Due to scheduling conflicts, Ellen Page dropped out of Sam Raimi's thriller DRAG ME TO HELL, VARIETY reports.

"We were racing to start production so that we could accommodate Ellen's schedule,” Ghost House and Mandate said in a joint statement. "But like so many other productions trying to start before the potential SAG strike date, this one needed more time, and we had to push back the start of production."

Page will star in Mandate's psychological thriller PEACOCK and then Drew Barrymore's WHIP IT.