Don't they understand that Steve Carell is funny? Don't they understand that good writing is what makes people laugh, cry, or cheer? Clearly not... because The New York Times and Jeff Wells are commenting today that the budget for Evan Almighty is now (good lord) $175 million, and they haven't even touched the marketing budget or distribution costs.
What could possibly be costing $175 million that would make that film funnier? This is a sight-gag comedy! It's not like Schwarzenegger is flying Stealth bombers and blowing up cities... All Universal is doing is repeatedly cutting into their profits! When you see what happened to Superman Returns, a film that made lots of cash, but couldn't be profitable, why would anyone continue down this path?!?!
Of course, if they told me that the budget had a line-item for waxing Carell's chest hair, well, then... nevermind. I completely understand.
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