Passion Of The Christ 2 is set to start filming shortly, with Jim Caviezel set to reprise the role of Jesus Christ.
US special envoy to Hollywood and Bird On A Wire star Mel Gibson has talked for a long, long time about making a sequel to 2004’s The Passion Of The Christ, a film that cost around $30m to make and which took around $612m at the box office alone. Gibson has been working on the screenplay for around a decade, along with Braveheart scribe Randall Wallace, and reports of the film going before cameras go back to biblical times. Or thereabouts.
Jim Caviezel, the film’s star confirmed back in 2020 that the film was still in active development and there’s been plenty of times since that we’ve heard reports which suggested that the project was on the (Christmas?) eve of production. However, cameras still haven’t captured a frame of footage of what is being called The Resurrection Of The Christ.
That might all be about to change though. World Of Reel has dug up several listings suggesting a March shoot is now locked in, despite Gibson publicly stating last month that he hadn’t yet decided when the film would shoot. It’s entirely possible that he’s playing his cards close to his chest given how many false starts the production has endured.
One listing at Production Weekly states there will be a ‘March shoot, spanning three countries (Italy, Mexico and Malta).’ According to the report, an Italian outlet has Gibson scheduled to arrive in the southern Province of Matera to shoot scenes this April.
Gibson has never exactly been a prolific director, but Flight Risk, his first film in seven years, is currently in cinemas and earning reviews.
Ever since his very public fall from grace, attaching Gibson’s name to a project has become trickier than it used to be, with the trailer for Flight Risk going to some lengths to avoid actually stating who directed the film (even if it goes to great pains to list successful movies that Gibson has directed).
Still, getting Flight Risk under his belt will probably have eased the anxiety of any potential investors who might be fearing Gibson could once again implode, and smooth the passage of Resurrection towards production. Whether the planned film will finally go before cameras next month – or whether this is another false start – remains to be seen. We’ll let you know more as we hear it. And then once he’s done with the film, Mel Gibson gets to sort out Hollywood. Absolutely sure that won’t go wrong.
