Mel Gibson says that he’s going to solid a de-aged Jim Caviezel in his long-planned sequel to The Ardour of the Christ, and that the movie will probably be an “acid journey”.

Gibson was talking on the Joe Rogan Expertise podcast, and when requested who “the following Jesus” was going be, Gibson replied that he was aiming to make use of Caviezel, who had performed the lead position within the first movie in 2004, in a narrative about Jesus’ resurrection. Requested how he would deal with the 20-year time hole for a narrative that’s imagined to happen three days after the occasions depicted in Ardour of the Christ, Gibson stated he would use de-ageing methods which are “so good now”.

Requested when the movie would begin taking pictures, Gibson stated he hoped to start “subsequent yr someday”, including: “There’s loads required as a result of it’s an acid journey. I’ve by no means learn something prefer it.”

Gibson stated the movie, titled The Resurrection of the Christ, had been written by himself and Braveheart author Randall Wallace, together with Gibson’s brother Donal, and accommodates “some loopy stuff”. Gibson added: “I believe so as to inform the story correctly you need to actually begin with the autumn of the angels, which suggests you’re in one other place, you’re in one other realm. It is advisable go to hell.”

Gibson has lengthy been planning a follow-up to The Ardour of the Christ, which was an enormous hit on its launch, taking about $622m on the world field workplace and trailblazing a sort of “religion movie” that has proved profitable for producers. The venture marks one other stage in Gibson’s rehabilitation after his profession was derailed within the 00s; he apologised for antisemitic abuse after being arrested in 2006, and pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery cost after an argument with then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva in 2010.

Gibson later revealed that his residence in Los Angeles had burned down whereas he was in Texas to look on Rogan’s podcast.