03.04.08: Lohman Replaces Page in 'Hell', Jack Endorses Hillary

The day after it was announced that Ellen Page was leaving the project, Sam Raimi has already hired a replacement leading lady for his supernatural thriller Drag Me To Hell. Alison Lohman, whose most recent roles include Beowulf and Things We Lost In The Fire, will star as the unwilling recipient of an evil curse in Raimi’s first directing gig since Spider-Man 3. More at The Hollywood Reporter

Jack Backs Hillary
If you haven’t already viewed it, legendary Hollywood rake Jack Nicholson has endorsed Hillary Clinton with a string of Jack movie clips… More at YouTube

Byrne Gets Knowing with Cage
Rose Byrne will co-star with Nicolas Cage in Alex Proyas’ sci-fi thriller Knowing, as the daughter of a woman who was buried in a 1962 time capsule that contains the dates for little things like, ooh, the end of the world. More at The Hollywood Reporter

Isaacs Enlists For Greengrass
Jason Isaacs – aka blonde baddie Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise – has joined the cast of Paul Greengrass’ untitled Green Zone thriller, based on Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s book about American blunders in trying to rebuild Iraq, Imperial Life In The Emerald City: Inside Baghdad’s Green Zone. Isaacs will play a US military officer. More at Variety