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‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel in development: “It’s the biggest film in world history”
The Passion of the Christ star Jim Caviezel has confirmed that a sequel to the controversial 2004 film is “coming”.The original Mel Gibson film, which covers the 12 hours before Jesus’ death, became a huge box office hit when it was released, grossing $612million (£476million) worldwide off of a $30million (£23million) budget.However, it proved very divisive, with criticism levelled at the film’s violence as well as accusations of anti-Semitism.Talk of a sequel has been doing the rounds for a number of years, and in a new interview with Breitbart News, Caviezel confirmed that the film was still on the way.“Mel Gibson just sent me the third picture, the third draft,” he revealed. “It’s coming.