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The Oscar-nominee Ellen Page has dropped out of the upcoming
movie “Drag Me To Hell” of Sam Raimi, the famous director of “The Evil Dead”
and the “Spider-Man” trilogy.
The production of the new movie was scheduled to start on
March 17, but Raimi's Ghost House Pictures and financier Mandate Pictures pushed
back the date, due to a longer than anticipated pre-production process.
Because of a scheduling conflict, Ellen Page was forced to
give up the role in the “Drag Me To Hell”.
Ellen Page has already lined up for two other movies
produced by Mandate Pictures, the same company that financed “Juno”. She will
star in “Whip It!,” the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore and in “Peacock”, a
thriller also starring Cillian Murphy.
In “Peacock”, Murphy’s character, a split personality, fools
the inhabitants of Peacock, Nebraska,
into believing his two “alters” are man and wife. Ellen Page plays a struggling
young mother who holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the
personalities.
However, it remains to be seen who will play the role of the
woman who becomes the recipient of a supernatural curse in Raimi’s “Drag Me To
Hell.”
Ellen Page was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Actress for her role in “Juno”, a quirky comedy on teen pregnancy. However,
the award went to Marion Cotillard for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in "La Vie En Rose". Though, “Juno” won the Academy Award for the Original Screenplay.
Ellen Page won
Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards for her role in
“Juno”.
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