Brian Austin Green and New Japanese Actress Genevieve Mariko Wilson Star in Multiple Award Winning Comedy Film Short "Turning Japanese"

LOS ANGELES, CA, April 08, 2011

Well known actors Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills 90210, Desperate Housewives), Zibby Allen (Gray's Anatomy, Shit My Dad Says CBS), team up with Japanese-British actress Genevieve Mariko Wilson in a hilarious comedy film short called "Turning Japanese". This multiple award winning film short(ongoing) has most critics loving it, most film fest judges voting for it, and most film reviewers highlighting the fact that Genevieve Mariko Wilson steals the movie. Well known in Japan, Wilson is a new face in U.S and Canada. However, Turning Japanese has opened up many new doors and new opportunities here including a new U.S. recording contract and a starring role in a new motion picture 3D IMAX feature called 'Hurricane Kid" shooting this Fall with Director Jesse V. Johnson.

Born in London and raised in Kyoto, Genevieve Mariko Wilson studied classical ballet with her British choreographer father and enrolled in music college in London. She joined the famous Theater Shiki and appeared in musicals such as the hit LION King. As an actress dancer and singer, Wilson appeared in 4,000 appearances in Terminator 2/3D attraction as cast member Reika Ayanokouji at Universal Studios Japan.

In Turning Japanese, Wilson morphs into numerous characters with ease but with intensity and startling surprise to the audience. " (In Turning Japanese) Genevieve Mariko Wilson steals the show as the genre-swinging tenant. She can go from dead serious to gung ho charismatic on a dime", says Mackenzie Lambert, movie columnist for Pantechnicon + Men's Roomtoday.com. Turning Japanese smartly provides a full range of familiar genres including Chanbara, J-Horror (specifically The Grudge) and Pink films.

Genevieve Mariko Wilson's shocking and memorable performance in Turning Japanese is helping the film win international honors including "Best Film" Audience Award and Best Comedy Jury Award at the Beverly Hills Short Film Festival, the Audience Award at Los Angeles United Film Fest and the Short Film Award at the Monaco Charity Film Fest. Recently the film has also won awards at Santa Monica Int. Film Fest, BelAir Film Fest, Cinekink Film Festival and the Breckenridge Festival of Film. After hopefully winning awards over this weekend the film is scheduled to appear in festivals in France & Ireland.

The film's Director/Writer Paul Bickel's collaboration with Genevieve Mariko Wilson has generated amazing positive feedback wherever the film is shown. " We are very excited about the continued success Turning Japanese is having in the festival circuit including important people in the business wanting to see it developed into a feature with Genevieve reprising her role as Meridith and once again stealing the show with her brilliant acting skills as the critics are noticing", Rita Tarin, Personal Manager of Wilson.

Stars invited to join Genevieve Marko Wilson on the red carpet at the LA Comedy Short Film Fest opening Thursday April 7th are key celebrity comedy players including Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, Modern Family's Julie Bowen, Let's Make A Deal's Wayne Brady, Dodgeball's Missi Pyle, Desperate Housewives' Brian Austin Green, Austin Power's Mindy Sterling, SNL's Laraine Newman, Pee Wee's Playhouse's Lynne Stewart, According to Jim's Larry Jo Campbell, Perfect Couples' Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson, James Urbaniak, Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder, Malcolm in the Middle's David Higgins, Reno 911's Cedric Yarbrough, Phil Lamarr and Wendi McLendon-Covey, Mad TV's Keegan Michael Key, Daniele Gaither, Jordan Peale, Futurama's Maurice LaMarche, Mike and Molly's Nyambi Nyambi, SpongeBob Square Pants' Tom Kenny and Boondock's Jill Talley and Aaron McGruder-and many others.

The Japan Festival Los Angeles will screen Turning Japanese on Saturday April 9th New Beverly Theater and Sunday April 17th(Irvine) Many Japanese and American films will be shown theaters 4/7 to 4/17 in two different theaters. Many VIPS and celebrities are expected .

LA Comedy Short Film Festival 2011 http://www.lacomedyshorts.com
April 7, 7pm - Opening Night
Downtown Independent
251 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2011 http://www.jffla.org

April 9 (Sat.) New Beverly Cinema, Hollywood
7165 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90036

Turning Japanese http://www.facebook.com/pages/Turning-Japanese-Movie/117862341579185?v=info http://www.turningjapanesemovie.com
Genevieve Mariko Wilson http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3635491/