https://deadline.com/2025/09/stephanie-allyne-jessica-gunning-anxious-people-1236531506/

EXCLUSIVE: Carol Kane, Stephanie Allynne, Joanna Scanlan, Lennie James and Jessica Gunning are joining Angelina Jolie, Aimee Lou Wood and Jason Segel in the pic Anxious People with Marc Forster directing. David Magee penned the script.

The story is set the day before Christmas Eve, when an investment banker (Jolie) begrudgingly finds herself mingling with a group of strangers at an open house. When a reluctant bank robber (Wood) inadvertently takes the group hostage, chaos and oversharing ensues, secrets are revealed, and literally nothing goes according to plan.

It’s a poignant, charming film about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined. Anxious People explores the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness and hope — the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.