Evan Almighty?

According to Variety, by way of Ain't It Cool News, it appears that Steve Carell will follow up his breakthrough role in 40-Year-Old Virgin with a sequel to the Jim Carrey mega-turd Bruce Almighty.

Ugh. This sucks. Bruce Almighty is mightily bad. It's that dumb bastard Steve Oedekerk. I know that other dumb bastard, Tom Shadyac, technically directed this movie, but I can't help but notice that whenever this Oedekerk guy's name appears on a movie, it's always the same horrendous bullshit. Here's a quick career sampler:

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Patch Adams (also directed by Shadyac!)
Ace Ventura 2
Those Idiotic Parody Shorts Starring Thumbs, like (I swear these are real) The Godthumb and Thumbtanic and The Blair Thumb

Yeah, that's right...From the creative team that brought you Patch Adams. Whoop-dee-do! Way to manage, Steve Carell's Manager! Let's climb on board this speeding locomotive of success and quality!

I mean, the guy must be funny, right? He makes parody short films by painting faces on his thumbs, and then replaces part of the original film's title with the word "thumb"! What's not hilarious about that?

Why not do another film with Judd Apatow? Or, I don't know, something with someone else who's funny, instead of Morgan Freeman and the director of Kevin Costner's Dragonfly?

Some of you may recall, Carell actually appeared in the initial Bruce Almighty film, as the mean-spirited anchorman, Evan, whom Jim Carrey torments with his God-like powers. I have to say, as ideas for the follow-up to such a lame movie, the premise for the sequel ain't awful. Morgan Freeman's God will approach Evan to be the new Noah, rounding up animals in preparation for a massive flood.

So, it will be Carell cavorting in odd ways with a variety of species. I'm sure at some point it will appear that he has been having sex with some or all of the animals. I dare say, there's even a chance that animal feces will find its way into the mix.

Also, $10 says an animal humps some guy's leg at some point. Maybe an uptight guy? At an inappropriate moment, perhaps?...Any takers?