Mel Gibson’s “Resurrection of the Christ” — Spectacle in Service of the Abomination of Desolation
EWTN portal reports that Lionsgate, in collaboration with Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey’s Icon Productions, announced that the film “The Resurrection of the Christ” will be released in two parts — Part 1 on May 6, 2027, and Part 2 on May 25, 2028. Filming reportedly concluded ahead of schedule after 134 days of shooting across multiple Italian cities including Rome, Bari, Ginosa, Craco, Brindisi, and Matera. Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen will portray Jesus, replacing Jim Caviezel from the original 2004 film “The Passion of the Christ.” Adam Fogelson, chair of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, praised Gibson as “a true visionary with an artist’s eye for scale and a storyteller’s instinct for emotional truth,” claiming that “every image we’ve seen from set feels like a masterwork painting brought to life.” The article further notes that the original “Passion of the Christ” grossed $370 million domestically and “opened the door to faith-based media in Hollywood,” while also recalling that Joaquín Navarro-Valls, then-director of the Holy See Press Office, stated that the apostate John Paul II “gave it a positive review.” This entire enterprise — a Hollywood-produced spectacle about the central mystery of the Catholic faith, praised by the structures occupying the Vatican, and now being sequelized for mass consumption — demands ruthless examination against the immutable standard of Catholic doctrine.









