Back in 2004 The Passion of Christ was made on tiny budget of $ 30 million and went on to make over $ 600 million worldwide.
Covering the betrayal, trial and crucifixion of Jesus, the movie became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time – a huge feat for a foreign language film.
Now that a sequel focused on the Resurrection has been confirmed, when can a release be expected?
At this stage it’s unknown but Jim Caviezel, who is reprising the role of Jesus, has confirmed shooting dates have been decided.
Nevertheless the actor wouldn’t disclose when, however if they’ve been decided it would make sense that Passion of the Christ 2 could shoot as early as this summer.
That would make a 2019 or 2020 release date, presumably around Easter time, much more likely.
Jim, who is a devout Catholic, has teased what the sequel will be like.
Speaking with USA Today in January, he said: “There are things that I cannot say that will shock the audience. It’s great. Stay tuned.
“I won’t tell you how he’s going to go about it. But I’ll tell you this much, the film he’s [Gibson] going to do is going to be the biggest film in history. It’s that good.”
Braveheart, that’s a film that took a long time to be able to crack. The same thing for Passion. And the same thing for this. He’s finally got it. So that is coming.
The biblical biopic tells the story of Mary (Mara), a young woman in search of a new way of living. Constricted by the hierarchies of the day, Mary defies her traditional family to join a new social movement led by the charismatic Jesus of Nazareth (Phoenix).
Monica Bellucci played Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ.
On what attracted her to the part, she said: “”I did all I could to get an audition. People would say to me, ‘Nobody will see it, nobody wants to produce or distribute it, it’ll make no money and it will raise controversy. Why on earth do you want to do it?’
“But I wanted to play her because she moves me. She was just a sinner like you and me, her humanity and weakness touched me.
“She finds spirituality through Jesus; we all must try to find our spiritual side.”
