Monday, April 29, 2024

Upcoming Mel Gibson movies?

TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE NEWS:

‘Resurrection’ to be release in April 2025. The sequel of The Passion of the Christ will premier on Good Friday 2025. It brings back actors from the original cast, including Jim Caviezel as Jesus (Evangelical Focus).

Mel Gibson to film story of Judah Maccabee (Jewish Chronicle)

It sounds as though the Resurrection film is actually happening. Background here and links.

There has been talk for a long time about a Gibson movie on the Maccabean Revolt. This latest announcement is more talk. The script is not even written yet. The first script was rejected by Warner Bros in 2012. We'll see if anything comes of this round of talk. Background here and links.

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