{"id":2436106,"date":"2025-05-18T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mel-gibsons-the-passion-of-the-christ-sequel-lands-major-hollywood-studio-partner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T10:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:03:52","slug":"mel-gibsons-the-passion-of-the-christ-sequel-lands-major-hollywood-studio-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mel-gibsons-the-passion-of-the-christ-sequel-lands-major-hollywood-studio-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Gibson&#8217;s &#8216;The Passion of the Christ&#8217; Sequel Lands Major Hollywood Studio Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmel-gibsons-the-passion-of-the-christ-sequel-lands-major-hollywood-studio-partner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2436106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The year 2004 was a landmark period in cinema, showcasing a range of highly regarded films. Among them were critically acclaimed works such as &#8220;Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,&#8221; &#8220;Million Dollar Baby,&#8221; and &#8220;Crash,&#8221; alongside popular titles like &#8220;Kill Bill Vol. 2,&#8221; &#8220;The Notebook,&#8221; and &#8220;Spider-Man 2.&#8221; Though, one film notably outshone the rest: Mel gibson&#8217;s &#8220;The Passion of the Christ,&#8221; which became a colossal success, earning over $610 million worldwide from a modest budget of $30 million. <\/p>\n<p>Now, almost two decades later, a sequel titled &#8220;The Resurrection of the Christ&#8221; is in the works, produced in partnership with Lionsgate Studios. The movie is expected to focus on the resurrection of Jesus, confirming long-standing rumors about its content. jim Caviezel will reprise his role as Jesus in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-based-after-death-film-to-follow-sound-of-freedom-success-with-88000-tickets-already-sold\/\" title=\"Faith-based ... ... to Sound of Freedom sells 88,000 tickets.\">highly anticipated follow-<\/a>up, which Caviezel has described as &#8220;the biggest film in history.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s already been 21 years, so nobody should be faulted for forgetting just how seminal of a year 2004 was for cinema.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/year-flopbuster-2023s-10-biggest-box-office-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&rsquo;s no 2023<\/a>, at least.)<\/p>\n<p>But even a cursory glance at 2004&rsquo;s film releases reveals a murderer&rsquo;s row of beloved films.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martin-scorsese-says-comic-book-films-are-a-danger-to-society-weve-got-to-save-cinema\/\" title=\"Scorsese: Comic book ... endanger society, ... must be saved.\">critically acclaimed films<\/a>, like &ldquo;Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,&rdquo; &ldquo;Million-Dollar Baby,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Crash,&rdquo; to cult classics like &ldquo;Kill Bill Vol. 2&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Notebook,&rdquo; to countless other films, like &ldquo;The Incredibles,&rdquo; &ldquo;Team America&rdquo; and &ldquo;Spider-Man 2,&rdquo; 2004 was a moviegoer&rsquo;s dream.<\/p>\n<p>But one film that year stood head and shoulders above the rest, and it&rsquo;s not &ldquo;Napoleon Dynamite.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the biggest &mdash; and that&rsquo;s saying something &mdash; 2004 film to release was Mel Gibson&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Passion of the Christ,&rdquo; a biographical look at the life of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>It was, to put it lightly, a smash hit.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt0335345\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> by Box Office Mojo, with just a modest Hollywood budget of $30 million, the film would go on to make over $610 million at the box office across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Over half of that box office total came domestically, showing a strong American interest in the film, though that&rsquo;s not to diminish the impressive global numbers, either.<\/p>\n<p>And despite the iterative nature of Hollywood, there was no immediate sequel.<\/p>\n<p>Flash forward two decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mel-gibsons-passion-christ-sequel-begins-filming-matter-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and a sequel<\/a> hasn&rsquo;t just been announced, it&rsquo;s got an official new title &mdash; and major studio partner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/mel-gibson-the-resurrection-of-the-christ-lionsgate-1236218179\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> to The Hollywood Reporter, Gibson&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highly anticipated sequel film<\/a> will be working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lionsgate-studio-releasing-another-faith-based-film-next-jesus-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lionsgate<\/a> Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Lionsgate will help with production of the film and will also help distribute it.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood studio already got to work helping promote the film, including its official new title:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST &ndash; coming soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DXARSRjull\">pic.twitter.com\/DXARSRjull<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; lionsgate (@Lionsgate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lionsgate\/status\/1923061463729480058?\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Lionsgate helped spread the word that the official new title of Gibson&rsquo;s sequel film will be &ldquo;The Resurrection of the Christ.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rumors had been rumbling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-passion-christ-sequel-appears-putting-jesus-resurrection-center-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for years<\/a> that this sequel film would focus on Jesus&rsquo; resurrection, and the new movie title all but confirms that to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Both the 2004 film and the undated sequel film star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biggest-film-history-jim-caviezel-reveals-major-update-passion-christ-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Caviezel<\/a> as Jesus, and the actor has previously described the forthcoming sequel as &ldquo;the biggest film in history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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