Evan Almighty

I read about a casting call they're doing for the shoot in Charlottesville, Va. That's close to here, but even I have standards.

 

Why are they doing this movie again?

 

They are filming this in my neck of the woods....in Charlottesville and Richmond VA. I got a notice in my e-mail asking if I wanted to be an extra (I guess they had a list of all the War of the Worlds people) Unfortunately, it is a long shoot and I'm in school for the 2 months they are doing it so I had to say no.

edit: not to mention the fact I don't want to be associated with a crappy sequel....

 

First look: Steve Carell lets his hair down for 'Almighty'

CROZET, Va. ? In the 2003 comic fantasy Bruce Almighty, Jim Carrey had the power while filling in for Morgan Freeman's God.
But in Evan Almighty, Steve Carell has the hair.

All that yanked chest fuzz when Carell got a wax job in The 40-Year-Old Virgin? It's replaced and then some when God (a returning Freeman) transforms the news anchor-turned-congressman into a modern-day Noah in the sequel to Carrey's hit, now shooting in central Virginia.

And if that weren't hair-raising enough, Carell gives voice to a furry creature, a hyper squirrel named Hammy, in the animated Over the Hedge, opening May 19.

"Olivier had his different noses. I have my hair," says the actor, musing over his hirsute pursuits while on a set with a partly built epic-size ark.

For the first half of Evan Almighty, the star of NBC's The Office (Thursdays, 9:30 ET/PT) cements his status as a rising movie lead as a preening politico who uproots his family to the D.C. area. Summoned by a prayer, God materializes before the self-absorbed Evan Baxter, insisting he build an ark before a great flood arrives. Though Evan initially resists, he is unable to contain his hair growth, a spurt of biblical if not pubescent proportions.

"There are all different lengths of hair and beards, and each has a code name," says Carell, shown sporting his final transformation as Noah in an exclusive first-look photo from the June 2007 release.

Other stages: Mountain Man, Marlboro Man, the Unibomber, Ten Commandments (which segues into the Metrosexual with ponytail and braided beard) and Longest Brown.

"I was really comforted by the fact that Tom (Shadyac, the director) didn't want to do any onscreen werewolf-y transformations," says David LeRoy Anderson, the two-time Oscar winner (The Nutty Professor, Men in Black) who oversees the special-effects makeup. "It doesn't work for this."

Each shift is revealed to Evan ? while waking up or glancing at a mirror ? at the same time as it's shown to the audience.

The wigs are handmade from human hair, with some yak for extra body. The beards are hand-applied with prosthetic adhesive. "It's not too horrible, just a couple hours in the morning," says the actor.

His favorite look? "Just my own," he says. "That's the easiest one to get into. But it even takes a while to make me look like me, which is sort of sad and scary at the same time."

 

This movie will probably turn out to be pretty bad (unless any of the other Frat Packers or the 40-Year-Old Virgin guys are involved) though on the plus side, it's another excuse to watch the highly entertaining Carrell muck about for a bit. And dude, the hair rocks!

 

The title is so misleading..."Evan Almighty". He's not freakin almighty. He has no god powers. He's just building a boat.

I can't believe Mr. Freeman signed on for this crap.


EDIT...

BTW--here are some pics of them building the ark, in case you are interested.
http://www.art-rageous.net/Ark2-041906.jpg

http://www.art-rageous.net/Ark3-041906.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/calicommando/Evan%20Almighty/P5040002.jpg

 

I don't know why so many people are against the idea of this movie. I know sequels traditionally suck, but most of the time they are made by an entirely different crew of writers, directors, producers, and actors. Seems to me that the only noticable loss is Jim Carey himself.

I liked Bruce ALmighty quite a bit, but wouldn't have normally even thought they'd make a sequel.

However, having read the, synopsis, I have to admit i'm intrigued. I love Steve Carroll, and he's certainly one of the hotest people in comedy right now. You throw in Morgan Freeman, Lauren Grahm, and a few of the others that are in it, and I think it will do just fine at the box office.

 

Got to Wanda's name. That's me not going to see it.

 

There's an elephant in that picture.

 

I guess I was one of the few that liked Bruce Almighty. I love Carell, so I'll go see this one if only to see how they pull it off.

 

What do you have against Wanda Sykes? She's pretty funny.

 

I'll be seeing this because Lauren Graham is in it.

 

I liked Bruce Almighty, and I love Steve Carrell (although he was better on The Daily Show than he ever was in movies), but I still don't think this is necessary.

I'll probably end up seeing it, though.

 

I actually hated Bruce Almighty, but this sounds like it could be a pretty funny vehicle picture for Carrell.

Steve Carrell > Jim Carrey

Jim should stick to making dramatic pictures. His comedic novelty has worn off.



Mace Windy,
the 21 year-old virgin!