The project has been announced for several years, but this time finally seems to be the right one: the film The passion of Christdirected by Mel Gibson, will have a sequel, more than twenty years after its release.
The Australian actor and director hopes to begin filming his sequel early 2026, reports Variety this Friday.
“I hope it will be for next year
Speaking on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Mel Gibson made the announcement in person, explaining that production of the film, which has been in development since 2016, could start in a year. “I hope it will be for next year,” he said. There’s a lot to do because it’s like an acid trip,” assuring that he “never read such a scenario.” A screenplay written by Mel Gibson himself, with Randall Wallace.
“My brother, Randall and I all came together on this project,” he added. So there are some good heads together, but there are some crazy things. And I think to really tell the story properly, you really have to start with the fall of the angels, which means you’re in another place, you’re in another realm. You have to go to hell,” the actor and director explained. Mel Gibson also revealed the title of the film: “The Resurrection of Christ”. It remains to be seen whether he will use his original casting, which included Jim Caviezel as Jesus, or Monica Bellucci, who played Mary Magdalene.
-Reviews and success
When it was released in 2004, the film initially received a mixed reception, criticized for scenes of extreme violence and accused of anti-Semitism. After a first theatrical release, the director had a few minutes of the most violent scenes cut, before the film was released in theaters.
On the box office side, however, “The Passion of the Christ” was a worldwide commercial success, with more than $370 million in revenue in the United States alone, and a total of nearly $612 million worldwide. . In France alone, the film attracted 1.7 million spectators to theaters.
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