Overview
- Joe Russo and Chris LaMont have adapted Holly Riordan’s 2022 Thought Catalog short story into a screenplay titled When a Stranger Venmos.
- Music-video filmmakers Frank and Ivanna Borin are attached to direct, marking their feature debut.
- Producers Matt Smith and Dan Gedman will shepherd the project under their Highway 10 banner.
- The plot centers on a struggling Los Angeles assistant offered escalating payouts to complete unsettling challenges, channeling contemporary economic anxiety.
- The project is in the announcement stage with no casting, distributor or start date disclosed, and coverage clarifies this Joe Russo is not the Avengers director.