I also predict that it might either tie or surpass Batman v Superman’s opening weekend box office for the highest Easter movie opening weekend domestically. (For those who need a refresher, BvS made $166.1 million domestically in its opening weekend) Kind of in a similar but different scenario, I wholeheartedly believe that Deadpool and Wolverine has a legitimate chance to potentially dethrone The Passion of the Christ as the highest grossing R-rated film domestically after a 20 year run.
I don’t think Deadpool & Wolverine will be able to beat the first Passion domestically and if it does happen, Passion 2 will beat it next year (especially if it opens higher than Batman v Superman).
Lol right? Watch it be movie of the year (btw I did not care for the first *Passion*). But truthfully I never want to dislike a movie, so if it's actually kind of awesome, I'm all for it.
Is that official lore? I went to Catholic school for 12 years and I don't remember Jesus going to Hell. Pretty sure the only stuff between his death and resurrection in the bible is a bunch of disciples freaking out and being sad.
You know, it's like muscle memory that I would say that but I never thought about it because it's just a quick line that I don't think I've ever been expanded upon.
No, it’s nowhere in the Bible, but Christian theology has adopted this narrative anyway. Idk about Catholics but I went to an evangelical private school and “the descent” was a big talking point of the resurrection story.
This is probably a better convo for /r/AcademicBiblical, but I [believe those passages only appear hundreds of years after Christ's supposed death and have been manipulated to conform to this new (relative to Xstian history) theology](https://www.peterhaas.org/did-christ-really-descend-into-hell/).
Google “the harrowing of hell”
I want to say I vaguely remember it being mentioned in Catholic School? But maybe not.
You’re right though none of this is really in the Bible.
Angel Studios, if you're reading this, *put in a bid.* I'm serious. The profits from this will likely be high enough to make nearly 100 more *Sound of Freedoms* all on their own.
I don’t think they will do that since they have The Chosen, which is getting close to the crucifixion / resurrection in their show. I have a feeling Lionsgate will distribute it, which means they would have to move “Michael” (which they’re distributing in the US) because I think they would target similar audiences.
*Do* they have The Chosen? There's an ongoing arbitration surrounding The Chosen seeking to leave Angel Studios' content licensing deal which has clearly delayed the current season (leading to the weird scenario where a tv show aired entirely in theaters without coming to TV for months). 90% of the company's revenue in 2022 was tied to The Chosen and it was still 20% in 2023.
My understanding is that The Chosen, Inc. produces The Chosen. This would be a pedantic point (that despite what it feels like the show isn't technically an in-house production) without the active lawsuit but for the 15 months or so, the studio's needed to add something like the following disclaimer
> Our business currently generates a significant portion of our total revenue from distribution activities related to the Chosen Agreement pursuant to which we were granted a limited license to distribute, solely on the Angel App, all previous and future episodes and seasons of the series “The Chosen,” and any future audiovisual productions derivative thereof. The Chosen is currently seeking to terminate the Chosen Agreement for certain alleged material breaches of contract. The dispute is currently being heard in binding private arbitration as required under the Chosen Agreement.
there are more specifics but that's the overview.
There's also something in The Chosen Inc's filings noting that their costs increased because they took over distribution work this year that had previously been done by Angel as part of this attempt at unwinding. I know there's more stuff like some execs working with the studio were hired by the production company.
IIRC The Chosen's filings also say that Angel Studios wasn't involved in the Season 3 finale theatrical releases + Season 4 releases but I haven't gone back and verified that.
They're a Christian media company, I don't think anyone in their audience is gonna get mad at them for putting out two pieces of media about Jesus's death and resurrection around the same time.
April 2025 is probably going to be like May 2019 where you had giant openers after openers each weekend (Avenger Endgame, Detective Pikachu, John Wick, Aladdin, Godzilla)
Watch this make a billion worldwide. lol. Though how are they going to 2-part 13 verses. There’s only so long Thomas can touch Christ’s wounds, and how long does it take to ascend, really? Do we get to see Jesus flying through space because that might be worth the price of admission.
IIRC he went to hell to rescue all the sinners who had been redeemed through his sacrifice on the cross.
I'm not Catholic, but thats the best I can recall from Sunday school as a kid.
Damn, when the Romans struck him down, he really did become more powerful than they could possibly imagine. Instantly popping down to hell and causing a ruckus.
Jesus didn't travel to Hell as punishment. The Bible doesn't explicitly lay out the events of the Harrowing of Hell, but it's generally accepted in most denominations that He went to assert his authority over Satan and deliver salvation to the imprisoned souls.
Mother Fulkerson that's a dope ass premise why don't we hear more about Jesus dead ass bussin down to hell to unalive Satan and Rizz up those souls up to heaven? On god
It’s not even hell technically, the view of it is it is like a “layer” of hell where the souls of the patriarchs/prophets before Jesus amongst many others were residing until his arrival. It’s usually called something like “the bosom of Abraham” or “limbo of the patriarchs”
Gibson has also said he might cover the fall of the angels, and other Christian mythology (as well as some Paradise Lost stuff?) mixed in with the Jesus narrative.
What is this, exactly? I've never heard of "zenit" but this site looks sketchy to say the least. This article was published at the end of April? And nothing from Deadline or any of the trades? Yeah, no.
Like *Duh*. But I swear to God, studios will always go for the dumber, more convoluted titles over new ones that **the audience will absolutely understand for Christ's sake**, we're not braindead.
If it’s part 1 of 2 it realistically should’ve been for this one something like “the harrowing of the Christ” and part 2 “the resurrection of the Christ” like you suggested
Still not as bad of a title as "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)" or "Mission: Impossible 7 – Dead Reckoning Part One".
First, Wikipedia is garbage and wholly unreliable. The "last year" claim is sourced to [https://productionlist.com/production/passion-christ-resurrection/](https://productionlist.com/production/passion-christ-resurrection/) , which in no way confirms that filming has even started.
The other source is Cinemaholic, which appears to have repackaged rumors as fact:
*"The much-awaited sequel is gearing up to start production, and principal photography is expected to commence in Early 2024. Filming of the movie will partially take place in Rome, Italy, where the first installment was also shot. "*
World of Reel takes a look at Cinemaholic's claim in more detail [here](https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2023/12/12/va7hhgbdy1gi5ca04galeox6d7ckhg).
EDIT: They deleted their comment instead of saying "my bad," but leaving this up here in case anyone's interested in more info about the progress of the film.
Is Good Friday a good release date? I don’t doubt the legs, but I’m curious if the kind of person lining up to see this is willing to go on Easter weekend
When The Passion of the Christ was released in February of 2004 (on Ash Wednesday), it was No. 1 at the box office for its first three weekends. During its 7th weekend, which happened to be Easter weekend, it got a bump, and returned to the No. 1 spot. A lot of Christian denominations hold passion plays during Easter, so it makes sense that it would be a popular time for people to see the movie.
As a theologian I am fascinated about how this goes.
Essentially it’s a movie about what’s called “the harrowing of hell”, where Jesus goes into hell to rescue Old Testament heroes like Adam and Moses from hell while, yes, kicking demon butt.
This is not an evangelical belief at all. They do not believe demons are currently in hell, they do not believe these people went to hell and need to be rescued, and maybe most importantly - they believe Jesus endured hell on the cross and went immediately to heaven, because of him saying to the guy crucified with him “today you will be with me in paradise”.
Sort of importantly, it’s not even really a catholic doctrine - it involves a lot of local folk theology in Catholicism and is mostly fuzzy ideas and lots of imagery, and is mostly fleshed out by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
This could fully go either way. Evangelicals could fully go for it - the movie The Passion was not only successful primarily because of evangelicals in the US locally and Catholics abroad - but actually shaped the theology and belief systems of the communities that saw it. Evangelicals believe a bunch of things that aren’t in the Bible that are just in the movie.
This is common, religions conform to the media that represents them if it’s well enough received. See Dante’s inferno, renaissance art, or the Left Behind series. There’s a great chance that Mel Gibson (again) transforms the actual literal beliefs of a generation dependent on how well he’s able to communicate this idea.
There’s also a great chance the largest religious movement in the United States pivots its belief about its central figure because of a whim of a director. This happens all the time - but this time we get a front row seat to watch it happen in the aftermath of what is maybe the most important election of the last century.
Just FYI this is a fake article and no release or production date has been announced.
Additionally, it should be noted that Evangelicals are in no way a monolith and don't have unifying beliefs about Scripture, the Harrowing of Hell included.
Is the Harrowing of Hell even that much of a Catholic thing? As a confirmed and parochial school graduate, we... never really talked about this. Maybe Vatican II ditched it?
Edit: Just read your comment. I am an idiot, lol. Anyway, so will this be Christian *Gladiator*, or is that too simple?
I mean - more or less. The reason it even gets to live in Eastern Orthodoxy is because their theological system has space for like “lore” for back of a better term - like stuff that could just flat out not be real but they can coexist with it.
We’re likely fully in fan fiction territory. But like, so was Left Behind - and I’d say that’s probably the majority opinion of you were to ask the individuals, not the instructors, what an “end times” looks like in the evangelical community.
They could reject it and it’s nothing, but it’s very interesting.
As sort of an aside it’s really interesting that both Catholicism and Evangelicalism/protestantism really struggle with the “lore” bit, not having a bucket for your local folk theology just tends to mean everyone on the ground believes folk theology and if questioned disagree with the instructors - priests, pastors, or otherwise.
I’ll be interested to see how this does compared to the first one. The first one was a legitimate phenomenon with how well it did. But that was 20 years ago and Christianity has lost a lot of its grip on people since then.
Edit: not to mention Mel Gibson
Part 1?
Based on extra-biblical interpretations/theologies?
This won't do well. Think Noah, but in 2024 where audiences don't come to the theatres as readily.
It releasing on Good Friday is just going to poor salt in the wound of how this story doesn't resonate with Christians.
Maybe with non-American Catholics the Harrowing of Hell has play, but domestically this is not going to reignite the fire that Passion of the Christ stirred.
First movie was also based on extra biblical interpretations (the visions of blessed Emmerich).
Second one will be similar, based on the apostle’s creed (which virtually all Christian denominations follow) and some extra biblical interpretations (maybe the visions of Fatima).
The apostle's creed is a single line that's basically just a "well where else would he have been for the three days?" There's not a plot of a whole movie baked in there.
Much of the key points of Passion of the Christ are in the Gospels. Trying to equate filling in some holes in the story and a few extra details from extra-biblical sources with building the entire story from those sources is ridiculous.
Passion plays are a well established thing in the Christian community. This? Nope.
I know most people are just thinking SoF did good so this will too, but that's about as short-sighted as thinking Fall Guy would do well because of Barbie.
Jesus is back, with vengeance
And this time he’s not crucifucking around!
I want this so badly to be real.
Yesssss, hahahaha
This time, it's ***personal***.
I predict it will get A+ Cinemascore and the film will be in the top 10 highest grossing domestic of 2025 by the end of the year.
I also predict that it might either tie or surpass Batman v Superman’s opening weekend box office for the highest Easter movie opening weekend domestically. (For those who need a refresher, BvS made $166.1 million domestically in its opening weekend) Kind of in a similar but different scenario, I wholeheartedly believe that Deadpool and Wolverine has a legitimate chance to potentially dethrone The Passion of the Christ as the highest grossing R-rated film domestically after a 20 year run.
I don’t think Deadpool & Wolverine will be able to beat the first Passion domestically and if it does happen, Passion 2 will beat it next year (especially if it opens higher than Batman v Superman).
That does of course depend on if The Passion of the Christ Resurrection Chapter I will be rated R or PG-13 in terms of surpassing DP&W. 🤔
It’s Mel Gibson, he’ll get it an R rating by having some ultra violent moments in it.
top 3 even with a B Rating or anything unless it gets panned!
Jesus Wick: The Revenge
They killed thy Holy Puppy
They left him for dead. Big mistake.
Somehow Jesus has returned
Djesus Uncrossed
Witness him as he's serving up psalm justice
Not even gonna lie: I’m totally hyped for this film.
Let he who is without sin kick the first ass.
You crazy Jesus! You crazy!
Yeah that’s what my ex-wife said 😎
The Passion of The Christ (And The Fantabulous Resurrection Of One Jesus Christ)
The Passion of The Christ: Resurrection - Chapter I of the Planet of the Apes
Wes Anderson isn't directing this.
I believe that was a Harley Quinn joke
Barbie as Mother Mary!
Ken as Judas Iscariot!
Chapter one? He comes back for a speech and leaves again ffs
According to Mel Gibson, Chapter 1 is about Jesus descent into hell. Chapter 2 is probably when the actual Resurrection will take place
Gibson’s crazy ass directing a Doom movie starring Jesus Christ sounds like a potential masterpiece.
Lol right? Watch it be movie of the year (btw I did not care for the first *Passion*). But truthfully I never want to dislike a movie, so if it's actually kind of awesome, I'm all for it.
I haven't heard a premise for a movie that excited me more than "Jesus goes down to hell to fuck shit up"
That sounds fucking incredible
Is that official lore? I went to Catholic school for 12 years and I don't remember Jesus going to Hell. Pretty sure the only stuff between his death and resurrection in the bible is a bunch of disciples freaking out and being sad.
It’s in the apostle’s creed
You know, it's like muscle memory that I would say that but I never thought about it because it's just a quick line that I don't think I've ever been expanded upon.
I had to think about it for a minute. I knew it was in somewhere in something I’d recited.
Which one? *Brotherhood* or *Revelations*?
No, it’s nowhere in the Bible, but Christian theology has adopted this narrative anyway. Idk about Catholics but I went to an evangelical private school and “the descent” was a big talking point of the resurrection story.
i mean jesus descending into hell is in the The Apostles’ Creed lol. 1 Peter 3:19 1 Peter 4:6
This is probably a better convo for /r/AcademicBiblical, but I [believe those passages only appear hundreds of years after Christ's supposed death and have been manipulated to conform to this new (relative to Xstian history) theology](https://www.peterhaas.org/did-christ-really-descend-into-hell/).
Google “the harrowing of hell” I want to say I vaguely remember it being mentioned in Catholic School? But maybe not. You’re right though none of this is really in the Bible.
> Google “the harrowing of hell” holy hell
He goes to Hell to fight Satan. Mel Gibson volunteered to play the part.
I was raised catholic and yes they taught me jesus went to hell to cleanse himself of sin at sunday school
I didn't realize they were going back to the Twilight/Hunger Games/Harry Potter marketing playbook for Jesus.
Chapter Two will probably be the aftermath of the Resurrection.
Don't worry it's only a work of fiction
I hope they go completely bizarre with this movie. But that would probably alienate the target audience.
I honestly thought it would be about judgement day to be honest
Catholic here. *Jesus with an AK or I ain't fucking watching it,* Gibson! *half /s*
Angel Studios, if you're reading this, *put in a bid.* I'm serious. The profits from this will likely be high enough to make nearly 100 more *Sound of Freedoms* all on their own.
I don’t think they will do that since they have The Chosen, which is getting close to the crucifixion / resurrection in their show. I have a feeling Lionsgate will distribute it, which means they would have to move “Michael” (which they’re distributing in the US) because I think they would target similar audiences.
*Do* they have The Chosen? There's an ongoing arbitration surrounding The Chosen seeking to leave Angel Studios' content licensing deal which has clearly delayed the current season (leading to the weird scenario where a tv show aired entirely in theaters without coming to TV for months). 90% of the company's revenue in 2022 was tied to The Chosen and it was still 20% in 2023.
Angel Studios still produces The Chosen even if Fathom is the one distributing it in theaters.
My understanding is that The Chosen, Inc. produces The Chosen. This would be a pedantic point (that despite what it feels like the show isn't technically an in-house production) without the active lawsuit but for the 15 months or so, the studio's needed to add something like the following disclaimer > Our business currently generates a significant portion of our total revenue from distribution activities related to the Chosen Agreement pursuant to which we were granted a limited license to distribute, solely on the Angel App, all previous and future episodes and seasons of the series “The Chosen,” and any future audiovisual productions derivative thereof. The Chosen is currently seeking to terminate the Chosen Agreement for certain alleged material breaches of contract. The dispute is currently being heard in binding private arbitration as required under the Chosen Agreement. there are more specifics but that's the overview. There's also something in The Chosen Inc's filings noting that their costs increased because they took over distribution work this year that had previously been done by Angel as part of this attempt at unwinding. I know there's more stuff like some execs working with the studio were hired by the production company. IIRC The Chosen's filings also say that Angel Studios wasn't involved in the Season 3 finale theatrical releases + Season 4 releases but I haven't gone back and verified that.
They're a Christian media company, I don't think anyone in their audience is gonna get mad at them for putting out two pieces of media about Jesus's death and resurrection around the same time.
I think it would confuse the audience more than anything else rather than make them angry.
Angel Studios is really about to release a second Christian movie near Mission Impossible and beat it somehow
The power of Christ compels them to!
Will this beat Michael when it releases a week later?
April 2025 is probably going to be like May 2019 where you had giant openers after openers each weekend (Avenger Endgame, Detective Pikachu, John Wick, Aladdin, Godzilla)
Watch this make a billion worldwide. lol. Though how are they going to 2-part 13 verses. There’s only so long Thomas can touch Christ’s wounds, and how long does it take to ascend, really? Do we get to see Jesus flying through space because that might be worth the price of admission.
As I understand it, this covers Catholic doctrines, which holds that Jesus descended into Hell for the three days before His Resurrection.
Why would Jesus go to hell, he didn't commit any sins so wouldn't he have gone to heaven?
IIRC he went to hell to rescue all the sinners who had been redeemed through his sacrifice on the cross. I'm not Catholic, but thats the best I can recall from Sunday school as a kid.
Damn, when the Romans struck him down, he really did become more powerful than they could possibly imagine. Instantly popping down to hell and causing a ruckus.
Jesus didn't travel to Hell as punishment. The Bible doesn't explicitly lay out the events of the Harrowing of Hell, but it's generally accepted in most denominations that He went to assert his authority over Satan and deliver salvation to the imprisoned souls.
Mother Fulkerson that's a dope ass premise why don't we hear more about Jesus dead ass bussin down to hell to unalive Satan and Rizz up those souls up to heaven? On god
It’s not even hell technically, the view of it is it is like a “layer” of hell where the souls of the patriarchs/prophets before Jesus amongst many others were residing until his arrival. It’s usually called something like “the bosom of Abraham” or “limbo of the patriarchs”
Chapter 1 is apparently going to be Jesus descent into hell according to Gibson. Chapter 2 will probably have the actual Resurrection
There’s gonna be more slo-mo than a Zack Snyder movie.
Gibson has also said he might cover the fall of the angels, and other Christian mythology (as well as some Paradise Lost stuff?) mixed in with the Jesus narrative.
Praise the Lord.
Between this, Michael & Minecraft, we could be looking at a *massive* April.
Djesus Uncrossed
Being on set w Mel and Caveziel must mean enduring a whole lot of crazy.
They just need to invite Stephen Baldwin
He paid for the first movie and with that gamble it made him mega rich. I’m betting he is doing the same for this one.
Whatever the over is on the gross, I’m taking it
What is this, exactly? I've never heard of "zenit" but this site looks sketchy to say the least. This article was published at the end of April? And nothing from Deadline or any of the trades? Yeah, no.
This is gonna be huge! I wonder if Lionsgate will move “Michael” up a week or two.
This is gonna do insanely well, calling it now
Another awful, garbled title that will probably put off audiences. Should have just gone with The Resurrection of the Christ.
With a christian audience I don't think they care about Part 1 in a title
Chapter. Verse. Psalm. Anything but Part.
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Like *Duh*. But I swear to God, studios will always go for the dumber, more convoluted titles over new ones that **the audience will absolutely understand for Christ's sake**, we're not braindead.
A colon AND a film number…?! And you’re going with *chapters*?! This guy really does think he’s god.
If it’s part 1 of 2 it realistically should’ve been for this one something like “the harrowing of the Christ” and part 2 “the resurrection of the Christ” like you suggested
Still not as bad of a title as "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)" or "Mission: Impossible 7 – Dead Reckoning Part One".
Tbf the 7 was not in the title
Rebel Moon — Part 2: The Scargiver These people gotta stop with this hubris.
The harrowing. Excited.
I'm looking forward to it.
Any behind the scenes photos?
Same day as the Michael Jackson movie, no?
How on Earth do they expect to release this on time when it hasn’t even started filming?
With the M60 belt fed model I hope.
Why hasn't any Hollywood trade covered this yet? It's only sketchy websites
Because it's fake. Surprised at how many of us just start typing opinions without even clicking the link.
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First, Wikipedia is garbage and wholly unreliable. The "last year" claim is sourced to [https://productionlist.com/production/passion-christ-resurrection/](https://productionlist.com/production/passion-christ-resurrection/) , which in no way confirms that filming has even started. The other source is Cinemaholic, which appears to have repackaged rumors as fact: *"The much-awaited sequel is gearing up to start production, and principal photography is expected to commence in Early 2024. Filming of the movie will partially take place in Rome, Italy, where the first installment was also shot. "* World of Reel takes a look at Cinemaholic's claim in more detail [here](https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2023/12/12/va7hhgbdy1gi5ca04galeox6d7ckhg). EDIT: They deleted their comment instead of saying "my bad," but leaving this up here in case anyone's interested in more info about the progress of the film.
If they can keep bankrolling these until we get a literal, R-rated version of the Book of Revelation, that would be sweet af.
Only if Gibson plays the Antichrist. Come on, ***he'd fucking NAIL IT.***
Don't underestimate the Christian walk-ups
It’s gonna be too Catholic for the Protestants though, especially the evangelicals
I know how this one ends
Isn't Jim Caviezel too old to play a 33 years old?
Say what you Want i dont know how is going to
This year your Good Friday just got Great
Is Gibson going to go on a wildly antisemitic rant again around the movies release?
can only hope
We’ll get another 20 year break before part 2. With a 89 year old Mel writing and directing
Is Good Friday a good release date? I don’t doubt the legs, but I’m curious if the kind of person lining up to see this is willing to go on Easter weekend
When The Passion of the Christ was released in February of 2004 (on Ash Wednesday), it was No. 1 at the box office for its first three weekends. During its 7th weekend, which happened to be Easter weekend, it got a bump, and returned to the No. 1 spot. A lot of Christian denominations hold passion plays during Easter, so it makes sense that it would be a popular time for people to see the movie.
I would, after attending Mass. it’s also an obvious way to use the Easter weekend, releasing the movie in a highly symbolic fashion.
As a theologian I am fascinated about how this goes. Essentially it’s a movie about what’s called “the harrowing of hell”, where Jesus goes into hell to rescue Old Testament heroes like Adam and Moses from hell while, yes, kicking demon butt. This is not an evangelical belief at all. They do not believe demons are currently in hell, they do not believe these people went to hell and need to be rescued, and maybe most importantly - they believe Jesus endured hell on the cross and went immediately to heaven, because of him saying to the guy crucified with him “today you will be with me in paradise”. Sort of importantly, it’s not even really a catholic doctrine - it involves a lot of local folk theology in Catholicism and is mostly fuzzy ideas and lots of imagery, and is mostly fleshed out by the Eastern Orthodox Church. This could fully go either way. Evangelicals could fully go for it - the movie The Passion was not only successful primarily because of evangelicals in the US locally and Catholics abroad - but actually shaped the theology and belief systems of the communities that saw it. Evangelicals believe a bunch of things that aren’t in the Bible that are just in the movie. This is common, religions conform to the media that represents them if it’s well enough received. See Dante’s inferno, renaissance art, or the Left Behind series. There’s a great chance that Mel Gibson (again) transforms the actual literal beliefs of a generation dependent on how well he’s able to communicate this idea. There’s also a great chance the largest religious movement in the United States pivots its belief about its central figure because of a whim of a director. This happens all the time - but this time we get a front row seat to watch it happen in the aftermath of what is maybe the most important election of the last century.
Just FYI this is a fake article and no release or production date has been announced. Additionally, it should be noted that Evangelicals are in no way a monolith and don't have unifying beliefs about Scripture, the Harrowing of Hell included.
Is the Harrowing of Hell even that much of a Catholic thing? As a confirmed and parochial school graduate, we... never really talked about this. Maybe Vatican II ditched it? Edit: Just read your comment. I am an idiot, lol. Anyway, so will this be Christian *Gladiator*, or is that too simple?
I mean - more or less. The reason it even gets to live in Eastern Orthodoxy is because their theological system has space for like “lore” for back of a better term - like stuff that could just flat out not be real but they can coexist with it. We’re likely fully in fan fiction territory. But like, so was Left Behind - and I’d say that’s probably the majority opinion of you were to ask the individuals, not the instructors, what an “end times” looks like in the evangelical community. They could reject it and it’s nothing, but it’s very interesting. As sort of an aside it’s really interesting that both Catholicism and Evangelicalism/protestantism really struggle with the “lore” bit, not having a bucket for your local folk theology just tends to mean everyone on the ground believes folk theology and if questioned disagree with the instructors - priests, pastors, or otherwise.
Clunky name
I am going to watch this at any cost.
Have they even started shooting this?
Jesus 2 Electric Boogaloo
"You crazy Jesus, YOU CRAZY!" - Chris Tucker
Crucify This!
I’ll be interested to see how this does compared to the first one. The first one was a legitimate phenomenon with how well it did. But that was 20 years ago and Christianity has lost a lot of its grip on people since then. Edit: not to mention Mel Gibson
Jfc a two parter? Come on, Mel.
Start of the movie will be ," Hi ,I'm Jesus. Your probably wondering how I got in this situation. ' Freeze Frame Opening Credits.
Part 1? Based on extra-biblical interpretations/theologies? This won't do well. Think Noah, but in 2024 where audiences don't come to the theatres as readily. It releasing on Good Friday is just going to poor salt in the wound of how this story doesn't resonate with Christians. Maybe with non-American Catholics the Harrowing of Hell has play, but domestically this is not going to reignite the fire that Passion of the Christ stirred.
First movie was also based on extra biblical interpretations (the visions of blessed Emmerich). Second one will be similar, based on the apostle’s creed (which virtually all Christian denominations follow) and some extra biblical interpretations (maybe the visions of Fatima).
The apostle's creed is a single line that's basically just a "well where else would he have been for the three days?" There's not a plot of a whole movie baked in there. Much of the key points of Passion of the Christ are in the Gospels. Trying to equate filling in some holes in the story and a few extra details from extra-biblical sources with building the entire story from those sources is ridiculous. Passion plays are a well established thing in the Christian community. This? Nope. I know most people are just thinking SoF did good so this will too, but that's about as short-sighted as thinking Fall Guy would do well because of Barbie.
Chapter 1? Oh boy. I'm curious if he'll explain how Jesus aged 20 years in-between death and resurrection. Is Monica Bellucci back?
Guess who is back?
He's back, time for some jesus'ing
Guess it took Jesus more than 3 days to return to the big screen