BURBANK, Calif. and UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC Universal will present an exclusive first look at the upcoming Universal Pictures event comedy "Evan Almighty" in a simultaneous "roadblock" on 10 of its networks tomorrow night, Thursday, May 17. This first-ever opportunity to see new material from the motion-picture comedy will be offered for the first time anywhere at 8:58 p.m. EST/PST on NBC, MSNBC, SciFi, Bravo, USA, Universal HD, CNBC, Mun2, Chiller and Sleuth.
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On NBC, the first look comes at the conclusion of the season finale in the hit third season of "The Office," starring Steve Carell, who also toplines "Evan Almighty."
Following the on-air premiere, an extended preview from "Evan Almighty" will be available exclusively at DotComedy.com (http://www.dotcomedy.com/). With this exclusive debut, DotComedy will launch its "Steve Almighty" microsite, a compelling and hilarious online experience which will present new video content every day featuring the comedy of Steve Carell, including material from "Evan Almighty," "The Office," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and other sources. Users should return every day to see the new "Steve Carell Clip of the Day" and enjoy the archived content.
About "Evan Almighty"
Steve Carell, reprising his role as polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter of "Bruce Almighty," is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission in the hilarious new event comedy "Evan Almighty." Blockbuster comedy director Tom Shadyac returns behind the camera for this next episode of divine intervention. This time, however, his cast grows two-by-two.
Newly elected to Congress, Evan leaves Buffalo behind and 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...
Universal Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Present-in Association with Relativity Media-A Shady Acres/Barber-Birnbaum/Original Film Production of a Tom Shadyac Film: Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman in "Evan Almighty," starring Lauren Graham, John Goodman, John Michael Higgins, Jimmy Bennett, Wanda Sykes, Jonah Hill. Music for the film is by John Debney; the costume designer is Judy Ruskin Howell. Co-producers are Jonathan Watson, Amanda Morgan Palmer and Ori Marmur; the film editor is Scott Hill. "Evan Almighty's" production designer is Linda DeScenna; the director of photography is Ian Baker. Executive producers for the comedy are Ilona Herzberg, Dave Phillips and Matt Luber. It is produced by Tom Shadyac, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Neal H. Moritz and Michael Bostick and based on characters created by Steve Koren & Mark O'Keefe. "Evan Almighty" is from a story by Steve Oedekerk and Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow and a screenplay by Steve Oedekerk. It is directed by Tom Shadyac.
About "The Office"
From Reveille and the NBC Universal Television Studio, "The Office" is executive-produced by Ben Silverman, Greg Daniels (who developed the series for American television), Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Howard Klein.
About DotComedy.com
DotComedy is NBC Universal's broadband channel devoted to exclusively to comedy. The site features a robust offering of original video series and shorts, as well as unparalleled access to NBC's famed late night comedic programming. A 2007 Webby Award Official Honoree, DotComedy is the home of viral video hit "The Easter Bunny Hates You."
About Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures is a division of Universal Studios (http://www.universalstudios.com/). Universal Studios is part of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi.
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