Mel Gibson is planning a Passion of the Christ sequel.
This is from The Hollywood Reporter.
Mel Gibson and writer Randall Wallace are working on a sequel to The Passion of the Christ that will tell the story of the resurrection of Jesus.
Wallace tells The Hollywood Reporter.
The Passion, Gibson's story of the persecution and crucifixion of Jesus, was released in 2004 by the independent Newmarket Films and earned a whopping $612 million worldwide on just a $30 million production budget.
Since then, many in Hollywood have presumed a sequel would someday be made, but Gibson has moved on to other projects.
The evangelical community considers The Passion the biggest movie ever out of Hollywood, and they kept telling us that they think a sequel will be even bigger, Wallace says.
No studio or financial backing has been lined up for the project, which is still in the early script stage, but Wallace indicates there are several financiers interested in investing.
It's too early to talk money, he said.
This is such a huge and sacred subject.
In February, Sony released Risen, which tells the story of the resurrection.
Though Gibson wasn't involved, the movie made $46 million worldwide on a $20 million budget.
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