Mel Gibson, the Hollywood legend behind movies like Braveheart, Apocalypto, and Hacksaw Ridge, remains to be on board to deliver a really controversial venture to life. Fortunately, it’s not an epic about his views on abortion and questionable medication, however the sequel to his 2004 biblical drama The Ardour of the Christ, which has a brand new title: The Resurrection of the Christ.
Per Selection, Gibson appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast, the place the actor-turned-director revealed he nonetheless has plans to make a sequel to the movie that depicts Jesus’ final hours earlier than being crucified. In line with Gibson, the venture could also be nearer to fruition than ever, as he intends to begin manufacturing in 2026 from a script written by his brother, Academy Award-nominee Randall Wallace.
I am hoping subsequent yr someday. There’s rather a lot required as a result of it is an acid journey. I’ve by no means learn something prefer it.
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Gibson additionally revealed that Jesus will not be performed by Jim Caviezel once more. He mentioned it was as a result of too a few years have handed, and de-aging expertise wouldn’t be sufficient so as to add authenticity to the movie. The director additionally shared what the sequel could be about, apart from the apparent:
“My brother and I and Randall all type of congregated on this. So there’s some good heads put collectively, however there’s some loopy stuff. And I believe with a purpose to actually inform the story correctly you need to actually begin with the autumn of the angels, which suggests you are in one other place, you are in one other realm. It’s essential go to hell. It’s essential go to Sheol.”
Sheol? The underworld past demise? Gibson is a reasonably quirky dude these days, however The Resurrection of the Christ needs to be as critical as the primary film was when it comes to interpretation and respecting non secular tropes. In any case, the director remains to be on board to make what is going to certainly be a divisive sequel:
“It’s about discovering the best way in that is not tacky or too apparent. I believe I’ve concepts about how to do this and find out how to evoke issues and feelings in individuals from the best way you depict it and the best way you shoot it. So I have been fascinated with it for a very long time.
It isn’t going to be straightforward and it’ll require quite a lot of planning and I am not wholly certain I can pull it off to let you know the reality, it is tremendous formidable. However I will take a crack at it as a result of that is what you bought to do, proper, stroll as much as the plate, proper?”
Is There Any Logic To Making a Sequel to ‘The Ardour of the Christ’?
When it comes to sequels, The Ardour of the Christ is akin to Se7en, and Casablanca. All standalone movies that somebody thought deserved to be continued with an absurd sequel (critically, these movies had sequel plans sooner or later). Some, like Titanic, truly received a sequel, albeit a laughable mockbuster.
The Resurrection of the Christ will clearly be in regards to the resurrection of Jesus, however what else are you able to add to the story? What’s the tone that Gibson is aiming for, and might it deliver audiences to theaters? The Ardour of the Christ had Tarantino-like violence, which audiences cringed at however finally supported by making Ardour the highest-grossing unbiased movie of all time. Nonetheless: a film in regards to the resurrection of Jesus?
Gibson has a problem that won’t be simply achievable. Nonetheless, The Ardour of the Christ was deemed an not possible venture from a number of views and that one turned out simply high quality, even when it appears to have affected its director and its lead star a bit.
- Launch Date
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February 25, 2004
- Runtime
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127 Minutes
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Jim Caviezel
, Maia Morgenstern
, Christo Jivkov
, Francesco De Vito
, Monica Bellucci
, Mattia Sbragia
, Toni Bertorelli
, Luca Lionello
, Hristo Shopov
, Claudia Gerini
, Fabio Sartor
, Giacinto Ferro
, Aleksander Mincer
, Sheila Mokhtari
, Lucio Allocca
, Paco Reconti
, Adel Bakri
, Luciano Dragone
, Adel Ben Ayed
, Franco Costanzo
, Lino Salemme
, Emanuele Gullotto
, Francesco De Rosa