Polish-Italian actress Kasia Smutniak will play mother to Jaakko Ohtonen’s Jesus in Gibson’s two-part sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ’ ...

But despite initial plans to have the original cast return, they were instead replaced with younger actors. Instead, Finnish ...

In 2004, Mel Gibson co-wrote and directed The Passion of the Christ, an R-rated Biblical epic that was the biggest hit of his career behind the camera. Although over two decades have passed since the ...

Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" opened on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, immediately sparking the biggest religious-based movie controversy since ... well, perhaps since Martin Scorsese's "The ...

The nation's film critics are passionately split over director Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Reactions range from "sickening" and "sadistic" to "powerful" and "impressive." The New Yorker's ...