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Alexander IRL is a 2017 American teen comedy-drama web film directed by K. Asher Levin and written by Brandon Cohen. It stars Nathan Kress, Brent Rivera, Ryan Newman, Bo Mitchell, and Marcus Scribner. Produced by Rob Fishman, Levin, and Rivera, it follows a socially enclosed trio named Alexander Finn, Darius, and Stuart (Rivera, Mitchell and Scribner) trying to form their own alter ego by throwing a party and as Alex's brother EJ (Kress) begs him to make an app prototype involving his party. The latter word of the title is an Internet acronym for 'in real life'. The film was announced in July 2016, with filming occurring shortly after. Internet personalities like Rivera were cast to increase viewership of the film, primarily targeting teenagers. With technology being a recurring motif in the film, production gained partnership with the companies like General Electric, as part of an effort to increase awareness on the industrial internet of things. After a month of dela,y Alexander IRL was released on YouTube Red on January 11, 2017, and received mixed reviews on its plot. Plot Alexander Finn is a high school student, befriending fellow outcasts Darius and Stuart. Alex has a crush on a girl named Lo, whom popular student Cole Winnard has a crush on too. One day, multimedia teacher Mr. Eskin announces a presentation project, with the theme 'you.' Alex's big brother EJ works at a venture company participating in an app creation challenge using General Electric's cloud to enhance everyday lives. EJ keeps encouraging colleague Ellie to use his ideas, wanting to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. One day, while Alex and EJ's parents go on a honeymoon out of town, Stu encourages Alex to impress Lo by throwing a party, so that he can give a good impression of himself in his presentation. Meanwhile, Ellie accepts one of EJ's ideas that prevents phone addiction and climate change, and tells EJ to submit a prototype. Alex reveals to EJ about their plan and agrees on a quid pro quo, with EJ asking him to create the prototype and tell the party comers to install it and turn their phones off as a test run. After failed attempts by EJ's party organizer friend Nine, EJ invites students directly, and the party becomes trending on Twitter, bolstering the trio's popularity. Meanwhile, the prototype, Cloud Maximizer 2.0, is finished and accepted.

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Alexander IRL is a 2017 American teen comedy-drama web film directed by K. Asher Levin and written by Brandon Cohen. It stars Nathan Kress, Brent Rivera, Ryan Newman, Bo Mitchell, and Marcus Scribner. Produced by Rob Fishman, Levin, and Rivera, it follows a socially enclosed trio named Alexander Finn, Darius, and Stuart (Rivera, Mitchell and Scribner) trying to form their own alter ego by throwing a party and as Alex's brother EJ (Kress) begs him to make an app prototype involving his party. The latter word of the title is an Internet acronym for 'in real life'. The film was announced in July 2016, with filming occurring shortly after. Internet personalities like Rivera were cast to increase viewership of the film, primarily targeting teenagers. With technology being a recurring motif in the film, production gained partnership with the companies like General Electric, as part of an effort to increase awareness on the industrial internet of things. After a month of dela,y Alexander IRL was released on YouTube Red on January 11, 2017, and received mixed reviews on its plot. Plot Alexander Finn is a high school student, befriending fellow outcasts Darius and Stuart. Alex has a crush on a girl named Lo, whom popular student Cole Winnard has a crush on too. One day, multimedia teacher Mr. Eskin announces a presentation project, with the theme 'you.' Alex's big brother EJ works at a venture company participating in an app creation challenge using General Electric's cloud to enhance everyday lives. EJ keeps encouraging colleague Ellie to use his ideas, wanting to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. One day, while Alex and EJ's parents go on a honeymoon out of town, Stu encourages Alex to impress Lo by throwing a party, so that he can give a good impression of himself in his presentation. Meanwhile, Ellie accepts one of EJ's ideas that prevents phone addiction and climate change, and tells EJ to submit a prototype. Alex reveals to EJ about their plan and agrees on a quid pro quo, with EJ asking him to create the prototype and tell the party comers to install it and turn their phones off as a test run. After failed attempts by EJ's party organizer friend Nine, EJ invites students directly, and the party becomes trending on Twitter, bolstering the trio's popularity. Meanwhile, the prototype, Cloud Maximizer 2.0, is finished and accepted.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).