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Universal Pictures' "Bruce Almighty," which reunites Jim Carrey with Tom Shadyac, who directed him in the smash comedy "Liar Liar" and in his breakout role in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," has begun principal photography in Los Angeles. Starring with two-time Golden Globe Award winner Carrey in the new comedy are three-time Emmy^®-nominee Jennifer Aniston and Golden Globe Award winner and three-time Oscar^®-nominee Morgan Freeman.

"Bruce Almighty" is produced by Tom Shadyac, Jim Carrey, James D. Brubaker and Michael Bostick. The executive producers are Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber. Linda Fields-Hill and Janet Wattles serve as associate producers. The writers are Steve Koren ("Saturday Night Live," "Seinfeld"), Mark O'Keefe ("NewsRadio") and longtime Carrey/Shadyac collaborator Steve Oedekerk, a staff writer on "In Living Color" who later wrote "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (which he also directed), as well as Shadyac's hits "The Nutty Professor" and "Patch Adams."

Carrey plays Bruce Nolan, a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, New York who is discontented with almost everything in life, despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend Grace (Aniston). At the end of the worst day in his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God -- and God responds. He appears in human form (Freeman) and, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job and see if he can do it any better!

Jim Carrey is one of the world's most popular and versatile stars. Following early appearances as a stand-up comedian and roles in features and TV, Carrey broke out in the 1990 comedy series "In Living Color" -- in which he performed a vast array of characters -- and then in the title role of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective." Since then, Carrey has starred in an unprecedented series of comedies and dramas, among them "The Mask," "Dumb and Dumber," "Batman Forever," "The Cable Guy," "Liar Liar," "The Truman Show," "Man on the Moon," "Me, Myself and Irene," "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "The Majestic." Carrey won the Best Actor Golden Globe Award for both "The Truman Show" and his stunning portrayal of Andy Kaufman in "Man on the Moon." He was also nominated in that category for "The Mask," "Liar Liar" and "The Grinch."

Jennifer Aniston was catapulted to international stardom as Rachel Green in the television ensemble comedy "Friends," which will soon be reaching the end of a hugely popular eight-year run. She has also starred in such feature films as "She's the One," "Picture Perfect," "'Til There Was You," "The Object of My Affection," "Office Space" and "Rock Star." Recently, Aniston has received rave reviews for her starring role in Miguel Arteta's independent film "The Good Girl," and will be seen in "Swept Away," by Guy Ritchie.

Morgan Freeman, one of America's most distinguished actors, has received Academy Award^®-nominations for "Street Smart," "Driving Miss Daisy" (which brought him a Golden Globe Award) and "The Shawshank Redemption." His numerous motion picture credits have also included "Glory," "Amistad," "Deep Impact," the hit thrillers "Kiss the Girls" and its followup "Along Came A Spider," "Nurse Betty," "High Crimes" and "The Sum of All Fears." He will next be seen in Lawrence Kasdan's "Dreamcatcher," based on a work by Stephen King, and in the independent drama "Levity," also starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kirstin Dunst and Holly Hunter.

In addition to "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Liar Liar," Tom Shadyac has also directed the smash hit "The Nutty Professor," starring Eddie Murphy, the Golden Globe-nominated hit "Patch Adams," starring Robin Williams and the supernatural drama "Dragonfly." He also executive-produced Murphy's return in the popular "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps."

SOURCE: Universal Pictures