Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ?
Looks like it’s time for a sequel.
Mel Gibson revealed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that he plans to start production on the sequel next year.
So far, the project is titled The Resurrection of the Christ.
It’s co-written with Randall Wallace (Braveheart) and Gibson’s brother Donal.
The script they have now took them over seven years to flesh out. Gibson describes it as “an acid trip.”
I assume that’s due to the supernatural and spiritual aspects of the story.
And who will play the role of Jesus Christ, the Messiah?
Well, he intends to bring back Jim Caviezel as Jesus. That’s where digital de-aging technology comes in.
In addition to the resurrection, the film will explore the fall of the angels.
MEL GIBSON: I am ready to begin the sequel to Passion. It will be called The Resurrection of the Christ. Caviezel is coming back. It covers from the Fall of the Angels to Hell, to the death of the last apostle
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 11, 2025
Mel Gibson says ‘PASSION OF THE CHRIST 2’ will be titled…
‘THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST’
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— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 10, 2025
Just in time, too.
This world needs Jesus now more than ever.
Deadline reports:
Mel Gibson was the latest guest on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast and during the lengthy interview, the veteran actor said he hopes to begin production on a Passion Of The Christ sequel next year.
“I’m hoping next year sometime. There’s a lot required because it’s an acid trip. I’ve never read anything like it,” Gibson said of the film’s script, which he later added was penned by himself alongside his brother and Randall Wallace (Braveheart) over a seven-year period. Gibson said the film will be titled The Resurrection Of The Christ.
The Independent adds:
When podcast host Joe Rogan asked who would be playing Jesus, in the sequel set after the Christian icon’s resurrection, Gibson said he planned to bring back original star Jim Caviezel.
He claimed that the project would use digital de-ageing technology to make Caviezel appear 20 years younger.
Explaining that he hoped to begin filming the movie next year, Gibson, 69, said: “There’s a lot required because it’s an acid trip. I’ve never read anything like it.”
The film will be titled The Resurrection of the Christ, and will be filmed from a script written by Gibson, Braveheart writer Randall Wallace, and Gibson’s brother Donal.
He added that the story contains “some crazy stuff”.
“I think in order to tell the story properly you have to really start with the fall of the angels, which means you’re in another place, you’re in another realm.
— 𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙂𝙒𝘼𝙋𝙊 👑 (@GWAPO42) January 9, 2025
He’s been teasing this for some time, but it looks like it’s finally going to move forward.
BREAKING: Mel Gibson’s upcoming ‘PASSION OF THE CHRIST 2’ will tease a Biblical Cinematic Universe.
Spin-off films include a ‘SATAN’ standalone film (heavily inspired by ‘LOGAN’) and ‘MOSES V RAMESSES: DAWN OF EXODUS.’
An inevitable team-up film is also in early discussions. pic.twitter.com/GS3Z6y7U7E
— Le Cinéphiles (@LeCinephiles) August 12, 2018
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