{"id":43528,"date":"2025-03-31T16:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=43528"},"modified":"2025-03-31T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:35:16","slug":"21-years-later-mel-gibson-set-to-begin-filming-passion-of-the-christ-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/03\/21-years-later-mel-gibson-set-to-begin-filming-passion-of-the-christ-sequel.html","title":{"rendered":"21 Years Later, Mel Gibson Set to Begin Filming Passion of the Christ Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43531\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/03\/Mel-Gibson-The-Passion_credit-Left-Newmarket-Films-Right-taniavolobueva-Shutterstock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43531\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/03\/Mel-Gibson-The-Passion_credit-Left-Newmarket-Films-Right-taniavolobueva-Shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Newmarket Films | Right: taniavolobueva \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twenty-one years ago, Mel Gibson\u2019s <em>Passion of the Christ <\/em>unexpectedly rocked the box office, making over $612 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing R-rated movie for 20 years, having now been surpassed by <em>Deadpool and Wolverine. <\/em>Now, after much teasing, Mel Gibson has announced that a sequel will begin filming this summer. Entitled <em>The Resurrection of the Christ,<\/em> the film will begin filming in August in Rome <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/global\/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-christ-sequel-shoot-this-summer-rome-1236348235\/\">according to Manuela Cacciamani<\/a>, CEO of Cinecitt\u00e0 Studios. Cinecitt\u00e0 was also the studio where <em>Passion <\/em>was filmed and <em>Resurrection <\/em>is expected to return to filming in the town of Matera, as well as other towns such as Gravina Laterza and Altamura.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the long gap between films, Jim Caviezel will be reprising his role as Jesus, with Maia Morgenstern and Francesco De Vito reprising their roles as Mary and Peter. The film will pick up on Easter Sunday, just three days after the events of <em>Passion, <\/em>which could make hiding the aging of the actors a challenge. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/comicbook.com\/movies\/news\/mel-gibson-passion-christ-2-sequel-resurrection-cast-de-aging-vfx-recasting\/\"><em>ComicBook<\/em><\/a>, Gibson remained vague about how he planned to combat the aging difference. \u201cSo it\u2019s like, you know, I have ways of dealing with that, because, you know, twenty years ago is [supposed to be] three days later. So it has its own peculiar set of problems, which I think I can solve,\u201d he said. De-aging effects remain one possibility, though their usage would massively increase <em>Resurrection\u2019s <\/em>budget. Randall Wallace, who co-wrote the script for <em>Resurrection<\/em>, has stated however that it\u2019s \u201ctoo early to talk money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibson has teased a sequel for nearly a decade, telling Stephen Colber in 2016, \u201cIt\u2019s more than [the] single event [in the title], it\u2019s an amazing event &#8230; and to underpin that with the things around it is really the story. To sort of enlighten what that means.\u201d He went into a little more detail in 2022 during an interview with <em>National Catholic Register<\/em>, he said the film was \u201cnot a linear narrative,\u201d noting that the film could explore other biblical events. \u201cI think in order to really tell the story properly you have to really start with the fall of the angels, which means you\u2019re in another place, you\u2019re in another realm. You need to go to hell.\u201d He has also spoken about two versions of the script with one that is \u201ca very structured and a very strong script\u201d while the other \u201cis like an acid trip.\u201d The biggest question is whether the film can resurrect the same kind of hit as its predecessor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-one years ago, Mel Gibson\u2019s Passion of the Christ unexpectedly rocked the box office, making over $612 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing R-rated movie for 20 years, having now been surpassed by Deadpool and Wolverine. Now, after much teasing, Mel Gibson has announced that a sequel will begin filming this summer. 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