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When Is The Resurrection of the Christ Part One?Premiere date
Scroll to release dateWhen does Resurrection Part One open? May 6, 2027 Ascension — Gibson; Ohtonen (not Caviezel); was Mar 26 Good Friday. ≠ Part Two May 25 2028.
Current target date: Thursday, May 6, 2027 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Resurrection of the Christ: Part One — May 6 2027 Ascension (Lionsgate). Gibson/Wallace; Ohtonen=Jesus (Caviezel recast). Was Mar 26. Part Two is May 25 2028.
Theatrical premiere
Thursday, May 6, 2027
May 6, 2027 — Ascension Day opens Gibson’s Passion sequel (not Good Friday, not Caviezel)
The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One opens Thursday/Friday corridor May 6, 2027 on Ascension Day. Gibson and Wallace’s Icon/Lionsgate follow-up to The Passion of the Christ (2004) stars Ohtonen as Jesus and Garriga as Mary Magdalene after a full recast — shot at Cinecittà with Part Two, wrapped April 30, 2026, ~$100M reported.
March 26, 2027 is dead calendar (Johnny Depp’s Day Drinker took that Good Friday slot). Buy May 6, 2027 — and keep Part Two’s May 25, 2028 on a separate URL.
Confirmed: May 6 2027 Ascension Part One with Ohtonen — not Mar 26, not Caviezel de-aged
Confirmed: May 6, 2027 theatrical; Ascension Day; Ohtonen/Garriga lead; Gibson/Wallace; Lionsgate. Not confirmed as still March 26 Good Friday, as Caviezel returning via Irishman-style de-aging, or as a single film instead of a two-part event. Fake “Passion 2 — Easter 2026” stubs invent a year Gibson never stamped.
From a 2016 Wallace tease to Ascension Day instead of Good Friday
- 2004 — The Passion of the Christ opens with Caviezel.
- 2016–25 — Sequel development; Caviezel publicly expected to return.
- Oct 2025–Apr 2026 — Full recast; Cinecittà shoot; both parts filmed.
- Mar 26 / May 6 2027 plan — Good Friday Part One + Ascension Part Two (~40 days).
- May 2026 slate shift — Part One → May 6, 2027 Ascension; Part Two → May 25, 2028.
Before May 2027 — don’t buy the wrong Passion Friday
- Marquee: The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One / May 6, 2027 — Lionsgate.
- Mar 26, 2027 is Day Drinker now — not this film.
- Ohtonen = Jesus; ≠ Caviezel return stubs.
- Part Two is May 25, 2028 — different page.
- Zelda is also early summer 2027 — different IP.
Lionsgate moved Part One off Good Friday onto Ascension Day — then recast Jesus anyway
The SEO collision is brutal: Passion fans still search Caviezel and Easter. The shipping card is May 6, 2027 Ascension with Jaakko Ohtonen, after Gibson abandoned the de-aging stack that would have aged Caviezel “three days” past 2004. Day Drinker inherited the March 26 Good Friday corridor.
Gibson’s own “acid trip” tease (Harrowing / otherworldly resurrection material with Wallace) is the tone flag — this is not a quiet Passion remaster dropping on Holy Week.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One open?
May 6, 2027 in theaters from Lionsgate — Ascension Day on the Christian calendar. It was previously dated March 26, 2027 (Good Friday) before Lionsgate moved it.
2Who plays Jesus — is Jim Caviezel back?
No. Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen plays Jesus. Caviezel and the 2004 Passion cast were replaced in late 2025 after de-aging costs and scheduling made a full return impractical. Mariela Garriga is Mary Magdalene; Kasia Smutniak is Mary; Pier Luigi Pasino is Peter.
3Who directs, and what’s the tone?
Mel Gibson directs and co-writes with Randall Wallace (story also credited with Donal Gibson). Gibson has called the scripts an “acid trip” relative to a straight Passion follow-up — resurrection, otherworldly stretches, Harrowing of Hell territory — not a shot-for-shot remount of 2004.
4Wasn’t Part Two only 40 days later?
That plan died. Part Two was once May 6, 2027 (Ascension, ~40 days after the old Good Friday Part One). Lionsgate now dates Part Two May 25, 2028. This page is only Part One — May 6, 2027.
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