After an extended grind on the World Sequence of Poker, which included profitable the Poker Gamers Championship for his seventh bracelet and almost $1.2 million, Daniel Negreanu selected a little bit of a special path to decompress.
“Was in Houston for the day taking pictures a enjoyable scene for a film that’s going to kick ass for actual,” he informed 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, Girl Gaga, U2, and others.
Brandon Routh of Superman Returns and Scott Pilgrim and Mena Suvari of American Magnificence and American Pie function the film’s primary stars.
Selection describes Ick: “The movie goals to evoke the timeless creature options of the Eighties with an formidable arsenal of scares and comedy. Routh stars as Hank, a highschool science instructor who nonetheless pines for his childhood sweetheart, performed by Suvari. Whereas discovering he could have a teenage daughter, portrayed by Malina Weissman, Hank should grapple with a terrifying alien anomaly invading their small city.”
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 undertaking was a pleasant departure for Negreanu after weeks on the poker tables.
“I’ve been mates with Joseph since he used to do poker adverts, and I’ve since had a cameo in just a few of his films, Detention, Bodied, and the Katy Perry music video Waking Up in Vegas,” Negreanu informed Card Participant.
Whether or not he will probably be enjoying himself or one other function stays a little bit of a thriller.
“It’s a little bit of a shock,” hinted Negreanu, who has acted in quite a lot of tasks through the years and is clearly snug 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 tasks together with Fortunate You, The Grand, X-Males Origins: Wolverine, Mr. D, and Non-public Eyes.
What does he consider getting the occasional performing gig?
“I get pleasure from them, they’re enjoyable,” Negreanu mentioned. “I used to be all the time into that form of factor earlier than discovering poker. My favourite was an Episode of Mr. D the place I bought to actually act and advert lib, and the whole present revolved round a storyline of me being broke and staying on Mr. D’s sofa. It’s a preferred sitcom in Canada and we shot it in Nova Scotia.”
Ick is about to premier on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant, Negreanu says. In response to IMDB, the film is predicted to be launched in September and is being produced by well-regarded unbiased movie manufacturing firm Interstellar Leisure.
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 holidays, however I’ll doubtless head to Vancouver to stream the GG On-line collection in September,” he says, “after which in fact hit the Bahamas in December for WSOP Paradise.”
