Evan Almighty
A brilliantBruce Almighty 2pitch from the original moving-picture show ’s author pick up Jim Carrey become Satan . The 2003 drollery star Carrey as Bruce Nolan , a down - on - his - luck television reporter who , for one week , is accord the chance to be God ( played by a absolutely cast Morgan Freeman ) and win the power of omnipotence . Carrey ’s star power combined with the comedy ’s challenging premiss resulted in an Brobdingnagian box office achiever , but despite being one of the highest - grossing comedies of all clock time , Bruce Almightynever let go a proper sequel . Evan Almighty , a spinoff focusing on Steve Carrell ’s role , was released in 2007 and was a prodigious critical and commercial flop .
During a recent audience withSyFy Wire , Bruce Almightyscreenwriters Steve Koren and Mark O’Keefe unveil their intriguing idea for a sequel that saw Bruce gain Satan ’s powers , which was naturally titled " Brucifer . " The screenwriting duo in reality pitched the theme to producer Michael Bostick the nightJim Carrey flick openedin theaters , though it was n’t until 2010 that Koren and O’Keefe officially approached Universal with the mind , but by that clip , Evan Almightyhad already shattered hopes of a trueBruce Almightysequel . Read what Koren and O’Keefe revealed about their pitching below :
Koren : His manager and him want to do Brucifer . We went in and deliver it , but it never quite worked out , because it was by and by on … It would have been another elephantine picture show and I do n’t guess they desire to do it . It just did n’t work out for some reason , but a lot of the great unwashed loved it , including Jim . You lean to lose your faith when the world seems unjust , and that ’s what buzz off him . It come from a serious place , but we were gon na pen it in a very friendly direction . We surely did n’t want to depress people . So I think that affright [ the studio ] a piddling flake , but to Jim ’s reference , he totally understood that we were lead to make a big comedy and cerebrate everybody would connect with it . I remember when we pitched it , he was laughing his ass off . Because we had her come back as Jennifer Aniston . He said , " No , she has to look like a zombie first and then we ’ll make her beautiful again . " We think that was magnificent .
O’Keefe : It was going to be the Trials of Job , essentially . The world had not gone his agency since he was God . Everything was big for a while ; he was married and it all return apart . He was once again questioning everything and then got a different room to resolve things … all unlike motif , of course , but the beat everyone enjoys .
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Will Bruce Almighty 2 Ever Happen?
There have been rumblings ofBruce Almighty 2being in developmentsince 2012 and perhaps Koren and O’Keefe go public with their exciting sequel melodic theme could lead off a push to finally get the project made . Not only did their sequel theme see Bruce becoming the Devil , but his wife Grace ( fiddle by Jennifer Aniston ) expire and turn into a zombi . This was really the sequel ’s set off incident which have Bruce to throw in with Satan , as he needed his required mogul to raise Grace .
No matter how exciting Koren and O’Keefe ’s pitch may vocalise now , it ’s unlikelyBruce Almighty 2will ever pass . Carrey recently announced program toretire from acting afterSonic the Hedgehog 2 . Bruce Nolan is one of Carrey ’s most iconic comedic roles in his career of many , and it just would n’t be good to recast the character . Besides , it would be almost out of the question to envisage anyone else portray the television system newsman ’s transformation into Satan .
Even if Carrey was unforced to come out of retreat and return forBruce Almighty 2 , it ’s improbable Universal would change its judgement about another follow - up , peculiarly withEvan Almightyalready bite the studio apartment once . The preponderance of successful comedy has only decreased in the year since Universal ab initio passed on the challenging sequel theme . So it ’s even more unlikely now that a studio takes a chance onBruce Almighty 2given the current state of comedy , especially ifCarrey is n’t attach .
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Source : SyFy Wire
