The resurrection of the Christ of Mel Gibson will be told in two parts with the release dates of 2027 blocked

Mel Gibson is bringing the long -awaited Passion of Christ followed, The resurrection of Christto theaters in not one but two epic chapters. Lionsgate has officially announced that the follow-up will be divided into two parts, each with its strategically temporary release date to combine the spiritual tone of history.

The first part will debut on Holy Friday 26 March 2027, while the second part will arrive in the cinemas 40 days later, on the day of the Ascension, on May 6, 2027. These dates bind directly to the religious meaning of the history of the resurrection Gibson aims to tell.

Jim Caviezel He is expected to return to play Jesus in the film, while Maia Morgenstern, who played the mother of Jesus in “The Passion” and Francesco De Vito, who played Peter, are also on board.

Gibson previously spoke of the sequel that called him “an acid journey” that continued saying that he had never read anything like that “to the script, which Gibson was writing together with Randall Wallace.

He continued to offer some details: “My brother and Randall I all gathered on this. So there are some good witnesses put together, but there are some crazy things.

“And I think that to really tell the story you really have to start with the fall of the angels, which means that you are in another place, you are in another kingdom. You have to go to Hell. You have to go to Sheol.”

Gibson described the film as “very ambitious” and said that the story not only covers “The Fall of the Angels”, but also “the death of the last apostle”.

He said: “It is about finding the way that is not in bad taste or too obvious. I think I have ideas on how to do it and how to evoke things and emotions in people from the way you describe it and the way you shoot it.

“So I have thought about it for a long time. It will not be easy and will require much planning and I’m not entirely sure that I can do it to tell you the truth, it is super ambitious.

“But I’ll take a crack because that’s what you need to do, right, walk to the plate, right?”

Gibson previously spoke of the film saying that it is “not a linear narrative”, adding that “you have to justify the central event that I am trying to say with everything else around it in the future, in the past and in other kingdoms, and this is a little science fiction out there”.

The Passion of Christ Auditted audience when he fell in 2004. With the protagonist Jim Caviezel Like Jesus, the film has focused on the last 12 hours of Christ’s life and beat the box office records, earning $ 83 million on the opening weekend. He continued to earn $ 370 million at national level and over $ 610 million globally with a budget of only $ 30 million. He also collected three Oscar nominations for the best makeup, the best cinematography and the best original soundtrack.

While Passion He was released by Newmarket Films, Gibson announced in May that Lionsgate would distribute The resurrection of Christ. Lionsgate has a solid employment relationship with Gibson, after publishing his war drama appointed to the Oscar Hacksaw Ridge and the next thriller Flight risk With Mark Wahlberg. They also manage the ICON library, which includes the original Passion of Christ.