{"id":48020,"date":"2025-12-04T14:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=48020"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:03:01","slug":"protestantism-inspired-mel-gibsons-the-passion-of-the-christ-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/12\/protestantism-inspired-mel-gibsons-the-passion-of-the-christ-sequel.html","title":{"rendered":"Protestantism Inspired Mel Gibson\u2019s &#8216;The Passion of the Christ&#8217; Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48023\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/12\/Mel-Gibson-Passion_credit-Left-Georges-Biard-Right-Intersections-Podcast-YouTube.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48023\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/12\/Mel-Gibson-Passion_credit-Left-Georges-Biard-Right-Intersections-Podcast-YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left-Georges-Biard-Right-Intersections-Podcast-YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Filming for \u201cThe Resurrection of the Christ,\u201d Mel Gibson\u2019s long-touted two-film sequel to \u201cThe Passion of the Christ,\u201d has begun, and a recent interview revealed that Protestantism may be partly to thank. Screenwriter Randall Wallace recently joined the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PgKCbjmoJCA\">Intersections Podcast<\/a>,\u201d where he discussed the germination of the film. Wallace has worked with Gibson on a number of successful films, including \u201cThe Passion,\u201d \u201cBraveheart,\u201d and \u201cHacksaw Ridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you nothing about it and everything,\u201d joked Wallace. He said he had been \u201cfascinated\u201d by the resurrection all his life. \u201cWe were having dinner one night, just the two of us in Dallas, and I said, &#8216;You know, the thing we need to do is the Resurrection. It&#8217;s an interesting thing. Catholic friends have said, and I don&#8217;t want to over-characterize anyone&#8217;s particular practice, but in Catholicism, there&#8217;s much more emphasis on the Crucifixion, on the Passion. One Catholic friend of mine said we almost never talk about the Resurrection,\u201d Wallace, who is Baptist said. The discussion began as early as 2016, while the two were working on \u201cHacksaw Ridge\u201d and promoting the film at a number of Protestant films.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson, who is Catholic, seemed intrigued by the idea. \u201cMel is absolutely brilliant, and I knew he was listening really intently,\u201d said Wallace. He highlighted the differences between Protestants and Catholics in the type of cross they use, with Protestants displaying the empty cross in remembrance of Christ\u2019s resurrection while Catholics display crosses with Christ still on the cross in the midst of his crucifixion. \u201cFor a Protestant, it\u2019s Christ has risen,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s off the Cross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallace acknowledged the risk Gibson was taking for spiritual warfare in telling a story that Satan doesn\u2019t want to get out. \u201cOne of the things [Gibson] said to me was, &#8216;This can&#8217;t be for the money, it can&#8217;t be to prove anything to anybody. [With] this, our hearts have to be pure. I knew, at that moment, how dedicated he was, and that this was really going to be a ride,\u201d said Wallace. The two are co-writing the screenplay for \u201cResurrection,\u201d with Part One due to come out March 26, 2027 which is Good Friday and Part Two due to be released on May 6, 2027, which is Ascension Day, the day when Jesus returned back to Heaven after his resurrection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filming for \u201cThe Resurrection of the Christ,\u201d Mel Gibson\u2019s long-touted two-film sequel to \u201cThe Passion of the Christ,\u201d has begun, and a recent interview revealed that Protestantism may be partly to thank. Screenwriter Randall Wallace recently joined the \u201cIntersections Podcast,\u201d where he discussed the germination of the film. 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