Mel Gibson is back with a sequel to his 2004 hit The Passion of the Christ. The new film, called The Resurrection of the Christ, has started filming in Rome at Cinecittà Studios. Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen, known for The Last Kingdom, will play Jesus, taking over from Jim Caviezel, who starred in the original movie.

The film’s cast has been completely changed. Mariela Garriga, a Cuban actress who appeared in the Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning films, will play Mary Magdalene. Kasia Smutniak, a Polish-born actress, will take the role of Mary, while Italian actor Pier Luigi Pasino plays Peter.

Pontius Pilate will be portrayed by Italy’s Riccardo Scamarcio, who recently appeared in the biopic Modì. Rupert Everett will also appear in a smaller but important role.

A source close to the production told Variety, “Because of the time frame in which ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’ takes place — three days after Christ’s crucifixion on Good Friday — it made sense to recast the whole film. They would have had to do all this CGI stuff, all this digital stuff — de-aging and all that — that would have been very costly.”