Newmarket partner and co-founder William Tyrer told the New York Times his company was ”uniquely qualified to carefully handle” the movie’s marketing challenges, adding: ”We wouldn’t be supporting it if it was anti-Semitic. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In a new interview, Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in the movie, stated that follow-up, titled The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection, is 'coming. The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American epic biblical drama film produced, directed and co-written by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth, Maia Morgenstern as the Virgin Mary, and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene.
The terms of the deal grant limited rights to Newmarket, the distributor behind such indie successes as ”Memento” and ”Whale Rider,” to handle the booking and promotion of ”Passion” in return for a percentage of the gross. The Passion of the Christ is finally getting the sequel that producers have been developing for many years, according to the films star. Icon productions has set up a toll-free ticket hotline for ordering advance tickets in the form of vouchers, redeemable at any theatre nation-wide.
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distributor, but on Thursday, he confirmed what had been rumored for a week: that the film would be released in America on Ash Wednesday (Feb. Wednesday, February 25 is the opening day for 'The Passion,' Mel Gibsons new movie taken directly from the biblical account of Christs crucifixion. His name is known around the globe, often in different incarnations, his story is timeless, surviving more than two thousand years. Christian leaders and conservative pundits who’ve attended invitation-only screenings have called the movie a masterpiece and praised its fidelity to the Gospels, while such Jewish organizations as the Anti-Defamation League have expressed fears that the movie blames the Jews for Christ’s execution and will spark anti-Semitic violence. Monica Bellucci, the actress who plays Mary Magdalene in Gibson’s movie, is a famous pornography star in Italy (The Passion of the Christ: An International Hoax), and she has also played in R-rated movies in the States. Directed and financed by Gibson, ”Passion” has stirred controversy for months.