Mel Gibson interviewed on The Passion

Raymond Arroyo has interviewed Mel Gibson about The Passion of the Christ and this is to air in the USA on EWTN Global Catholic Network between January 23-26. Apparently he addresses the anti-semitism issue and also comments, "I don’t know if I will ever work again. I’ve said that this is a career killer and it could well be, but that doesn’t matter because I don’t care":



EWTN to air 2nd Exclusive Interview with Mel Gibson on "The Passion of the Christ"



The film also features in Empire Online which reports that Gibson "has secured a massive distribution deal for the movie"; it also notes that "The film's full trailer looks set to be released this weekend":



Power Push For Passion



The source for this appears to be Variety -- see this at SciFi.com:



Passion Opening Wide



This includes the additional information that it will be "the widest opening ever of a subtitled movie"; the release of the new trailer is pinned here to January 16.