EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Universal Pictures has acquired Portrait of God , a spec from emerging filmmaker Dylan Clark that expands on the world of his viral horror short of the same name.

Written by Clark and Joe Russo ( The Inheritance ), the film will mark the first collaboration of producers Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele , two of the biggest names in horror, who have never before worked together.

While the plot of the feature take is being kept under wraps, the short centers on a religious young woman who discovers the disquieting answer to the question, “What does God look like?” Opening with a quote from the Old Testament — “No man shall see Me and live” — it finds Mia sitting in the dark, practicing a slide presentation about a work of art dubbed “Portrait

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