Portrait of God wordt featurefilm bij Lionsgate met Chase Infiniti en Raimi/Peele
IGN meldt dat de virale horrorshort Portrait of God wordt omgezet naar een featurefilm bij Lionsgate, met Chase Infiniti in de hoofdrol en Sam Raimi en Jordan Peele als producenten.
- Chase Infiniti is said to be attached to star in the lead role.
- Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele are named as producers via Ghost House Pictures and Monkeypaw.
What happened
IGN writes, based on The Hollywood Reporter, that Lionsgate Studios is working on a feature-length version of Portrait of God. In the same report, Chase Infiniti is named as the actress set to play the lead role. That places the project at a major studio and immediately ties a lead performer to it, although the provided sources do not include a direct public statement from Lionsgate itself.
According to IGN, Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures and Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw are involved as producers. The site also says this would be the first time Raimi and Peele have worked together on the same project, though that is a characterization from the source rather than a separate confirmed statement from the parties involved. The available information does not say whether their involvement is fully locked in contractually or still in development.
Portrait of God began as a 7.5-minute YouTube horror short by Dylan Clark. The video has been online for four years and, according to IGN, has amassed more than 10 million views. The YouTube page included in the source context also credits Dylan Clark as the creator and frames the video as a viral internet short now getting the Hollywood treatment.
For now, the provided sources do not confirm any details about a director, a completed script, or a release date. There is also no direct public studio announcement confirming the adaptation outside of trade reporting. So the current reporting mainly shows that the project is in development, with a lead and producing partners named in the trade, but without further production planning in the source set.
Timeline
Four years ago: Dylan Clark uploads Portrait of God to YouTube.
Since then: the short grows into a viral horror video with more than 10 million views, according to IGN.
Early 2026: an earlier version of the project at Universal reportedly falls through.
2026-10-01: IGN reports that Lionsgate is developing the feature film with Chase Infiniti and Raimi/Peele.
2026-10-01: the report names Ghost House Pictures and Monkeypaw as producing partners on the adaptation.
2026-10-01: the same trade report links Chase Infiniti to the lead role in the feature-length version.
Background
Portrait of God is a short horror video that drew significant online attention, making it a candidate for a studio adaptation. The original short is reported to be 7.5 minutes long and was uploaded to YouTube by Dylan Clark. In the sources, the video is described as a viral horror hit that has now been viewed more than 10 million times, which helps explain interest in a longer film version.
The current reporting places the project at Lionsgate, but the available sources do not yet confirm the creative direction or a final release date. There is also no confirmed information about the director, the script, or whether the feature will stay close to the short film or expand beyond it. The source set does note that an earlier version at Universal fell away in early 2026, suggesting the project had already been circulating in the market before Lionsgate entered the picture.
The combination of Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele is a notable part of the reporting, since both names are strongly associated with horror through Ghost House Pictures and Monkeypaw, respectively. Still, at this stage it remains trade reporting: the provided sources do not include separate confirmation from Lionsgate, Ghost House Pictures, Monkeypaw, Raimi, Peele, or Chase Infiniti themselves. It is therefore best to describe the adaptation as a project that IGN says is in development, rather than as a fully public studio announcement.