Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" (2004) to have sequel "The Resurrection of the Christ" (Part 1 in March 2027, Part 2 in 2028)

UPDATE IN Entertainment Weekly

July 20, 2026

Randall Wallace,

Screenwriter for

Mel Gibson two-part

project - ew.com/

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UPDATE: Hollywood reporter.com/

online article May 23, 2026

Variety dot-com

reports the casting of

Jaakko Ohtonen

as Jesus the Christ

and Mariela Garriga

as Mary Magdalene.

variety.com/2025/film/global/mel-gibson-resurrection-of-the-christ-

new-jesus-mary-magdalene-1236552209/