Lauren Graham is set to star opposite Steve Carell in Universal Pictures' "Evan Almighty," which Tom Shadyac is directing. John Goodman also has come on board the comedy, a sequel to 2003's "Bruce Almighty" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Written by Steve Oedekerk, the story centers on Carell, who appeared as an anchorman in the first film, who now has a career as a politician. He gets an audience with God, played by a returning Morgan Freeman, who tells him to build an ark in preparation for a flood.
Graham is playing Evan's wife, and Goodman plays a congressman who takes Evan under his wing.
