Ellen Page pulls Out Of Drag Me To Hell March 5, 2008
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           - Juno star and Oscar nominated actress Ellen Page has pulled out of new horror movie Drag Me To Hell, directed by Sam Raimi.
The twenty year old star was to play the lead role in the film, which had been expected to start filming on March 17, but has had to withdraw due to conflicting schedules.
A delay on the start of shooting has led to a clash with forthcoming role in psychological thriller Peacock as well as Whip It, Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut.
Beowulf actress Alison Lohman has reportedly taken up the role and they will begin shooting on the new date of March 31.
- Irish actor Ciaran Hinds has been cast as the villain in Race to Witch Mount
ain which stars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
The film centres around two young children, brother and sister, who have paranormal abilities. With the help from taxi driver (Johnson) the pair go on the run to escape an evil group, led by Hinds, who want to exploit their powers.
The film is a remake of the 1975 adventure movie Escape to Witch Mountain and is expected to begin shooting in LA next month with The Game Plan’s
Andy Fickman directing.
- Su
nshine and Troy actress Rose Byrne has been cast alongside Nicholas Cage in his new film sci-fi thriller Knowing.
Bryne will play the daughter of a woman who buried 1962 time capsule bearing the dates of the assassinations of historical figures, the hotel fire death of the wife of a professor (Cage) and an imminent world apocalypse.
I, Robot’s Alex Proyas will direct from Ryan Douglas Pearson’s script production begins in Melbourne, Australia on March 25.
- British actor Jason Isaacs has joined the as yet untitled Iraq war thriller directed
by fellow Brit Paul Greengrass.
The film, which is based on Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s non-fiction book Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, unites Greengrass with his Bourne leading man Matt Damon, who is already on board.
Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan are also on board the film which is expected, like the book, to blundered attempt by the U.S. government to re-build Iraq after the toppling of the Saddam Hussain regime.
Jason Issacs most recently starred in State of Play, a BBC drama.
Filming is currently underway in Spain.
- Rya
n Reynolds and British actor, and former Lord of the Rings/Lost star, Dominic Monaghan have joined the cast of X-Men spin off Wolverine.
Yes Wolverine aka Hugh Jackman is going it alone in a picture expected to released next summer. It’s been hinted that the film is a prequel, after a fashion
, that allows us to look back at the origins of Wolverine and the shadowy Mutant X program.
Reynolds has landed the role of Deadpool and Monaghan as Beak, who has many bird like qualities.