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Mel will surely lean the film heavily towards a Catholic view of the death of Christ. I'd guess that's his desire and he is free, as a director, to do that as it's his dime.

The Pharisees were the real culprits for the evil act, and everyone involved but the Romans were all Jews, including Jesus. Niether Herod nor Pontius Pilate were anxious to kill him.

By the by, have you seen Popular Mechanic's re-constituted digital image of Jesus as they think he really might have looked? The image is purported to be that of a typical Jew of the time period. It looks nothing like the medieval or more modern images that many have characterized as "genuine" representations (such as the shoud).

Mel will surely lean the film heavily towards a Catholic view of the death of Christ.

How does the Catholic view differ from other Christian denominations? It doesn't. All Christians agree that Jesus died on the cross for our Salvation, freeing us from eternal death, so that those who repent have the chance to go to Heaven. The Passion of Christ is one of the common denominators that unites all Christians.