Mel Gibson announced that he has plans to shoot a sequel to his film 'The Passion Of The Christ' during an interview with Joe Rogan.

Controversial actor and director Mel Gibson vowed in a new interview with Joe Rogan that the upcoming sequel to his most successful film will be “an acid trip.” Gibson is of course referring to his long-gestating sequel to The Passion of the Christ,

Mel Gibson was in no way tempted to star as Jesus in Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ,” despite the auteur wanting to cast him. Gibson said during the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that Scorsese approached him while they were staying at the same hotel in London to lead “The Last Temptation of Christ.

Mel Gibson was the latest guest on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast and during the lengthy interview, the veteran actor said he hopes to begin production on a Passion Of The Christ sequel next year. “I’m hoping next year sometime.

When podcast host Joe Rogan asked who would be playing Jesus, in the sequel set after the Christian icon’s resurrection, Gibson said he planned to bring back original star Jim Caviezel. He claimed that the project would use digital de-ageing technology to make Caviezel appear 20 years younger.

"I'll just tell you this, it's an acid trip," the director said of the sequel to 2004's 'The Passion of the Christ'

Controversial director aims to shoot resurrection-themed movie 'next year sometime,' with a de-aged Jim Caviezel resuming role of Jesus; 2004 film was seen by some as antisemitic The post Mel Gibson announces ‘acid trip’ sequel to ‘Passion of the Christ’ appeared first on The Times of Israel.