It was 20 years ago when Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ stormed the box office and made over $622 million worldwide.
The biblical epic ended with Jesus rising from the dead and since then both the director and his Messiah star Jim Caviezel have been planning a long-awaited sequel focused on the aftermath of the Resurrection.
In recent years, the actor has teased that the new movie will be a "masterpiece" and "the biggest film in world history."
And now The Passion of the Christ 2 has had a huge production update.
According to Italpress, Gibson is currently in Malta with a production team scouting for filming locations for The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection.
The Hollywood star and director is on a five day trip meeting government officials and according to Collider the sequel is expected to start shooting in early 2025.
Express.co.uk has reached out to his reps for comment and we can exclusively report they have confirmed that Gibson is scouting for Passion of the Christ 2 shooting locations but "not sure of any start date".
The script, which has been through six drafts by Braveheart's Oscar-winner Randall Wallace, is expected to depict the Harrowing of Hell.
The Harrowing of Hell took place in the three days after the Crucifixion and prior to the Resurrection, when Christ descended to the dead in Hell, conquered the Devil and brought salvation to the souls held captive there, having just died for their sins on the Cross.
In the Bible, 1 Peter 3:18-20 highlights this: "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits - to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built."
