The script for Mel Gibson's forthcoming sequel to the 2004's The Passion of the Christ may touch off a theological debate among the evangelicals who supported the first film.
franchise and as star and director of Best-Picture Oscar winning, his intense and bloody depiction of Jesus' crucifixion, which became the most successful R-rated movie of all time. But after several PR nightmares, starting with a 2006 DUI arrest accompanied by a rant about Jews, Gibson became persona non grata in Hollywood.
Since then, he has been in rebuilding mode. He's appeared in a few forgettable films, but his most recent effort as a director, the 2016 war drama, won mostly favorable reviews and respectable box office numbers. Now he's embarking on a big gamble, a sequel toWhat is unclear—and likely key to whether the film succeeds or fails—is how Gibson will navigate the tricky question of what Christ was up to between his death and resurrection.
The theological divide over the harrowing stems in part from the Apostle's Creed based on the teachings of the 12 Apostles though written about six decades after the last of them had died. About 200 years later, text was added to the Creed stating that Jesus"was crucified, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again." Darrell L.
Gibson did tone down the violence a bit, according to several faith leaders who saw the earlier version before its wide release. He also tweaked a scene that some told him smacked of anti-Semitism. And at the urging of several faith leaders, including Ted Baehr, chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission whose Movieguide analyzes films using 150 different metrics and reaches about 30 million people over various platforms, Gibson also added a short scene of the resurrection.
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