Culture 2 min read By Lauren Baxter
Film adaptation of gig-economy monster-hunting novel ‘iHunt’ is set
A feature film based on the novel series and tabletop RPG ‘iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy’ is in development, with Lilly Wachowski among the executive producers. The story follows three best friends who take on monster hunts through a gig-work app.
A feature film adaptation of “iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy” is moving forward, with Lilly Wachowski attached as one of the executive producers. The project takes a horror-comedy premise and turns it into a sharp look at contemporary work, following three women who are best friends and who hunt monsters through a gig-work app.
The source material began as an independently distributed novel series and tabletop role-playing game created by Hill and Young, a Chicago-based queer married writing duo. Olivia Hill wrote the script for the film adaptation, according to Variety’s exclusive report on the project.
The story’s central idea is its setting. Rather than treating monster hunting as a heroic calling, the narrative places it inside the logic of the gig economy, where workers take on short-term tasks through an app, with little security and constant pressure to keep accepting jobs. That framing gives the horror elements a socioeconomic edge, using the danger of the monsters to highlight the precarity of the people fighting them.
Wachowski’s involvement as an executive producer adds to the project’s profile. The filmmaker is known for her work on the “Matrix” films and for a body of work that often explores power, identity and the systems people live inside. Her presence signals the kind of genre-bending ambition the adaptation is aiming for, combining comedy, horror and social commentary.
The film has been described as blending horror-comedy with pointed commentary on work and labor, a combination that has drawn interest as gig platforms remain a major part of everyday life for many workers. The friendship at the core of the story gives the material an emotional anchor, keeping the satire grounded in relationships rather than abstraction.
The project is still in its early stages. The available reporting confirms the film adaptation is set, the writer and executive producer roles, and the story’s premise, but does not yet include details on casting, a production schedule or a release date.
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