Ellen Page skips Hell
And there’s a new young Logan for Wolverine…
It was scheduling changes ago go causing havoc for films this weekend as Sam Raimi lost his leading lady and Gavin Hood went looking for a new youngster to play the young version of Hugh Jackman in Wolverine.
Page had been set to star in Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell, but she’ll have to skip the supernatural thriller because it can’t start quick enough to secure her from other commitments. Shock ‘Till You Drop has more .
Also playing musical chairs is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which tracked down Kodi Smit-McPhee as the young Logan in October. But thanks to production schedules, as Perth Now reports , he’s had to head off to The Road (starring alongside Viggo Mortensen) and his role has been turned over to 13-year-old Troye Mellet. Oh, and Ain’t It Cool has posted a new set report , complete with minor spoiler info – so beware!
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