Exclusive: Comedy feature The Pick Up Artist has wrapped post production. Written, directed by, and starring Alvaro Orlando (I Am Not a Hipster), the film also features Evan Ross (The Hunger Games), Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect), Andrew Lewis Caldwell (The Matrix Resurrections), and Leslie Lluvet (90 Miles). Additional Cast includes, Elsie Hewitt ( Dave ) Tilky Jones ( Never Back Down ) Danube Hermosillo ( Shameless ) Dani J Scott ( NCIS Los Angeles ) Meredith Mickelson ( The Paradox Effect )
Orlando plays Drew, a hopeless romantic blindsided when his girlfriend rejects his marriage proposal, calling him “too nice” and “too boring.” His best friend pulls him into the underground world of pick-up artistry, where he meets Havok (Ross), a charismatic mentor leading a secretive subculture of modern romance.
“This movie highlights the crazy things we do for love and how complicated dating has become,” Orlando says.
The film was shot in and around Los Angeles and initially it attracted interest from multiple studios,...
Orlando plays Drew, a hopeless romantic blindsided when his girlfriend rejects his marriage proposal, calling him “too nice” and “too boring.” His best friend pulls him into the underground world of pick-up artistry, where he meets Havok (Ross), a charismatic mentor leading a secretive subculture of modern romance.
“This movie highlights the crazy things we do for love and how complicated dating has become,” Orlando says.
The film was shot in and around Los Angeles and initially it attracted interest from multiple studios,...
- 3/6/2025
- by Molly Se-kyung
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Back in 2017, legendary action star Jean-Claude Van Damme had the lead role in a film titled Kill ‘Em All, which saw him taking on the role of a mysterious stranger who arrives at a hospital on the brink of death – and yet still has to fight for his life when a gang raids the hospital with the intention of finishing him off. Seven years later, Kill ‘Em All is getting a sequel, appropriately titled Kill ‘Em All 2, which is set to receive a digital release next Tuesday, September 24th. In anticipation of that release, a trailer for Kill ‘Em All 2 has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.
The feature directorial debut of fight coordinator Peter Malota, who had previously worked with Van Damme on Double Impact, Universal Soldier, Nowhere to Run, The Quest, and The Order, Kill ‘Em All was scripted by Craig Stewart, Brian Smolensky,...
The feature directorial debut of fight coordinator Peter Malota, who had previously worked with Van Damme on Double Impact, Universal Soldier, Nowhere to Run, The Quest, and The Order, Kill ‘Em All was scripted by Craig Stewart, Brian Smolensky,...
- 9/18/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
"We're in this together now." Gravitas has revealed an official trailer for a movie called Paradox Effect, made by filmmaker Scott Weintrob. Despite that title sounding possibly sci-fi, this isn't really a sci-fi movie, just another one of these generic action thrillers about criminals and cops and drug dealers and all the usual stuff. It's set to arrive on VOD to watch this September in the fall. An ex junkie witnesses a murder. She is forced to cooperate with the killer to save her daughter's life. She must fight time, the police and criminal underworld to save the only person who means something to her. The mastermind behind it all is crime lord Silvio and his vicious gangsters who forces Karina and Covek, a deadly killer threatened by him, to go on a journey against time. With Harvey Keitel, Olga Kurylenko, Oliver Trevena, Alice Astons, Meredith Mickelson, Talia Asseraf, Andrea Garofalo,...
- 8/6/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
U.S. model and social influencer Meredith Mickelson, Talia Asseraf (“Muti”), and Egypt’s Enjy Kiwan (“Crazy About You”) have joined Olga Kurylenko and Harvey Keitel in the cast of action thriller “Paradox Effect,” directed by Scott Weintrob, which has started shooting in Italy.
Weintrob is an Emmy-nominated director and producer whose credits include Apple TV+’s “Home,” Netflix’s “Fastest Car” and Rihanna’s “Savage x Fenty” for Prime Video.
In “Paradox Effect,” an innocent woman (Kurylenko) is forced to confront a dangerous kingpin (Keitel) who has kidnapped her young daughter, played by Alice Gerloff, and is holding her for ransom. The women team up with a corrupt Interpol agent, played by Oliver Trevena (“The Plane”), whose son is also being held hostage. Together they scheme to rip off various other criminals in order to raise the ransom to save their offspring. But they then wind up having one...
Weintrob is an Emmy-nominated director and producer whose credits include Apple TV+’s “Home,” Netflix’s “Fastest Car” and Rihanna’s “Savage x Fenty” for Prime Video.
In “Paradox Effect,” an innocent woman (Kurylenko) is forced to confront a dangerous kingpin (Keitel) who has kidnapped her young daughter, played by Alice Gerloff, and is holding her for ransom. The women team up with a corrupt Interpol agent, played by Oliver Trevena (“The Plane”), whose son is also being held hostage. Together they scheme to rip off various other criminals in order to raise the ransom to save their offspring. But they then wind up having one...
- 1/12/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Actor and model Daniel Mickelson died on an overdose on July 4. He was 23 years old. Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed that fentanyl and cocaine toxicity caused the accidental overdose. The news was first broken by his sister Meredith Mickelson. The model shared a picture of herself and her brother when they were […]
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- 10/3/2021
- by Samantha Arce
- Uinterview
Daniel Mickelson's cause of death has been determined nearly three months after he died at the age of 23. The rising Hollywood star, who was the older brother of model Meredith Mickelson, passed away due to fentanyl and cocaine toxicity on July 4, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed to E! News. The actor's manner of death was ruled an accident by officials. Over the Fourth of July weekend, Meredith broke the news on Instagram about her brother's passing and remembered his life with a touching tribute. "my heart is shattered & to write this feels so wrong and i don't even know what to say," the...
- 9/28/2021
- E! Online
Meredith Mickelson is mourning the death of her brother Daniel Mickelson. In a heartfelt post shared to Instagram Stories on July 6, the 22-year-old model paid tribute to her late sibling and vowed to honor his legacy. "I promise to bring your smile around the world and pour your love into every person in my life," she captioned a throwback photo of herself receiving a piggyback ride from Daniel. "I miss you." Meredith announced Daniel's passing in a July 5 Instagram post. "My heart is shattered & to write this feels so wrong and I don't even know what to say," she wrote alongside a photo of the duo as kids. "Yesterday I lost my brother, best friend & the...
- 7/7/2021
- E! Online
Rising model and actor Daniel Mickelson died on July 4 at 23, his younger sister Meredith Mickelson announced last night on Instagram. “My heart is shattered & to write this feels so wrong and i don’t even know what to say, the model wrote.”Yesterday i lost my brother, best friend & the other half of […]
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- 7/6/2021
- by Samantha Popovics
- Uinterview
Daniel Mickelson, a model and actor with roles in web series Mani and the 2019 indie comedy The Killer Clown Meets The Candy Man, died July 4, his sister announced last night. Mickelson was 23.
A cause of death was not disclosed for the Atlanta native.
“My heart is shattered & to write this feels so wrong and i don’t even know what to say,” Meredith Mickelson, a model, posted on Instagram Monday. “Yesterday i lost my brother, best friend & the other half of my heart. There wasn’t a person i loved more on this earth. theres no words that can do him justice that i could write. to know him was to love him. he was the happiest brightest smiley most sunshine human to exist and I’m so happy God chose me to be his sister for his whole amazing life.”
Daniel Mickelson launched a fashion brand and clothing line...
A cause of death was not disclosed for the Atlanta native.
“My heart is shattered & to write this feels so wrong and i don’t even know what to say,” Meredith Mickelson, a model, posted on Instagram Monday. “Yesterday i lost my brother, best friend & the other half of my heart. There wasn’t a person i loved more on this earth. theres no words that can do him justice that i could write. to know him was to love him. he was the happiest brightest smiley most sunshine human to exist and I’m so happy God chose me to be his sister for his whole amazing life.”
Daniel Mickelson launched a fashion brand and clothing line...
- 7/6/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood is mourning the loss of a rising star. Actor Daniel Mickelson, the brother of model Meredith Mickelson, passed away over the Fourth of July weekend. He was 23. "my heart is shattered & to write this feels so wrong and i don't even know what to say," Meredith shared in a July 5 Instagram message alongside a throwback photo of the siblings. "Yesterday i lost my brother, best friend & the other half of my heart." "There wasn't a person i loved more on this earth," she continued. "theres no words that can do him justice that i could write. to know him was to love him. he was the happiest brightest smiley most sunshine human to exist...
- 7/6/2021
- E! Online
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