Netflix Announces Crypto Comedy About Lost Wallet Password

• Netflix announces One Attempt Remaining comedy starring Jennifer Garner as the lead.
• Film follows a divorced couple racing to recover $35M crypto with a forgotten password.
• Plot mirrors real cases, including Stefan Thomas’ 7,002 BTC locked in an IronKey device.

Netflix announced a new comedy feature titled “One Attempt Remaining,” starring Jennifer Garner. The film centers on a divorced couple who discover that the cryptocurrency they won on a cruise years earlier is now worth millions. The catch is that neither of them remembers the wallet password.

Kay Cannon, director of Blockers, will helm the production. The setup draws on crypto mishaps that have become part of the industry. In the storyline, the couple receives notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission and learns they have 48 hours to recover $35 million from their wallet before the claim expires.

Plot Mirrors Real-World Crypto Cases

The incident resembles several high-profile incidents circulated in crypto communities over the past decade. One referenced example involves Stefan Thomas, former Ripple CTO, who lost access to an IronKey device holding 7,002 Bitcoin. The hardware wallet permits only 10 password attempts before erasing itself.

Thomas publicly stated he used eight attempts years ago. At current prices, the stash would exceed half a billion dollars in value. Stories like Thomas’ established the concept that crypto storage combines empowerment with unforgiving consequences. Control over private keys removes intermediaries, but lost credentials can become permanent.

Another widely reported case concerns James Howells, a Welsh IT professional who threw a hard drive with private keys for 8,000 BTC. The item ended up in a local garbage dump in 2013. Howells has spent years seeking approval to search the site through excavation proposals and legal challenges, but has been denied at each step.

Netflix is Bringing Lost Crypto into Reality

Netflix’s plot changes this reality into a 48-hour race blending pressure, chaos, and high-stakes retrieval. The approach appears designed to appeal to viewers who may not follow cryptocurrency but understand the anxiety of a misplaced password.

Crypto and blockchain references have appeared in film and television for years, but rarely serve as the main plot driver. Exceptions include the documentary Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King, examining QuadrigaCX’s collapse. Michael Lewis’ Going Infinite dramatizes Sam Bankman-Fried’s rise and fall, and centers on cryptocurrency.

Netflix’s decision to build an entire film around lost private keys suggests the topic has reached cultural familiarity that makes it suitable for mainstream storytelling.

Related: Tokenized Gold and Silver Outperform Bitcoin This Year as Safe-Haven Demand Increases