The long -awaited continuation of the film “The Passions of Christ” by Mel Gibson will be divided into two films, each part to be released in 2027.
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“The Resurrection of Christ, the first part” It is scheduled for Good Friday, March 26, and the second part is scheduled for 40 days later, on the day of Ascension, May 6. Lionsgate will release the movies in cinemas.
“The resurrection of Christ“It is the continuation of the 2004 epic biblical film,” The Passions of Christ “, which, until last year, was the rating film R with the highest revenues of all time at the internal box-office, with $ 370 million, according to Variety
This record was recently surpassed by the Disney movie “Deadpool & Wolverine”, which received the colossal amount of $ 636 million internally.
“The passions of Christ“It remains one of the largest independent films of all time, with $ 610 million globally, compared to a production budget of $ 30 million.
The drama tells the story of the last 12 hours of the earthly life of Jesus Christ. In the role of Jesus Jim Caviezel plays, and Mary’s role is played by the Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern.
In addition to commercial success, the film was nominated for Oscar for best makeup, the best image and the best original soundtrack.
Gibson described the continuations as a “Acid travel ”, adding that “He never read something similar” the scenarios, which the director wrote with Randall Wallace.
As the title suggests, the intrigue is expected to focus on the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Gibson, whose career has been affected by more controversies outside the screen, returned to making studio films for the first time in eight with “Flight Risk”, launched in January.
The thriller with the action on a plane, with Mark Wahlberg in the lead role, was not successful at Box-Office, collecting only $ 48 million globally. Previously, he directed the films “Hacksaw Ridge” (2016), “Braveheart” and “Apocalypto”.
