Bruce Almighty nearly had a Satanic sequel

2003’s Bruce Almighty was such a smash hit that it obtained its inevitable sequel, Evan Almighty, in 2007, albeit with out Jim Carrey. However it nearly performed out in a different way, with Jim Carrey reprising his function–however as an alternative of enjoying God, he can be granted the powers of Devil.

The sequel, which might have been titled Brucifer, was one thing Jim Carrey was extremely taken with but it surely didn’t get so far as meant. In accordance with 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 large film and I don’t assume they wished to do it. It simply didn’t work out for some cause, however lots of people beloved it, together with Jim.”

One key cause it by no means obtained 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 likely to lose your religion when the world appears unfair, and that’s what obtained him,” stated Koren. “It got here from a critical place, however we have been gonna write it in a really pleasant means. We actually didn’t wish to depress folks. So I feel that scared [the studio] somewhat 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 no real interest in returning to play any of his in style characters. “More often than not if you make one thing that basically hits with folks, the sequels have a diminishing return. In case you do it lengthy sufficient after the very fact, you’re type of imitating your self now; you’re not utilizing your authentic inspiration.”

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