Mel Gibson On If He’ll Direct ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Or ‘The Passion Of The Christ’ Sequel First: “It’s Really A Crapshoot At This Point”

Mel Gibson is set to direct Lethal Weapon 5 and a sequel to The Passion of the Christ and shared an update on what he could direct first.

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In a new interview, the filmmaker opened up about his directorial plans, saying they’re not completely clear yet.

“I don’t know, and that’s the funny thing, I mean, there’s various obstacles to getting any film up on its feet, and not just budgetary, but there’s like, there’s 1,000,001 reason why something goes and why it doesn’t,” Gibson told ComicBook . “So it’s really kind of a crapshoot at this point. You know, what goes first and which came first, whether it’s the chicken or the egg.”

Gibson first revealed in 2021 that he was planning to direct a fifth installment of the Lethal Weapon franchise. The filmmaker would be stepping in for Richard Donner, who died in 2021 and had been working on a possible sequel.

Earlier this year, Gibson said on Steven Olexy’s podcast that he was still planning on directing Lethal Weapon 5 .

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“Richard Donner, who did the other four, sadly passed away, and he was a good friend. He kind of tasked me with carrying the flag home on this one so it’ll be an honor for me to do that,” Gibson said. “He had gone a fair way with the screenplay, so we’ve used what was there and we kept poking at it. I’m pretty happy with it.”

Gibson teased that the fifth installment of Lethal Weapon would tackle “a couple of hard issues ” but also be funny .

Gibson is also attached to direct a sequel to 2004’s The Passion of the Christ , which would focus on the Resurrection.

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