Ellen Page is set to play one of English literature’s most famous characters, the heroine of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre.”

According to Variety, Alison Owen of Ruby Films, who most recently produced The Other Boleyn Girl, is working with BBC Films to develop the new adaptation of Bronte’s classic 19th century romance. The story focuses on a mousy governess that softens the heart of her surly employer Mr. Rochester… only to discover that he’s hiding a terrible secret.

This book is one of the most adapted novels in English literature. The last big screen adaptation, in 1996, was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Page most recently starred in Smart People.

Ellen Page won’t be going to Hell after all.

The Juno star was set to team up with Spiderman director Sam Raimi for the forthcoming horror Drag Me to Hell, but scheduling conflicts have caused the actress to back out of the project.

With the film being pushed back, it now he film coincides with Page’s other projects, which include: Whip It, a roller derby comedy directed by Drew Barrymore, and Peacock, a thriller starring Cillian Murphy.

“We were racing to start production so that we could accommodate Ellen’s schedule” said Ghost House in a 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.”

Ellen Page is taking advantage of every opportunity Juno has opened up for her.

Having already signed up to star in Whip It and Drag Me to Hell, the Oscar nominee will also co-star with Cillian Murphy in the psychological thriller Peacock.

The title is derived from tiny Peacock, Nebraska, where Murphy’s character, a split personality, fools the town into believing his two alter egos are man and wife. Page plays a struggling young mother who holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities.

Shooting begins in May, according to Variety.

“Peacock stunned me as a script from start to finish,” Murphy, who will reprise his role in The Dark Knight this summer, said. “It offers an incredible challenge to an actor - one I couldn’t turn down.”

Ellen Page has signed on to star in Drag Me To Hell, Same Raimi’s long-awaited return to the horror genre. The director has spent much of the last eight years working on the Spider-Man trilogy.

Playing the recipient of a supernatural curse, this will be Page’s second foray into horror. She starred in David Slade’s psychological thriller Hard Candy, the film that introduced most people to her talents as an actress.

Page is also attached to headline Drew Barrymore’s Whip It. Drag Me To Hell stars shooting on March 17.

Still overwhelmed by her nomination for Best Actress, Ellen Page was asked by MTV News aboutr the moment she heard she was up for the award against Julie Christie and Cate Blanchett:

“We were coming from Paris on the train (Eurostar) and just getting to London [when I heard]. It was exciting. [Winning awards] was something I was trying to keep out of my mind [but] it’s a surprise and very humbling,” the actress said.

Page, of course, plays the title role in Juno and shared with MTV News what attracted her to the part:

“It’s extremely refreshing and although it’s witty, unique and funny, it’s also extremely genuine and honest.”

Juno itself has received Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture.

“Diablo Cody wrote one of the best screenplays I ever read,” said Ellen of the first-time scriptwriter. “It just blew me away.”

Whip It is the big screen adaption of Shauna Cross’ book “Derby Girl.”

Drew Barrymore is making her feature directorial debut on the film, which ought to begin filming in March start. The story is based around Bliss Cavendar, a blue haired, indie-rock loving misfit stuck in the tiny town of Bodeen, Texas.

Her pageant-addicted mother expects her to compete for the coveted Miss Blue Bonnet crown, but Bliss would rather feast on roaches than be subjected to such rhinestone tyranny. Bliss’ escape? Take up Roller Derby.

According to a recent interview Cross gave to Film School Rejects, the actress that will play the role of Bliss has a name that rhymes with “Shmellen Shmage.”

Might this be Juno star Ellen Page?

With Juno set to become Fox Searchlight’s highest grossing film of all-time, Elle Page appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman on January 3:

Ellen Page is this season’s breakout star. The young actress is receiving rave reviews for her role in Juno.

So, what does the future hold for Page?

“I’m in An American Crime, which premiered at Sundance, and will hopefully come out next summer,” the actress told MTV. “It’s a really intense film. It’s based on a true story about a girl in ‘65, who was horribly tortured in a woman’s basement.”

From there, Page will resurface next spring in Smart People, a flick about a widowed professor (Dennis Quaid) dealing with new love and the reappearance of his adopted brother.

“It’s produced by Michael London, who produced Sideways,” Page said.

The actress portrays Quaid’s daughter in the film and said about the role: “I play a completely different character from Juno; I play a very bitchy, young Republican… It can often be so easy to judge other people - which is obviously a huge mistake, and it causes a lot of the harm in the world… For a role like this, the important thing is, I can’t judge … [as an actress] you realize, ‘Oh wow, now I know why she is so isolated and angry.’”

Lastly, there’s Jack and Diane.

“I’m shooting a film in the spring with Olivia Thirlby (the cheerleader in Juno),” Page said about the final movie on her current docket, teasing her newfound fans with the promise of love scene between the two Juno best friends (in the flick, Page is a teenage lesbian werewolf). “I have a film lined up for the summer, too - so it’s all chugging along.”

Ellen Page and Michael Cera star in Juno. Below, the young stars talk about the film with Movie Web:

How quickly upon reading the script, were you like “I want to do this project?”
Ellen Page: When I read the script it just blew mind and I fell totally in love with it and I just really wanted to be part of it.

Michael Cera: How quickly?

Ellen Page: Oh, how quickly? … I don’t know, page 4. No, that’s exaggerating. One of those things where immediately when you started reading it, you knew it was something special and then the more you read, the more it surprised you, and the more you realized it was devoid of stereotype and…

Michael Cera: I really liked the format of the script. It was not written like a script. It didn’t look like she (screenwriter Diablo Cody) was trying to write it like a script. It was more like a book. I can remember certain paragraphs were just like broken up oddly and that kind of … not like reading a script.

Kinda like a book. That made me want to do the movie. I thought “wow, if it’s written oddly then, if it’s not written like a script, it’s got to be a good movie”. I found out, that’s not the way to make a decision. And it’s not a lesson that I’ll soon forget.

What did you two like most about your characters? What about that character that caught your eye?
Michael Cera: I really liked that my character’s just kinda immediately less out of the equation. I didn’t have any sort of control in the matter. It’s like a movie that takes course over 9 months or so and just the whole time, not aware of what’s going on and have no control over it, so that kind of, I thought that would be fun to do.

Ellen Page: I was excited about this character because I felt like it was a teenage female lead that we just never seen before and although she’s an incredibly unique and witty and all these things, she’s also very genuine and it all felt very sincere.

Michael Cera may be the first name you think of when you watch the trailer for Juno, but Ellen Page is the actress that truly dominates the film.

She recently spoke to Comingsoon.net about the role:

Q: How do you approach a comedy like this differently from doing a drama?
Page: I don’t know. It’s interesting. I think I’ve done some films that have an element of emotional extremity and oddly I think there’s an illusion that that’s more difficult acting and it can be more difficult to just be and to just be as genuine as possible.

For a film like Juno, I felt like if it was at all forceful than it would have become contrived and annoying and a lax and kind of a genuine emotion that allows for the heart to connect. If you lose that, well you’ve lost me for one thing. I’m very much like you gotta get me here or, you know?

So often movies that everyone on the planet likes, I don’t like, ’cause I’m just like I can’t connect to this at all. I think it’s about connecting. It’s always about connecting. I’m totally rambling. I think with something like “Juno” there’s more of a fine line I suppose.

Q: How did you find the physicality of the role, being eight months pregnant?
Page: Intimidated at first, but I actually watched other films. Michael Winterbottom’s “Wonderland,” I don’t know if you’ve seen that. Amazing movie. And Molly Parker, a Canadian actress, is pregnant in that and gives birth.

I remembered that because I love that film and I was like, “I’m going to watch that and completely rip her off.” So shout-out to Molly Parker, and yeah, I bought “Pregnancy for Dummies.”

To read the full interview, click here.