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Variety reports:

Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey, and their Icon Productions banner, have chosen Lionsgate as the studio partner on “The Resurrection of the Christ,” the follow-up to their landmark 2004 film “The Passion of the Christ.”

Until last year, “The Passion” was the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time domestically. It debuted to an opening weekend of $83 million before earning $370 million in North American theaters and more than $610 million globally off a $30 million production budget.

The deal continues Gibson’s long association with Lionsgate, where he made his two most recent films: the Oscar-nominated “Hacksaw Ridge” and the thriller “Flight Risk” starring Mark Wahlberg. The studio is also the distributor for the Icon library, including “The Passion of the Christ.”

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— Variety (@Variety) May 15, 2025