TWO NEW FILMS FOR (former Cylon) ALESSANDRA TORRESANI

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Apr 242012
 

Alessandra Torresani as Maria in A GREEN STORY

Torresani on the set of A GREEN STORY

Alessandra Torresani, recently of Jane Espenson‘s webseries HUSBANDS, and SyFy’s CAPRICA, has two new films in the works. The first of them is A GREEN STORY, which is a biopic about Van Vlahakis, the founder of Earth Friendly Products. Torresani plays Maria, love interest of the young Vlahakis (George Flynn). A GREEN STORY also stars Malcolm McDowell, Billy Zane, Shannon Elizabeth, and Star Trek’s John Billingsley. It will open the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival on 31 May.

In 2013, Torresani will be Emma in THE MOMENT, the second film by Director Jane Weinstock, which will also star Jennifer Jason Leigh (Maria in SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK). THE MOMENT describes itself as a “smart and sexy thriller about a war photographer Lee (Jennifer Jason Lee) who returns to Los Angeles to rehabilitate after narrowly escaping death. While in the hospital she meets John (Martin Henderson) and they develop a friendship that turns romantic. Then John goes missing. Eventually, Lee begins to suspect that she killed him, and, after further investigation, begins to suspect that her daughter killed him.”

WEBSERIES ‘HUSBANDS’ (with Alessandra Torresani) STARTS SEPTEMBER 13

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Sep 052011
 

The new webseries HUSBANDS, which is written by Jane Espenson (writer of much of Buffy, Caprica, and Battlestar), and stars Alessandra Torresani, Cheeks (Brad Bell), and Sean Hemeon, describes itself this way:

“For too long, newlywed comedy has been defined as a comedy between one man and one woman. Husbands is a story with a classic premise, as told in a marriage-equalized world”

It’s about time. Here is the trailer:

COULD ALESSANDRA TORRESANI BE THE NEW BUFFY?

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Feb 032011
 

Alessandra Torresani - a reasonable choice for Buffy?

Ru Paul

I watched Drag Race a few days late, and got the pleasant surprise of Alessandra Torresani as a judge. Caprica was perhaps the best show on TV (before it got cancelled) and Torresani was one of the main reasons for that. Her role was the most difficult in the show and she played it well.

And she does have a film coming out soon. PLAYBACK will be released sometime this year. It is about a group of high school students who dig into their town’s past and unlock an evil that possesses its victims through video playback and using them for malevolent purposes.

Now that sounds a bit like an X-files episode (the one where a town is being manipulated with subliminal commands from cable TV), but it’s probably worth seeing because Torresani is in it, even if she is probably playing a high school student (she is 23).

Now I know Heather Morris is up for lead in the new Buffy film, but wouldn’t Alessandra Torresani be a decent choice? She’s about Morris’ age, and so can’t be faulted for being too young. And she probably fights better than Morris. Morris could play some Willow-equivalent.

CAPRICA CANCELLED – AAARRGH!

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Nov 032010
 

The SyFy Channel cancelled one of its three good bits of science fiction. Caprica is gone. (The other two bits of good SF would be the steampunky Sanctuary, and Eureka.)

It seems it is not possible to have intelligent drama on American basic cable, outside of BBC America.

I am hoping for a Caprica feature film, or perhaps the show will be reincarnated in some form on STARZ. What is needed is a premium science fiction channel.

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