Bruce Almighty nearly had a Satanic sequel

2003’s Bruce Almighty was such a smash hit that it acquired its inevitable sequel, Evan Almighty, in 2007, albeit with out Jim Carrey. Nevertheless it nearly performed out in a different way, with Jim Carrey reprising his position–however as a substitute of enjoying God, he could be granted the powers of Devil.

The sequel, which might have been titled Brucifer, was one thing Jim Carrey was extremely inquisitive about but it surely didn’t get so far as meant. Based on co-writer Steve Koren, “We went in and pitched it, but it surely by no means fairly labored out, as a result of it was afterward…It could have been one other big film and I don’t suppose they wished to do it. It simply didn’t work out for some cause, however lots of people liked it, together with Jim.”

One key cause it by no means acquired greenlit by the studio was that the pitch got here in 2010, three years after Evan Almighty was a dud on the field workplace. 

Brucifer would have had a darker tone than Bruce Almighty, too, with Jennifer Aniston’s character dying and Bruce shedding his religion, one thing that enticed Jim Carrey. “You are inclined to lose your religion when the world appears unfair, and that’s what acquired him,” stated Koren. “It got here from a severe place, however we had been gonna write it in a really pleasant approach. We definitely didn’t need to depress folks. So I believe that scared [the studio] a bit bit.”

Whereas the premise and tone do sound promising, a showdown between Jim Carrey’s Devil and Morgan Freeman’s God would have been an all-timer.

Jim Carrey not too long ago stated he actually has little interest in returning to play any of his fashionable characters. “More often than not whenever you make one thing that basically hits with folks, the sequels have a diminishing return. Should you do it lengthy sufficient after the very fact, you’re sort of imitating your self now; you’re not utilizing your authentic inspiration.”

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