{"id":216046,"date":"2025-10-11T05:20:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/216046\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T05:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:20:04","slug":"jim-caviezel-wont-play-jesus-for-gibson-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/216046\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Caviezel Won’t Play Jesus for Gibson Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJim Caviezel<\/a> will not return to play Jesus Christ for director Mel Gibson<\/a>\u2018s forthcoming follow-ups to the smash hit The Passion of the Christ<\/a>, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate<\/a> is set to release the two-film project The Resurrection of the Christ<\/a> theatrically in 2027, with the production aiming to begin soon in Rome. Key roles will be recast for the new movies, as Caviezel will not reprise the titular part of Jesus, while Monica Bellucci also won\u2019t return as Mary Magdalene.<\/p>\n

\n\tTelling the story of Jesus\u2019 arrest and crucifixion, The Passion of the Christ was a box office sensation when it hit theaters Feb. 25, 2004, surpassing $600 million globally. Until last year, the movie\u2019s $370 million box office sum in North America made it the highest-grossing R-rated title of all time domestically. Gibson\u2019s gamble to produce and self-finance the movie clearly paid off.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter having been in the works for nearly a decade, The Resurrection of the Christ:\u00a0Part One\u00a0hits theaters March 26, 2027, which is Good Friday. Forty days later, Part Two\u00a0will debut May 6, 2027, in honor of Ascension Day. Gibson is producing the films with Icon Production partner Bruce Davey.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNewmarket Releasing\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lead role in The Passion of the Christ has been a career-defining one for Caviezel. He is also known for starring on the CBS series Person of Interest and in such films as Angel Eyes and Sound of Freedom.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring an April interview on the Arroyo Grande<\/a> podcast, Caviezel appeared to be ready to star in Resurrection. \u201cIt takes a while to make these things, but it takes the right time, and only God knows that,\u201d Caviezel said about the lengthy gap between the 2004 feature and the forthcoming one. \u201cAm I scared? Yes, but if I wasn\u2019t, I wouldn\u2019t want to work with that actor because you\u2019re not ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn its 2004 review of The Passion of the Christ<\/a>, THR noted the film\u2019s \u201cnear pornographic violence\u201d and deemed it \u201ca medieval Passion Play with much better effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNew York Post was first to report on the roles being recast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jim Caviezel will not return to play Jesus Christ for director Mel Gibson\u2018s forthcoming follow-ups to the smash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,40125,14968,45585,45586],"class_list":["post-216046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-jim-caviezel","tag-lionsgate","tag-mel-gibson","tag-the-passion-of-the-christ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}