Everything We Know About Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ Sequel

The Passion of the Christ is resurrecting.

Mel Gibson‘s blockbuster 2004 retelling of the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ’s life is the second all-time highest-grossing R-rated film in North America behind 2024's Deadpool & Wolverine, and now the sequel seems closer than ever to coming true.

Jim Caviezel will return to play Jesus in Resurrection, a tentative title, and filming is set to begin in early 2025.

Over the years, Gibson has only talked in vague terms about the highly-anticipated sequel, telling Stephen Colbert in 2016: "It’s more than [the] single event [in the title], it’s an amazing event ... And to underpin that with the things around it is really the story. To sort of enlighten what that means."

More recently, Caviezel speculated that the film will be split into two parts.

"It will be the biggest film in history. It might be two films. Could be three, but I think it's two," he said in July 2023.

Here’s everything we know about Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ sequel.

What is The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection about?

The Passion of the Christ sequel will, of course, cover the resurrection of Jesus, but Gibson has said that there is so much more to unpack than just the son of God rising from the dead.

"It’s a huge subject, and it’s not a linear narrative. You have to juxtapose the central event that I’m trying to tell with everything else around it in the future, in the past and in other realms, and that’s kind of getting a little sci-fi out there," he told Raymond Arroyo, host of The World Over on EWTN, in 2022.

Later that same year, Gibson spoke with Jenni Falconer about the project.

"I have two scripts. One is very structured and the other is like an acid trip because you're going into other realms. You're in hell. You're watching the angels fall. It's crazy," he shared.

Which cast members are returning for The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection?

In 2018, Caviezel announced that he will reprise his role as Jesus.

“There are things that I cannot say that will shock the audience,” he told USA Today. “It’s great. The film [Gibson is] going to be the biggest film in history. It’s that good.”

According to IMDB, Maia Morgenstern, who played Jesus' mother in The Passion of the Christ, and Francesco De Vito, who portrayed Peter, have also signed on for the sequel.

When will production for The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection begin?

Rumor has it that Gibson will be ready to start production on Resurrection in early 2025.

In September 2024, Italpress reported that the filmmaker spent five days scouting filming locations in Malta. The movie will also be shot in Israel, Morocco and Italy, per the outlet. Soon after, Gibson's publicist confirmed that the director had been scouting locations in Europe.