History Trivia / EvanAlmighty

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Production did express interest in getting Jim Carrey back to make this a direct sequel; however, Carrey doesn't like reprising his roles. According to Steve Carell, Jim Carrey was interested in doing a cameo, and suggested a gag where Bruce sees news footage of Evan building the Ark. Bruce would then look upward (as if wondering if God has something to do with this), before dismissing it, and saying, "Naaah, couldn't be". The cameo ended up not happening, because [[ExecutiveMeddling studio execs]] felt, if Jim was going to be in the sequel in any capacity, then he should actually star in it instead of Carell. Carrey, not wanting Carell fired, backed off, a parallel to Bruce letting Evan keep his job as an anchorman while Bruce backed off back in ''Film/BruceAlmighty''.

* DeletedScene: Several scenes that mostly feature expanded versions of scenes in the final film can be found in the bonus features, but the most notable of these scenes is one where Evan rushes to rescue the stray dog that had been hanging around his house, and freeing another dog it was trying to help. The stray dog is shown inexplicably among the crowd of humans in the final film as the ark crashes into Capital Hill, which this scene was meant to explain why it was there.

* DeletedScene: Several scenes that mostly feature expanded versions of scenes in the final film can be found in the bonus features, but the most notable of these is a scene where Evan rushes to rescue the stray dog that had been hanging around his house, and freeing another dog it was trying to help. The stray dog is shown inexplicably among the crowd of humans in the final film as the ark crashes into Capital Hill, which this scene was meant to explain why it was there.

* DeletedScene: Several scenes can be found in the bonus features that mostly feature expanded versions of scenes in the final film, but the most notable of these is a scene where Evan rushes to rescue the stray dog that had been hanging around his house, and freeing another dog it was trying to help. The stray dog is shown inexplicably among the crowd of humans in the final film as the ark crashes into Capital Hill, which this scene was meant to explain why it was there.

* ActorAllusion: When Evan is driving to work after having met God, he passes a movie theater, which is showing ''[[Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin The 40-Year-Old Virgin Mary]]''.

* CreatorKiller: The massive failure of the movie torpedoed the careers of director Tom Shadyac and screenwriter Creator/SteveOedekerk; the former quit Hollywood,[[note]]The reason was due to general disillusion as well as a bike accident that required him to stay in a darkened closet for months on end due to hypersensitivity. Once he recovered, he realized that CelebrityIsOverrated, sold his mansion and most of his possessions, gave almost all of his money to charity, moved to a trailer park and is content with his new lifestyle.[[/note]] and has mostly stuck to directing documentaries, while the latter hasn't worked on another film since, instead working on children's TV shows until the cancellation of ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'' also sunk his career in that field.
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The flood that Evan foresaw was meant to indeed be global. But Hurricane Katrina seemed to have changed the minds of those involved in production, resulting in the flood being more localized.
* FranchiseKiller: Crushed any ideas of continuing the "Almighty" film series after two movies.
* GenreKiller: After the huge box-office success of both this film's predecessor and ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', many predicted a resurgence in the market for major films with strongly faith-based messages. This film's underwhelming performance quickly put an end to any such hopes, with faith-based films going dormant for several years before eventually re-emerging as much lower-budget and lower-profile efforts made by the likes of Creator/{{Pureflix}}.
* OldShame: Judging by his appearance on ''WebVideo/BetweenTwoFerns'', Creator/SteveCarell doesn't look back fondly on this movie.

-->'''Zach Galifianakis:''' It's a great movie! [[InnocentlyInsensitive Regardless of- that it lost a lot of money and all that stuff. No one saw it and the budget was way over and no one was interested in seeing it...]] It's a great movie!

-->'''Steve Carell:''' Just lead me right into that, and smack me across the face.

-->'''Steve Carell:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, Evan Almighty!]] [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck you!]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Production did express interest in getting Jim Carrey back to make this a direct sequel; however, Carrey doesn't like reprising his roles. According to Steve Carell, Jim Carrey was interested in doing a cameo, and suggested a gag where Bruce sees news footage of Evan building the Ark. Bruce would then look upward (as if wondering if God has something to do with this), before dismissing it, and saying, "Naaah, couldn't be" The cameo ended up not happening, because [[ExecutiveMeddling studio execs]] felt, if Jim was going to be in the sequel in any capacity, then he should actually star in it instead of Carell. Carrey, not wanting Carell fired, backed off.

* CreatorKiller: The massive failure of the movie torpedoed the careers of director Tom Shadyac and screenwriter Creator/SteveOedekerk; the former quit Hollywood,[[note]]The reason was due to general disillusion as well as a bike accident that required him to stay in a darkened closet for months on end due to hypersensitivity. Once he recovered, he realized that CelebrityIsOverrated, sold his mansion and most of his possessions, gave almost all of his money to charity, moved to a trailer park and is content with his new lifestyle.[[/note]] and has mostly stuck to directing documentaries, while the latter hasn't worked on another film since, instead working on children's TV shows until the cancellation of '"WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'' also sunk his career in that field.

* CreatorKiller: The massive failure of the movie torpedoed the careers of director Tom Shadyac and screenwriter Creator/SteveOedekerk; the former quit Hollywood,[[note]]The reason was due to general disillusion as well as a bike accident that required him to stay in a darkened closet for months on end due to hypersensitivity. Once he recovered, he realized that CelebrityIsOverrated, sold his mansion and most of his possessions, gave almost all of his money to charity, moved to a trailer park and is content with his new lifestyle.[[/note]] and has mostly stuck to directing documentaries, while the latter hasn't worked on another film since, instead working on children's TV shows.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $175 million (to date, it's the most expensive comedy film ever made). Box office, $100,462,298 (domestic), $173,418,781 (worldwide).

* ActorAllusion / CelebrityParadox:
** When Evan is driving to work after having met God, he passes a movie theater, which is showing ''[[Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin The 40-Year-Old Virgin Mary]]''.
** Jon Stewart makes a cameo appearance making fun of Evan on ''Series/TheDailyShow''. Carell started off as a correspondent for ''The Daily Show'' along with Stephen Colbert in the "Even Stevphens" segment.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Production did express interest in getting Jim Carrey back to make this a direct sequel; however, Carrey doesn't like reprising his roles. According to Steve Carell, Jim Carrey was interested in doing a cameo, and suggested a gag where Bruce sees news footage of Evan building the Ark. Bruce would then look upward (as if wondering if God has something to do with this), before dismissing it, and saying, "Naaah, couldn't be" The cameo ended up not happening, because [[ExecutiveMeddling studio execs]] felt, if Jim was going to be in the sequel in any capacity, then he should actually star in it instead of Carell. Carrey, not wanting Carell fired, backed off.
** The flood that Evan foresaw was meant to indeed be global. But the [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Hurricane Katrina event seem to have changed the minds of those involved in production]], resulting in the flood being more localized.

** Jon Stewart makes a cameo appearance making fun of Evan on ''Series/TheDailyShow''. Carrell started off as a correspondent for ''The Daily Show'' along with Stephen Colbert in the "Even Stevphens" segment.