Mel Gibson reveals that 'The Resurrection of the Christ' will be two films

Mel Gibson revealed important novelties around the expected sequel to the acclaimed The Passion of the Christ (2004).

First, Gibson explained why he took two decades to finalize a new installment, which has been officially entitled The Resurrection of the Christo The resurrection of Christ in the Spanish -speaking market of Latin America.

During his participation in the Fan Expo Philadelphia panel, Gibson told those present the complexities of arms a project of this caliber precisely. In statements collected by Screenrant, the filmmaker said:

“He took me for about eight years to write the script of the sequel, if we can call it the resurrection of Christ, because it is a very complex and almost impossible issue to understand. So necessarily You have to base it with much of the history and theology of salvation.”

And the way to follow was not linear. Gibson continued explaining:

“It was very difficult to find and synthesizebecause first you have to understand why it matters … you have to think: why is humanity so important in this process? Why do the great kingdoms of good and evil fight for the hearts, minds and souls of humanity? Why us? We are only a lot of fucking things. We are imperfect. You have to wonder: why are we important? Why are we doing sandwich? All that huge story. “

The story was very big for a single movie. Gibson confirms that it will not be one, but Two new deliveries:

“To understand that, you have to start with the fall of Los Angeles in the sky, just at the beginning … it is not a movie, they are two films, because it is huge.”

The sequel has the return of Jim Caviezel repeating his role as Jesus Christ. In addition, the returns of Maia Morgenstern and Francesco de Vito, such as María and Pedro, respectively, are expected, although these have not been confirmed by the official source.

The director has also commented to have plans to use rejuvenation technology to get Caviezel to return to the skin of a young Jesus. This tool has been used in Hollywood projects as Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Captain America: Civil War To rejuvenate Robert Downey Jr., and more recently in the drama Here by Robert Zemeckis.

The script of Resurrection It is co -written by Gibson y Randall Wallace (Braveheart). Some reports indicate that both wrote up to six drafts of the script prior to the final.

On his possible plot, it is believed that history will address “The descent of Christ to hell”, also known as “heartbreaking of hell”, which in Christian theology refers to period of time between the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection. In the decline of Christ to hell, he brought with him the salvation of captive souls there from the beginning of the world.

This descent is mentioned in the Creed of the Apostles, where it is briefly said that “it descended to the hell”, but is not specified about the release to the dead.

Until 2024, The Passion of Christ He still kept the record as the film classification Route higher of all time in the United States. He had a premiere box office in the US of $ 83 million, and accumulated a total of $ 370 million. Its global box office was more than $ 610 million, against a budget of $ 30 million.

Gibson's acclaimed film combined supernatural elements with the heartbreaking representation of the crucifixion, largely resorting to Catholic images and traditions.

The filming of The Resurrection of the Christ It is planned to start shortly.

In recent days it was announced that Lionsgate acquired the distribution rights of the sequel for distribution in the national market (USA). Gibson, Bruce Davey and his production company Icon Productions, reached an agreement with Lionsgate, marking a new association between Gibson and the study after Hacksaw Ridge And more recently, Flight Risk.

At the moment the premiere plans for the sequel were not announced.