Chase Infiniti has been set to star in Portrait of God, a new horror feature from filmmaker Dylan Clark. Lionsgate has acquired the project and greenlit it for production, putting a notable group of genre figures behind a film whose story details have not yet been disclosed.
Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele are producing the feature, marking their first collaboration as producers. Raimi will produce alongside Rob Tapert through Ghost House, while Peele and Win Rosenfeld will produce through Monkeypaw Productions. Joe Russo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Clark, is also a producer.
The news is substantial because it joins an emerging director, a rising lead performer and two unusually recognizable horror-producing teams—but it is still early-stage project news. There is no announced release date, no revealed plot, no additional cast list and no indication of where the film will ultimately be exhibited. Those unknowns matter. A greenlight means the studio has committed to moving the feature toward production; it does not establish a completed film, a trailer timetable or a theatrical date.
A major creative team, with distinct responsibilities
Portrait of God brings together several different roles that can be easy to flatten into one broad “made by” credit. Clark is attached as director and co-writer, placing him at the center of the film’s creative execution and screenplay foundation. Infiniti is set to star, making her the first announced on-screen lead. Raimi, Peele, Tapert, Rosenfeld and Russo are producers, a role that generally encompasses helping guide a project through development and production, with the exact responsibilities varying from film to film.
Ghost House and Monkeypaw are the production banners involved. A banner is not simply a logo attached at the end of a trailer; it identifies the producing company through which a producer’s team develops and supports projects. Here, Ghost House is represented in the producing group by Raimi and Tapert, while Monkeypaw’s producing group includes Peele and Rosenfeld.
Chris Rosati will executive produce through NAT20 Films under a first-look arrangement with Monkeypaw. “Executive producer” is another credit whose duties can vary, but it denotes a senior producing contribution rather than a new claim about who is directing or writing the movie. Romel Adam and Jose Cañas will oversee the project for Ghost House, and Scott O’Brien will oversee it for the studio.
That combination should not be read as a promise that the film will resemble any particular previous title associated with its producers. The available information identifies the team, not the movie’s eventual tone, structure, setting, rating or horror subgenre. It would be premature to characterize it as supernatural, psychological, found-footage or anything else based on its title alone.
Chase Infiniti takes the lead
Infiniti’s casting is the clearest on-camera detail presently available. She is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominee whose cited credits include One Battle After Another and The Testaments. Clark singled out her work in One Battle After Another while welcoming her to the project.
For a developing horror film, the announcement of a lead performer can be especially useful as an early signal of the kind of acting presence a production wants at its center, though the evidence does not yet reveal her character or the demands of the role. Horror often hinges on how an audience follows a protagonist through uncertainty, threat and revelation. That is an observation about the genre’s dramatic mechanics, not a confirmed description of Portrait of God.
What is confirmed is simpler: Infiniti is starring, rather than merely appearing in an undisclosed capacity. With no supporting cast named, no character information released and no plot summary available, the proper takeaway is that the film has made its first major casting announcement—not that its ensemble or narrative shape has been fully revealed.
Dylan Clark’s expanding relationship with Lionsgate
Portrait of God continues Clark’s relationship with Lionsgate. The studio previously selected him to make his feature directorial debut on an untitled Blair Witch movie, which is being readied for theatrical release next September. The announcement describes Clark as an emerging horror filmmaker and frames the new project as a further commitment between the director and the studio.
That context gives this development added weight. Clark is not only attached to a single studio-backed horror feature; he is now connected to two Lionsgate projects, with the Blair Witch film positioned as his feature directing debut and Portrait of God following as another greenlit feature. It does not, however, establish a shared universe, a creative connection between the films or any relationship between the stories. The common thread is the filmmaker and studio partnership.
Clark’s screenplay credit alongside Russo also makes Portrait of God different from an announcement that merely pairs a director with pre-existing material. In this case, the director is part of the writing team as well as the person set to helm the film. That overlap can mean a filmmaker has involvement from the script stage through production, but it should not be mistaken for a claim of sole authorship: Russo is explicitly credited as co-writer and producer.
Why the Raimi-Peele pairing stands out
The project is the first producer collaboration between Raimi and Peele. Both are described as leading horror filmmakers, and their involvement provides a meaningful industry signal around a filmmaker at an earlier stage of his feature-directing career. It also gives the project two established production operations rather than one.
Raimi’s participation additionally extends his relationship with Lionsgate, which is backing Magic, the next film he is set to direct. That separate project is relevant only as an example of the continuing studio connection; no details in the announcement suggest that Magic and Portrait of God are related.
There is a practical distinction between a high-profile producer team and a confirmed set of creative specifics. Producers can help assemble collaborators, shepherd decision-making and bring experience to a project, but their names do not disclose the screenplay’s contents. The announcement itself offers an expectation that the film aims to be haunting, thoughtful and frightening. Until more material is released, that is better understood as the project’s stated ambition than as a detailed account of what viewers will see.
What has been announced—and what has not
The useful line between confirmed information and speculation is particularly important for films at this stage. The known information is already substantial:
- Lionsgate has acquired Portrait of God and greenlit the feature.
- Dylan Clark will direct and co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Russo.
- Chase Infiniti will star.
- Sam Raimi, Jordan Peele, Rob Tapert, Win Rosenfeld and Russo are producing.
- Ghost House and Monkeypaw are the producing banners attached to the project.
- Chris Rosati is executive producing through NAT20 Films.
Just as important is the material that remains unannounced. There is no official synopsis, no disclosed character name for Infiniti, no production start date, no release date, no rating, no revealed format and no wider cast. There is also no basis to determine whether the movie is connected to Clark’s upcoming Blair Witch film or to any other project associated with its producers.
For horror audiences, the development arrives amid continued interest in new genre projects and showcases. Readers tracking that wider stream of announcements can also see our coverage of the 28 Games Later Horror Showcase. The connection here is genre interest, not any confirmed production link between the game showcase and Portrait of God.
The next details to watch
The next meaningful updates will be the ones that turn the project’s creative roster into a clearer picture of the film itself. An official synopsis would establish the premise. Further casting could indicate the scale of the ensemble. A production-start notice could show that the greenlight has moved into active filmmaking. A release plan would answer the biggest audience-facing question: when and how the film will be seen.
Until then, Portrait of God is best viewed as a newly greenlit horror feature with an unusually prominent producing lineup, a named star and a director-screenwriter already building a relationship with its studio. The project has the people in place to command attention; the actual horror at its center is still being kept under wraps.
