Everything We Know About Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ Sequel

The Passion of Christ resurrects.

Mel Gibson’s 2004 blockbuster that recounts the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ’s life is the second-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time in North America, behind 2024. Deadpool & Wolverineand now a sequel seems closer than ever to fruition.

Jim Caviezel will return to play Jesus Resurrectionworking title, and filming should begin in early 2025.

Over the years, Gibson has only been vague about the anticipated sequel, telling Stephen Colbert in 2016, “It’s more than [the] individual event [in the title]it’s an incredible event … And to back it up with the things around it is a real story. To kind of enlighten what that means.”

Caviezel recently speculated that the film would be split into two parts.

“It’s going to be the biggest movie in history. It could be two movies. It could be three, but I think it’s two,” he said in July 2023.

Here’s everything we know about Mel Gibson Passion of Christ continuation.

What is Passion of Christ: Resurrection about?

THE PASSION OF CHRIST, Jim Caviezel, director Mel Gibson, 2004.

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The Passion of Christ the sequel will, of course, cover the resurrection of Jesus, but Gibson said there’s a lot more to unpack than just the son of God rising from the dead.

“It’s a huge theme, and it’s not a linear narrative. You have to juxtapose the central event that I’m trying to tell with everything else around it in the future, the past, and other areas, and it kind of gets a little sci-fi,” he told Raymond Arroyo, host of The World Over on EWTN, 2022.

Later that year, Gibson spoke with Jenni Falconer about the project.

“I have two scenarios. One is very structured and the other is like an acid trip because you’re going to other areas. You’re in hell. You’re watching angels fall. It’s crazy,” he said.

Which is why the cast is coming back Passion of Christ: Resurrection?

THE PASSION OF CHRIST, Francesco De Vito, Jim Caviezel, 2004.

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In 2018, Caviezel announced that he would reprise his role as Jesus.

“There are things I can’t say will shock the audience,” he said USA Today. “It’s great. Movie [Gibson is] will be the biggest movie in history. It’s so good.”

According to IMDB, Maia Morgenstern, who played Jesus’ mother in the Passion of Christand Francesco De Vito, who played Peter, are also signed on for the sequel.

When will the production for Passion of Christ: Resurrection start?

MUKA KRISTOVA, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, Hristo Jivkov, 2004.

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Gibson is rumored to be ready to begin production Resurrection at the beginning of 2025

In September 2024, Italpress reported that the director spent five days scouting filming locations in Malta. The film will also be shot in Israel, Morocco and Italy, per outlet.

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