Jordan Peele and Sam Raimi have teamed up on the horror film Portrait of God.
The 46-year-old director and The Evil Lifeless filmmaker, 66, are to supply Common Photos’ upcoming spooky flick, Deadline has stated.
The film would be the first time Peele and Raimi – two of the largest names within the horror style – have labored collectively.
Portrait of God will likely be directed by Dylan Clark, and can increase on the rising filmmaker’s viral horror in need of the identical title.
Though plot particulars stay unknown, the unique Portrait of God brief focuses on a non secular younger girl who discovers the unsettling reply to the query, “What does God appear like?”
The story begins with an Previous Testomony warning, “No man shall see Me and stay”, earlier than slicing to Mia alone in a darkish room, rehearsing a slide lecture on a mysterious art work often known as the Portrait of God.
She explains that some viewers insist the canvas is nothing however blackness, whereas others declare they’ve seen a determine rising from the void – all the time described the identical means, right down to the smallest element.
Since its launch in August 2022, Portrait of God has amassed over 8.6 million views on YouTube.
Portrait of God will likely be written by Clark and The Inheritance’s Joe Russo, who will even function a producer.
Peele will produce Portrait of God with Win Rosenfeld by means of Monkeypaw Productions, whereas Raimi and Romel Adam will produce underneath the Ghost Home Photos banner.
In the meantime, Chris Rosati – who introduced the undertaking to Monkeypaw – will function government producer.
Whereas Peele had produced the 2025 football-themed horror flick Him, the director has not helmed a film since 2022’s Nope.
Earlier this yr, the Get Out creator’s subsequent movie was pulled from its October 2026 launch schedule by Common.
In accordance with Selection, the untitled film – which is anticipated to be a horror-thriller – had not but began manufacturing as of September 2025, however added Peele was nonetheless engaged on the undertaking.
Peele beforehand teased his subsequent film could possibly be his “favorite” if he does it proper.
Talking on the Conan O’Brien Wants a Good friend podcast, he stated: “This has been … clearly, it has been an fascinating yr as a result of the author’s strike had had me in a state of listening, and that is the place I have to be.
“I do really feel like my subsequent undertaking may be very clear to me, and I am psyched that I’ve one other movie that, you realize, could possibly be my favorite film if I make it proper.”
In Get Out, Us and Nope, Peele has included a “grounded character” for viewers to expertise his movies by means of, and the director thinks that is the important thing to his success.
He defined: “Identical to the comedy, the heightening, the pushing, the fantastical and the creativeness, that turns into a sure sort of undertaking and train, however the train of grounding it’s all the time what makes it work.
“That to me, in horror particularly, is the toughest half.”
