“It’s Not Going To Be Easy”: Passion Of The Christ 2 Will Depict Hell & Falling Of The Angels, Mel Gibson’s Filming Plan & Ideal Jesus Actor Revealed

Mel Gibson reveals The Passion of the Christ 2 will depict hell and fallen angels, revealing his filming plan and thoughts on his ideal Jesus actor. The upcoming Passion of the Christ 2 has had many details kept under wraps since it was first announced, however the aftermath of Jesus’ death was guaranteed. This included the reaction of his followers in the three days before his resurrection, alongside his resurrection in general likely being explored. However, concrete details were not made available, with the movie having been in development since June 2016, according to Gibson’s co-writer, Randall Wallace.

Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience (via Deadline), however, Gibson offered details about The Passion of the Christ 2, revealing the “very ambitious” narrative he’s crafted alongside his brother, Donal Gibson, and Wallace. The filmmaker explained how the movie follows “the fall of the angels to the death of the last apostle,” depicting events that happen in Sheol. He also confirmed plans to start filming in 2026:

I’m hoping next year sometime. There’s a lot required because it’s an acid trip. I’ve never read anything like it.

My brother and I and Randall all sort of congregated on this. So there’s some good heads put together, but there’s some crazy stuff. And I think in order to really tell the story properly you have to really start with the fall of the angels, which means you’re in another place, you’re in another realm. You need to go to hell. You need to go to Sheol.

In addition, he confirmed the title of the movie will be The Resurrection of the Christ, and that Jim Caviezel would not be coming back due to the necessity of having to de-age him using CGI. Instead, he’ll be choosing a younger actor to follow in his footsteps, acknowledging the ambition he has for film as a whole. Check out more of what Gibson had to say below:

It’s about finding the way in that’s not cheesy or too obvious. I think I have ideas about how to do that and how to evoke things and emotions in people from the way you depict it and the way you shoot it. So I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. It’s not going to be easy and it’s going to require a lot of planning and I’m not wholly sure I can pull it off to tell you the truth, it’s super ambitious. But I’ll take a crack at it because that’s what you got to do, right, walk up to the plate, right?

More to come…

Source: The Joe Rogan Experience (via Deadline)