Overview
- Lionsgate announced on May 21, 2026 that Part One will open May 6, 2027 and Part Two will open May 25, 2028, moving the films off their earlier March and May 2027 dates.
- The studio said it moved the dates because the two big productions were scheduled too close together and needed more time for postproduction, marketing and a staggered rollout.
- Production formally wrapped after a reported 134‑day shoot across multiple Italian locations and the studio released a first‑look image of Jaakko Ohtonen as Jesus to begin promotion.
- The cast includes Mariela Garriga, Pier Luigi Pasino, Kasia Smutniak, Riccardo Scamarcio and Rupert Everett, and Lionsgate will handle distribution in North America and the U.K. with partners lined up worldwide.
- The project is billed as a large, effects‑heavy two‑part follow up to 2004’s The Passion of the Christ, with per‑part budgets reported in trade coverage and the studio filling the vacated March 26, 2027 slot with Johnny Depp’s Day Drinker.