The resurrection of Christ by Mel Gibson will begin to shoot in Italy in August

Mel Gibson’s sequel to The Passion of Christ —The resurrection of Christ– It will begin to occur in Italy this August, according to Manuela Cacciamani, executive director of Cinecittà Studios of Rome.

“I can confirm that the next film directed by Mel Gibson, produced by Icon Productions, ‘The Resurrection of Christ’, will be rolled entirely in Cinecittà from August and requires many scenic rooms and constructions,” he said in a interview On the Italian Peripheldo Il Sole 24 Ore.

In one interview In the podcast of Joe Rogan, Gibson said that the film is “very ambitious” and that the story continues “the fall of Los Angeles until the death of the last apostle.”

“I think that to tell the story correctly you have to start with the fall of Los Angeles, which means you are in another place, you are in another kingdom. You have to go to hell. You have to go to Sheol,” he added.

“It’s about finding a way that is not cheesy or too obvious. I think I have ideas about how to achieve it and how to evoke things and emotions in people from the way you represent it and films it. So I’ve been going around a long time,” he said. “It will not be easy, it will require a lot of planning and I am not entirely sure to be able to achieve it; to tell the truth, it is super ambitious. But I will try because that is what you have to do, right?, Assume the challenge, right?”

Gibson shared that he plans that Jim Caviezel reproduces Jesus again and that he will have to use “some techniques”, such as the CGI rejuvenation, in Caviezel due to the fact that more than 20 years have passed since the first film was released.

The Passion of Christ It was released in 2004 and, despite the controversies around the film, it obtained a gain of 370 million dollars only in the United States, and many consider it the film that opened the door to the fee -based productions in Hollywood.

Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in CNA.