Awkwafina will portray a millennial podcast host who agrees to help a convict that she has devoted her true-crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house.
Dan Gurewitch and David Young are writing the screenplay, with Nick Stoller and Conor Welch producing under their Stoller Global Solutions banner alongside Awkwafina, Barinholtz and David Stassen.
Stx’s Kate Vorhoff and Catherine Hagedorn will oversee the film’s production on behalf of the studio.
“Awkwafina and Ike are comedy powerhouses who make a supremely funny duo, and we can’t wait to see what they bring to this sharp and fun material,” said Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms.
Welch joked, “Nick and I are huge fans of Awkwafina. Ike, not so much. But he was already attached.”
Awkwafina, a rapper-turned-actress,