It’s easy to mock some of the biggest actors on the planet, Will Smith, Tom Cruise. Some of these larger-than-life personalities are often disconnected from the real world. And so say what you want about Brad Pitt, his marriage to another worldwide superstar Angelina Jolie and his brood of children. The fact, is if you’re paying attention, you’ll see that Pitt is not unlike Megan Ellison’s Annapurna—a patron of the arts and cinema.

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Mel Gibson‘s post-scandal career has mostly seen him on screen in a variety of roles that play off his rough-around-the-edges public persona, perhaps to greatest effect in this month’s “Blood Father.” But shortly at the Venice Film Festival, he’ll be unveiling his first directorial effort since “Apocalypto,” the war drama “Hacksaw Ridge,” and after that, he might be returning to continue the story from his biggest movie ever: “The Passion Of The Christ.”

Earlier this year, screenwriter Randall Wallace spilled the beans that work had been started on a follow-up to “The Passion Of The Christ.” Gibson has mostly been silent on the subject, but appearing this past weekend at the SoCal Harvest evangelical event, the actor/director shared that some details about the project, including the title, which still seems to be in the early days of figuring out what it will be beyond Jesus rolling back the rock from his grave and fulfilling his role as the Saviour.

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It’s been over a decade since the release of “The Passion Of The Christ,” and five years and change since Mel Gibson‘s public meltdown, which saw his career in Hollywood largely vanish overnight. Directorial projects he had been developing were scuttled (remember “The Vikings” that would’ve starred Leonardo DiCaprio?), and no one would hire him. Slowly but surely, Gibson has reclaimed his career, with roles here and there, but 2016 looks to mark his big return.

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