‘Who gets back up three days later after He gets murdered in public? Who gets back up under His own power? Buddha didn’t do that [bleep]’
Mel Gibson has wrapped up filming for “The Resurrection of the Christ,” the long-awaited sequel to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ,” and the director says the two-part sequel turned out “exactly as I envisioned it.”
“I’m deeply grateful to my incredibly talented cast and crew for pouring their hearts into this production. Together, we created something powerful,” said Gibson.
“This film represents a major part of my life’s work, and it has demanded everything of me as a filmmaker and as an artist. This is far more than a film to me. It’s a mission I’ve carried for over 20 years to tell what I believe is the most important story in human history.
“Reuniting with many of my original collaborators from ‘The Passion of the Christ’ – true masters of their craft – allowed us to bring this story to the screen exactly as I envisioned it, with the tremendous support of my longtime partners, Adam [Fogelson] and the team at Lionsgate.”
Fogelson, the chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said: “Mel is a true visionary with an artist’s eye for scale and a storyteller’s instinct for emotional truth.”
“Every image we’ve seen from set feels like a masterwork painting brought to life. There are very few directors who can operate at this level of epic spectacle while at the same time delivering such depth and conviction. Mel has crafted a film of extraordinary ambition that audiences worldwide have been waiting to experience for over 20 years.”