After an extended grind on the World Series of Poker, which included successful the Poker Players Championship for his seventh bracelet and practically $1.2 million, Daniel Negreanu selected a little bit of a distinct path to decompress.
“Was in Houston for the day shooting a fun scene for a movie that is going to kick ass for real,” he advised his followers on July 18.
The movie is known as Ick, from award-winning director Joseph Kahn. Kahn has been a daily director of music movies for artists akin to Taylor Swift, Dj Khaled, Eminem, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, U2, and others.
Brandon Routh of Superman Returns and Scott Pilgrim and Mena Suvari of American Beauty and American Pie function the film’s major stars.
Variety describes Ick: “The film aims to evoke the timeless creature features of the 1980s with an ambitious arsenal of scares and comedy. Routh stars as Hank, a high school science teacher who still pines for his childhood sweetheart, played by Suvari. While discovering he may have a teenage daughter, portrayed by Malina Weissman, Hank must grapple with a terrifying alien anomaly invading their small town.”
Negreanu’s involvement got here after a longtime poker-related relationship with Kahn, who additionally co-wrote the screenplay. The director’s earlier movie was Bodied, a rap battle comedy produced by Eminem.
Taking a small half in Kahn’s latest mission was a pleasant departure for Negreanu after weeks on the poker tables.
“I’ve been friends with Joseph since he used to do poker adverts, and I’ve since had a cameo in a few of his movies, Detention, Bodied, and the Katy Perry music video Waking Up in Vegas,” Negreanu advised Card Player.
Whether he will probably be taking part in himself or one other function stays a little bit of a thriller.
“It’s a bit of a surprise,” hinted Negreanu, who has acted in quite a lot of initiatives over time and is clearly comfy in entrance of the digicam, vlogging his play each summer season on the WSOP for his YouTube channel.
Negreanu has appeared in movies and tv initiatives together with Lucky You, The Grand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Mr. D, and Private Eyes.
What does he consider getting the occasional performing gig?
“I enjoy them, they are fun,” Negreanu mentioned. “I was always into that sort of thing before finding poker. My favorite was an Episode of Mr. D where I got to really act and ad lib, and the entire show revolved around a storyline of me being broke and staying on Mr. D’s couch. It’s a popular sitcom in Canada and we shot it in Nova Scotia.”
Ick is ready to premier on the Toronto International Film Festival, Negreanu says. According to IMDB, the film is predicted to be launched in September and is being produced by well-regarded unbiased movie manufacturing firm Interstellar Entertainment.
With the taking pictures of his function wrapped up and the WSOP now within the rearview mirror, what’s subsequent on the agenda for Negreanu, who simply celebrated his fiftieth birthday?
“No vacations, but I’ll likely head to Vancouver to stream the GG Online series in September,” he says, “and then of course hit the Bahamas in December for WSOP Paradise.”
