Evan Almighty Movie Trailer to Premiere During The Office
The trailer for Universal Pictures’ Bruce Almighty sequel, Evan Almighty, will premiere during NBC’s Night at the Office three hour marathon event.
The Night at the Office event will air on March 29th from 8:00-11:00pm eastern (7:00pm-10:00pm central).
Steve Carell, reprises his role as the polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter, the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission. Director Tom Shadyac’s (The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty) new film follows Evan, newly elected to Congress, as he shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God (Morgan Freeman) appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark. But his befuddled family just can’t decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions.
Evan Almighty also stars Lauren Graham, John Goodman, John Michael Higgins, Jimmy Bennett, Wanda Sykes and Jonah Hill.
The movie will be released on June 22nd 2007.
Box Office Predictions: Will Norbit Rise above Hannibal?
I had another solid week last week. I was right with The Messengers for the #1 movie, but over shot the total by about $4 million. I was very close for the totals of Epic Movie and Night at the Museum, but was one spot off for Epic Movie which I had coming in #2. Instead, Because I Said So was #2 and did much better than I expected. After a good start, Smokin Aces really dropped down. Now, with two new movies opening up, both of which have had tons of commercials, what will reign supreme? Read on to find out:
1. Norbit. Eddie Murphy garnered a Golden Globe win and an Oscar Nomination (perhaps a win too) for his supporting role in Dream Girls. Somehow I doubt that he will get one next year for his starring role in Norbit. The movie doesnt look very good, but neither did last years similar looking Big Mommas House 2 which made an impressive $27 million its opening weekend. Murphy has a history of box office gold with this type of movie. The Nutty Professor movies both earned over $120 million at the box office, and the sequel started out with a huge $42 million. I dont see Norbit being that successful, but it should do very well nonetheless. It gets off to a good start with $22 million.
2. Hannibal Rising. I was very tempted to put this lower on the list, but there is not much competition. The top two movies last week made only $15 and $13 million which isnt a high total and those numbers will come down in their second week of release. Even if The Messengers hangs on to an astounding 67% of its audience (which is very rare and only happens on huge blockbusters) it would still only make $10 million this week which isnt a very high total for Hannibal Rising to shoot for. The other recent Hannibal Lector films have done very well, but they stared Mr. Hannibal Lector himself, Anthony Hopkins. I dont see this prequel having the same drawing power, but it will have enough for the #2 spot making $13 million.
3. The Messengers. As mentioned above, it got off to a good, but not stellar start last week. I dont see it having a lot of staying power and it has competition in the horror category from Hannibal Rising. It drops down to $8 million.
4. Because I Said So. I was surprised that it made $13 million last week. That is a solid start. It has a chance through good word of mouth to have some nice staying power, but it will still also drop down, and will bring in $7 million.
5. Epic Movie. It got off to a good start, but lost a huge percentage of its audience from week one to week two. I guess people caught on to the fact that the movie looks terrible. It barely stays on the top 5 list for one last week. It makes $6 million.
Night at the Museums run in the top 5 was very impressive but is over. It will hang around the top 10 for awhile though and keep crawling towards $250 million. At $225 million right now, I say it will fall just short of that mark.
Eddie Murphy Says He’s No Deadbeat Dad
Eddie Murphy Says He’s No Deadbeat Dad
In the age of DNA testing, it’s hard for men to deny paternity and get away with it. And Eddie Murphy is feeling the sting of knocking up Spice Girl Melanie Brown where it hurts the most… his wallet.
Mel has gone public with claims that Murphy hasn’t paid “one penny of child support.” In addition, Mel’s lawyer claimed that, “He (Murphy) has not indicated in his statement or to us that he plans to visit the baby.”
In response to the muckraking, the Norbit actor is attempting to clear his name. Eddie released a statement late last week that says he “acknowledges paternity of the child Angel, and has paid child support to Ms. Brown as well as covering the expenses of her pregnancy.”
In the midst of this media circus, one thing is for sure… poor Angel is having a lousy first few months as a Spice Girl/Nutty Professor collaboration.