Stephen Curry’s 4,000th Three-Pointer Documentary Coming to IMAX
Stephen Curry has turned countless nights in NBA arenas into must-see theater. Now one of his greatest acts is literally going to the big screen.
Disney will release “Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry” exclusively in IMAX theaters on Oct. 9, 2026, a feature documentary that trails the Golden State Warriors superstar in the buildup to – and through – his record-extending 4,000th career three-pointer.
Directed by Religion of Sports co-founder Gotham Chopra, the film doesn’t just freeze the moment the shot drops. It rewinds the story.
Court as Canvas
The documentary follows Curry as he chases a milestone no one in league history had ever touched. On March 13, 2025, at Chase Center in San Francisco, he walked onto the floor needing just two threes to hit 4,000 for his career. He got them. The Warriors blew out the Sacramento Kings 130–104, and basketball’s greatest shooter pushed a record into territory that once sounded impossible.
To capture that jumper, the production deployed 21 IMAX‑certified cameras around the arena, a state-of-the-art setup built to track every angle of the release, the arc, the net, and the eruption from thousands inside Chase Center. The shot was history; the crew treated it like a painting in progress.
But the film aims at more than a highlight. Curry opens up about his upbringing, the mindset that steadied him, and the work ethic that shaped a lightly recruited guard from Davidson into a four-time NBA champion and two-time MVP. He digs into the less visible traits – the repetitions, the patience, the stubborn belief – that turned long-range shooting into an art form.
On Instagram, Curry framed the project in those terms. He called it “a new documentary that captures the journey to my 4,000th career three-pointer,” and said the film “explores the creativity, discipline, and mindset behind the game I’ve dedicated my life to.” Being compared to an artist, he added, is something he accepts “with a lot of humility,” but he made clear that creativity has “always been at the heart” of how he plays.
An Artist Among Artists
Chopra’s concept leans into that idea. “This film is all about capturing Steph Curry, an athlete and artist who is always chasing a new masterpiece,” he said in a news release. With the court as Curry’s canvas, the director set out to show the “relentless creativity and discipline” that fuels one of the game’s defining figures, and to do it in the scale and sound of IMAX.
The film also pulls in voices from outside basketball – people who know something about dominating their own fields. Viola Davis, Rick Rubin, Patti Smith and Jon Batiste all appear, weighing in on Curry’s brand of artistry and how his approach echoes the creative grind in film, music and literature. Their presence widens the frame: this isn’t just about a shooter finding his range; it’s about what greatness looks like when the craft becomes an obsession.
Unanimous Vision
“Portrait of an Artist” marks the second feature from Curry’s multimedia company, Unanimous Media, which he launched with Erick Peyton in 2018. The pair already scored a major hit with Sony Pictures Animation’s “Goat,” an animated feature that surged to the top of the U.S. box office after its February 2026 debut and drew strong reviews from both critics and audiences.
Unanimous Media now turns from animation to documentary, but the ambition remains the same: tell stories that stretch beyond the box score. In a joint statement, Curry and Peyton said that with “Portrait of an Artist” they wanted to go “beyond breaking a record on the court,” and explore “the creativity, discipline and mindset behind the journey.” The goal, they said, is to capture what it feels like to experience Curry’s performance “in real time, especially for those who haven’t had or may never have the chance.”
They’ve lined up heavyweight partners to do it. Religion of Sports brings its storytelling muscle, IMAX delivers the visual spectacle, and Disney/ESPN provides the platform to send Curry’s story worldwide.
The numbers will always be there: 4,000 made threes, countless defenses bent and broken, a style of play that reshaped the league. This film asks a different question: when the greatest shooter ever treats the hardwood like a studio, what does his masterpiece really look like up close?
