'Resurrection of the Christ' Writer Recalls Mel Gibson's Warning: 'Satan's Going to Come After You'

Randall Wallace says the director cautioned him before they began writing the 'Passion of the Christ' sequel

Screenwriter Randall Wallace said Mel Gibson gave him a stark spiritual warning before the two began writing "The Resurrection of the Christ," the follow-up to Gibson's 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ," according to Fox News.

Wallace said Gibson told him "Satan's going to come after you" as they set out to work on the project, a comment Wallace described as reflecting the director's view of the spiritual stakes involved in dramatizing the biblical narrative.

Gibson's original "Passion of the Christ" became one of the highest-grossing religious films ever made, and anticipation has built around the long-in-development sequel exploring the resurrection story.

— Compiled from reporting by Fox News.