Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston inBruce Almighty(2003).Photo: Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jim Carrey’sBruce Almightycharacter almost went to hell and back in a sequel that never came to fruition.
The screenwriters who came up with the story for the 2003 comedy, Steve Koren and Mark O’Keefe,revealed to Syfytheir idea for a followup movie that they pitched in 2010 and “a lot of people loved.” Sadly, it “just didn’t work out for some reason,” according to Koren.
(Director Tom Shadyac returned for the Carell-ledEvan Almighty, which wasn’t as big of a hit when it released in theaters in 2007.)
Morgan Freeman and Jim Carrey inBruce Almighty(2003).Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
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Said Koren, “You tend to lose your faith when the world seems unfair, and that’s what got him. It came from a serious place, but we were gonna write it in a very friendly way. We certainly didn’t want to depress people. So I think that scared [the studio] a little bit, but to Jim’s credit, he totally understood that we were going to make a big comedy and thought everybody would connect with it.”
Jim Carrey inBruce Almighty(2003).Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I remember when we pitched it, [Carrey] was laughing his ass off because we had her come back asJennifer Aniston. He said, ‘No, she has to look like a zombie first and then we’ll make her beautiful again.’ We thought that was brilliant,” added Koren.
O’Keefe explained, “It was going to be the Trials of Job, essentially. The world had not gone his way since he was God. Everything was great for a while; he was married and it all fell apart. He was once again questioning everything and then got a different way to solve things.”
Bruce Almightyis currently streaming on Peacock.
source: people.com
