Monty Python's "Life of Brian" was released 45 years ago today.
@Lulz4l1f3 Still no sequel.
The Film was financed by George Harrison. & Dennis O'Brian. Sadly both of them have died.
Graham Chapman died in 1989, and all the actors still living are in their 80s, so I expect no sequel.
@Lulz4l1f3 I would _hope_ nobody would try to do a sequel! But there's always the concern that some executive will decide to perform necromancy on some property that was already done properly and doesn't need to be exhumed.
Nobody wanted to touch it in the first place. EMI was a hard pass. That's why George Harrison and his buddy wound up being producers.
Studios are hesitant to touch critical (or in this case satiric) religious subjects least there be a backlash.
@Lulz4l1f3 I know! Which is almost silly when you think of it, when you consider it is free advertising.
I watched Passion of the Christ because of the furor. I had to push past protesters to see it, and the theatre was packed.
And the movie was so artsy-fartsy and boring, I am certain if it weren't for the protesters, almost nobody would have watched it.
People fire-bombed some theaters, and even burned down video stores when it came out on VHS.
Peter Gabriel did the soundtrack to that movie.