So, in addition to the movie below, Clint Eastwood is filming a movie here as well as a director named Miguel Arteta who Lindsay met out in LA & even went to lunch with him. Anything to help the MI economy is a good thing!
Patrick
p.s. If anyone has not seen Juno yet (speaking of Ellen Page), rent it. It's one of my top ten of all time.


Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Barrymore rolls into town for new film
Tom Long / Detroit News Film Critic
One of Charlie's Angels is coming to Michigan. And she's bringing Juno with her.
Actress Drew Barrymore is set to begin shooting the roller derby film "Whip It," starring Ellen Page, in southeast Michigan later this month. Barrymore is both appearing in and directing the film, in which Page plays a rebellious daughter who becomes a roller-skating dervish.
Barrymore's production company, Flower Films, has established an office in the town of Saline, just outside Ann Arbor. Shooting in Washtenaw County and Metro Detroit will begin July 28, according to producer Chris Miller, and shooting will last for about seven weeks. The producers expect to hire some 3,000 local extras and stand-ins during that time.
Page, 21, was nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role as a wisecracking pregnant teen in last year's "Juno." Also starring in "Whip It" will be Juliette Lewis ("Natural Born Killers"), Marcia Gay Harden ("Mystic River") and Kristen Wiig ("Saturday Night Live").
"Whip It" may be the most high-profile film yet to take advantage of the recently passed legislation that offers filmmakers a 40-percent film tax rebate to shoot in Michigan.
Clint Eastwood has opened a film office in Troy in advance of shooting his latest film, "Gran Torino," the story of a Korean War vet and a Hmong teenager, in Michigan. And director Miguel Arteta's "Youth in Revolt" -- a teen-angst flick starring Page's "Juno" co-star Michael Cera, Justin Long, Fred Willard and Ray Liotta -- is currently shooting in locations around the state.
All of which show Michigan's film industry is picking up momentum, according to Janet Lockwood of the state's film office.
"The ball is rolling. It is definitely rolling, and it's a pretty big ball, too," Lockwood says.
I WAS GOING TO APPLY TO THE AD BELOW (for the movie) UNTIL I SAW THE AGE. :-)
Extra, extra
The Birmingham-based talent company Real Style is looking for some 3,000 extras age 18-40 to appear in "Whip It." "We're looking for people who are expressive, eccentric and creative, anything from a punk rocker to a biker and everything in between," says Kathy Remski of Real Style.