Twenty years after The Passion of the Christ was premiered, it has been confirmed that release of its sequel, Resurrection, is planned for April 18, 2025, Good Friday.

Although there was speculation that the film might be split into several parts, news website Il Timone points out that this information has not yet been officially confirmed.

Mel Gibson has brought back actors from the original cast, including Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern and Francesco De Vito, and the film was shot in Israel, Morocco and Italy.

According to Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register, the film will cover the events leading up to the Resurrection, but will also follow the intrigues that took place in Herod's palace and conclude with the events that took place in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday.

Last year, Mel Gibson, speaking about the release of the film, said that he had two scripts “one of them is very structured and very strong script and kind of more what should expect and the other is like an acid trip”.

“You have to really consider what it is that you need to show in order to be poignant. It can’t be linear. You have to have many things to juxtapose against one another even from different time periods and it requires entering in other realms and dimensions”, he added.

Worldwide box-office hit

The Passion of the Christ was a box-office hit, earning over $600 million worldwide.

Directed, produced and financed by Mel Gibson, it focused on the last hours of the earthly life of Jesus Christ and was released in 2004.

The director used Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew, with subtitles, because he wanted to give more authenticity to the story.