A new report claims that Mel Gibson is part of an 11-member scouting team that is looking at film locations for the sequel to The Passion of the Christ.
Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ in The Passion of the Christ (2004), Icon Productions
Italpress reports that Gibson “is among an 11-member team scouting Malta following an invitation by the Malta Film Commission. It is understood that Gibson is scouting for locations to film the sequel to 2004’s The Passion of the Christ, which he co-wrote, produced, and directed.”
The scouting mission reportedly consists of a five-day visit and includes “discussions with the Maltese authorities in connection with” the film.
Mel Gibson via Inspire Me Podcast / An Experience With YouTube
It was revealed back in 2016, almost a decade ago, that Gibson was working on a sequel to The Passion of the Christ with Randall Wallace informing The Hollywood Reporter that “he has begun to write a script for a story about the resurrection, telling THR that the project is becoming too difficult to keep under wraps.”
Wallace said at the time, “I always wanted to tell this story. The Passion is the beginning and there’s a lot more story to tell.”
Malipiero Badoer chapel in San Francesco della Vigna. ‘’The resurrection of Christ’’ by Paolo Veronese.
Gibson would provide more details about the project during an interview with Greg Laurie where he revealed the working title would be called The Resurrection.
He said, “Of course, that’s a huge undertaking, and it’s not The Passion 2 — it’s called The Resurrection.”
Gibson added, “Of course, that’s a very big subject. And it needs to be looked at, because we don’t wanna do just a simple rendering of it. We can all read what happened, but in order to really experience and explore probably deeper meanings of what it’s about is gonna take some doing.”
In November, Gibson provided more information to Stephen Colbert telling him, “It’s more than a single event. It’s an amazing event. And to underpin it with the things around it is really the story, to sort of enlighten what that means.”
“It’s not just about the event,” he continued. “It’s not some kind of chronological telling of just that event. That could be boring and you think, ‘Well, we’ve read that.'”
He elaborated, “It’s predictable in that, okay, now we know what happens. Then this happens, then this happens, and this happens. But what are the other things around it that happen?”
Gibson continued, “You’re going all over the place. What happened in three days?” He then hinted that he might explore Christ’s descent into hell, “I’m not sure, but it’s worth thinking about, isn’t it. Get your imagination going, right?”
In 2020, actor Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus Christ in The Passion of the Christ shared that Gibson was on his “fifth draft.”
He also boasted, “It’s going to be a masterpiece. It’s gonna be the biggest film in world history, I believe it will be based on what I feel in my heart”
Furthermore, he emphasized, “It’s so imperative in this time. These films can’t be made now. The films they make are Marvel Comics movies. You’ll see Superman. You won’t see Jesus… I got to play the greatest superhero there ever was.”
Michelle Dockery as Madolyn and Mark Wahlberg as Daryl in Flight Risk. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate
Aside from The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, Gibson’s Flight Risk, which he directed that stars Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace, arrives on January 24, 2025. He’s also working on a fifth Lethal Weapon film.
What do you make of this report that Gibson is scouting filming locations for The Resurrection?
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