Mel Gibson‘s movie The Resurrection of the Christ, following up his 2004 hit The Ardour of the Christ, will launch in two elements by way of Lionsgate in 2027, the studio introduced on Tuesday. In step with the movie’s non secular themes, Half One will launch on Good Friday, March 26, 2027, with Half Two slated to open 40 days afterward Ascension Day, Thursday, Could 6, 2027.
At present, solely an untitled Warner Bros occasion movie is slated for launch the weekend of the twenty sixth in 2027. The Resurrection‘s second installment, in the meantime, is about to go up in opposition to Sony’s online game adaptation The Legend of Zelda.
Plot particulars for The Resurrection of the Christ are below wraps. Gibson’s authentic movie, starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus, was a landmark title that up till final 12 months, held a file because the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time domestically. The movie, portraying the final 12 hours of Christ’s life, debuted to a gap weekend of $83 million on its technique to taking in $370 million in North American theaters and greater than $610 million globally off a $30 million manufacturing finances. It additionally garnered three Oscar nominations within the classes of Finest Make-up, Finest Cinematography, and Finest Unique Rating.
Gibson directed The Ardour from his personal script written with Benedict Fitzgerald and likewise produced. Maia Morgenstern performed the Blessed Virgin Mary, with Monica Bellucci showing within the function of Mary Magdalene.
Each installments of Gibson’s newest might be produced by Gibson and his Icon Productions accomplice Bruce Davey, as beforehand introduced. Caviezel is anticipated to return, as is Bellucci. Though Newmarket Movies launched The Ardour, Gibson introduced Lionsgate as his accomplice on The Resurrection of the Christ in Could.
The deal continues Gibson’s lengthy affiliation with Lionsgate, the place he made his two most up-to-date movies: his Oscar-nominated WWII drama Hacksaw Ridge, starring Andrew Garfield, and the thriller Flight Threat starring Mark Wahlberg. The studio can also be the distributor for the Icon library, together with The Ardour of the Christ.
