The deal continues Gibson’s long association with Lionsgate, where he made his two most recent films: the Oscar-nominated war movie Hacksaw Ridge and the thriller Flight Risk, starring Mark Wahlberg and released earlier this year. The studio is also the distributor for the Icon library, including The Passion of the Christ.

Gibson, Davey and their Icon Productions team have chosen Lionsgate to be the partner for "The Resurrection of the Christ," the follow-up to what was the highest-grossing R-rated film of all-time domestically until last year, when it was replaced by "Deadpool & Wolverine."