The actor and director Mel Gibson said he plans to hire Jim Caviezel for the role of Jesus.
The expected sequel to the success of Mel Gibson2004, The Passion of Christhe received the greatest update to date. The movie entitled The resurrection of Christalready has a production start date.
Roma Cinecittà Studies are ready to house the project in August of this yearaccording to the executive director, Manuela Cacciamani.
The film will be set in the new Studio 22 of Cinecittà, already mentioned, and the production will be carried out in the old city of Matera, in southern Italy. Other rumored places for production include ginosa, latex and Altamura tax, with the authentic sensation of such a sequel clearly in mind for Gibson and company.
In a talk with Joe Rogan in his podcast at the beginning of 2025, Gibson offered a daring update about the type of film that is expected: “It is very required because it is an acid trip. I have never read anything the same”.
What will the sequel to the Passion of Christ be
Gibson said he plans to hire Jim Caviezel again for the role of Jesus. According to the title of the film, it will focus on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The passion of Christ ends with the crucifixion of Jesus. In the Bible, Jesus rises three days later. Gibson said he would need to resort to “some techniques”, such as the elimination of aging through CGI, in Caviezel, since more than 20 years have passed since the first film.
Gibson described the film as “very ambitious” and said that The narrative moves from “the fall of Los Angeles to the death of the last apostle.”
“It’s about finding a way that is not cheesy or too obvious,” he said. “I think I have ideas about how to do it and how to evoke things and emotions in people from the way you represent it and the way you films it. So I have been thinking about it for a long time. It will not be easy and will require much planning and I am not completely sure to achieve it, to be honest, it is super ambitious. But I will try because that’s what you have to do, right? Being brave, right? ” .
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