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Chase Infiniti to Star in Dylan Clark's 'Portrait of God' at Lionsgate
Confirmed
In Short: Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Chase Infiniti will star in the religious horror film 'Portrait of God,' directed by Dylan Clark, with Lionsgate set to produce.
The film is an expansion of Clark's viral short from 2022, which has garnered over 10 million views on YouTube.
Infiniti, known for her breakout role in 'One Battle After Another' and her performance in Hulu's 'The Testaments,' will play a religious girl who must confront her faith when analyzing a provocative painting of God.
Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele, two of the genre's most influential producers, will produce the film alongside Win Rosenfeld and Joe Russo.
Portrait of God' marks the first time Raimi and Peele will work together as producers.
Lionsgate's Adam Fogelson praised Clark, saying, 'We're delighted to deepen our creative partnership with Dylan Clark, whose remarkable talent and distinctive perspective make him one of the most exciting emerging voices in horror.
Clark's feature debut, a reboot of 'The Blair Witch Project,' is also set for release on September 24, 2027, by Lionsgate.
Scott O'Brien will oversee 'Portrait of God' for Lionsgate, with Dan Freedman negotiating the deals.
The film's script was co-written by Clark and Joe Russo, and it is expected to expand significantly from the original short's seven-minute runtime.
Chase Infiniti's selection for the lead role marks her first film project since her breakout performance in 'One Battle After Another.
What's confirmed
- As she herself stares into the blackness of the painting, it’s not long before something starts staring back at her… Chase Infiniti is the breakout star from One Battle After Another and Hulu’s “ The Testaments. ” Dylan Clark has also been tapped to helm the 2027 reboot of The Blair Witch Project.
- With Sam and Jordan, two of the genre’s most influential producers, the extraordinary Chase Infiniti starring, and Dylan at the helm, this is an exceptional creative team.
- I’m also thrilled to welcome Chase Infiniti to our team.
- On behalf of Monkeypaw, Chris Rosati is executive producing through his first look deal at his shingle NAT20 Films.
What's still developing
- ” Clark said, “ With Blair Witch, I’m experiencing firsthand the trust Lionsgate places in its filmmakers, and I couldn’t be happier that Portrait of God has found a home there as well.
- Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce through their Ghost House shingle, as will Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld through their Monkeypaw Productions, and Joe Russo ( The Inheritance ).
- Clark directs from a script co-written with Joe Russo ( The Inheritance ), with two horror masters teaming up behind the scenes, as Jordan Peele ( Get Out, Nope ) produces for Monkeypaw Productions, and Sam Raimi ( Evil Dead, Send Help ) for Ghost House.
- Since being uploaded in 2022, Clark's Portrait of God has racked up over 8 million views on YouTube, spawning numerous analysis videos from freaked out viewers.
- Portrait of God will join the swiftly growing slate of YouTuber-crafted horror movies, which currently includes Curry Barker's Obsession, Kane Parsons' Backrooms, Chris Stuckmann's Shelby Oaks, Mark Fischbach's Iron Lung, and the Phillipou Brothers' T alk to Me and Bring Her Back, to name but a few.
- Stay tuned for updates on Portrait of God, and check out the original short, below.
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- Horror fans were already buzzing over the first collaboration between Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele, who announced late last year they’d be teaming up to produce a film called Portrait of God.
- And there’s a new studio attached too: Lionsgate, which said in a press release that Portrait of God has officially been greenlit for production.
- Sam Raimi will co-produce 'Tortures of the Damned,' which is said to have a bigger budget than Leone's Art the Clown franchise.
- Raimi also has a Lionsgate film in the works, a modern take on Magic, the William Goldman novel that also inspired the very creepy 1978 movie starring Anthony Hopkins.
- (You can also watch it on Vimeo.) The very brief description is “A religious girl must come to terms with her faith when she analyzes a provocative painting of God.” The feature will certainly expand quite a bit on its source material, but we do love the “ haunted artwork ” horror subgenre, and Portrait of God definitely fits the bill.