Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey, and their Icon Productions banner, have chosen Lionsgate as the studio partner on “The Resurrection of the Christ,” the follow-up to their landmark 2004 film “The ...

The company announced Thursday that it was teaming up with Gibson and his Icon Productions banner partner Bruce Davey on the production and will distribute the completed movie worldwide.

Lionsgate will join Gibson and Brucey Davey’s Icon Productions to mount a follow to the movie which long held the mark as the biggest domestic-grossing R-rated film of all time. The announcement ...