In a world where a huge percentage of Hollywood films are adaptations, remakes, or sequels, it shouldn’t be a surprise at all that Mel Gibson is working on a sequel to his 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. After the major movie studios passed on it because Gibson insisted it be done in Aramaic and Hebrew, it went on to become the highest grossing independent film of all time, raking in over $600 million dollars.
That pretty much makes a sequel inevitable, and now we know it’s in the works thanks to Randall Wallace, the guy who wrote the script for Mel’s other torture porn classic, Braveheart. Wallace told The Hollywood Reporter that the story would cover the resurrection of Christ, which is definitely a more feel-good portion of his story than the crucifixion covered in the first Passion.
Internet denizens reacted to the news of a sequel with their typical sarcastic humor, skewering the movie industry’s obsession with sequels and creating a definitive list of names and tag lines for the new Passion of the Christ movie. Here’s some of our favorites:
Passion of the Christ 2 Twice The Laughs! Twice The Fun!
— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) June 10, 2016
Possible Passion of the Christ 2 titles:
-Next Good Friday
-The Secret of the Jews
-I Know What You Did Last Passover
-Die? Hardly— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) June 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/741059134334763010
Passion of the Christ 2: You Only Live Twice
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) June 10, 2016
Mel Gibson to make the greatest zombie movie of all time. https://t.co/p1Ico3UDZx
— Birth.Movies.Death. (@bmoviesd) June 10, 2016
Passion of the Christ sequel was announced this week, going to be disappointed if it isn't called "POTC 2: The Second Coming"
— 🏴☠️Maddox🏴☠️ (@maddoxrules) June 10, 2016
2 Christ 2 Furious https://t.co/yPIN36DJkl
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/PatrickWeekes/status/741121861107523585
I think the working titles should be
Passion of the Christ 2: Straight Outta The Tomb
Passion of the Christ 2: The Roman Empire Strikes Back— hannah ☕️ (@hanmariams) June 10, 2016
Passion of the Christ 2: Christ v Superman: Dawn of Christianity
— Big Supernaturals (@UweBollocks) June 10, 2016
Passion of the Christ 2: dude, where's my savior? pic.twitter.com/26TClj2q3m
— the audience ☁ (@gonnarain) June 10, 2016
Can't wait till The Rock stars in THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST 5
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) June 10, 2016
Passion Of The Christ 2: The Search For More Money
— Bust A Mecond April Second (@tonygoldmark) June 10, 2016
[Passion of the Christ 2]
JESUS: We need to get the gang back together.
PETER: But why?
*Jesus unrolls map of casino*
JESUS: THAT's why.
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) June 9, 2016
And if Mel Gibson isn’t interested in any of those options, perhaps he can take some queues from Family Guy, who came up with this take on Passion of the Christ 2 back in 2005.
