Happy Halloween from IMTA!

Looking for something spooky tonight? Several IMTA alumni deliver Halloween thrills and chills!



Check out the must-see scary thriller The Haunting of Molly Hartley. IMTA alum Haley Bennett plays the title role in the new horror movie that has everyone talking! A teenage girl discovers that her parents made a pact with the devil to save her life in The Haunting of Molly Hartley. When the devil comes to collect, she must figure out how she can save herself. The movie is directed by Micky Lidell and also stars Chace Crawford. Haley competed at the 2001 IMTA Convention where she received attention from the agents and managers who were there scouting for new talent. Watch her in her latest starring role as Molly Hartley in the feature film opening today nationwide!




Splinter Trailer (2008) from Toby Wilkins on Vimeo.
IMTA Model of the Year L.A. 2001 Jill Wagner stars in Splinter. A virus monster twists the bodies of its prey into the shapes best suited to carry out its unrelenting desire to infect more victims and kill again. Premiering both in select theatres and an uncut sneak preview on HDNET.

Grace Thorsen and Bruce Campbell in a scene from
My Name is Bruce

IMTA alum Grace Thorsen stars in the comedy horror, My Name is Bruce. Grace plays the lead female role, Kelly, in the movie about a monster who is killing people in a small mining town in Oregon. Grace won Actress of the Year at the IMTA convention in Los Angeles, January 2007. My Name is Bruce will be screened in New York City Halloween weekend with a Q & A session with Bruce Campbell. Check the official site for more details and premieres of this independent film.



IMTA alum Mika Boorem is guest-starring on tonight's episode of Ghost Whisperer. Season 4 Episode 5 titled 'Bloodline". Ghost Whisperer is the Halloween primetime show on CBS. In this episode, Mika plays a murdered athletic teenager who is haunting a family that is not her own. Since attending IMTA in New York in 1994, Mika has guest starred on various television shows including The Drew Carey Show, Ally McBeal, Touched By An Angel, and Dawson's Creek.

Happy Halloween from all of us at IMTA!

IMTA alumni films at the Austin Film Festival!

The 15th annual Austin Film Festival screened some of the best upcoming films and shorts and IMTA alumni starred in 3 of them! "The Festival is dedicated to furthering the art, craft, and business of screenwriting and filmmaking by providing unique, year-round cultural events and services, enhancing public awareness and participation, and encouraging dynamic and long-lasting community partnerships," according to their official mission statement.

In the comedy horror, My Name is Bruce Grace Thorsen plays the lead, Kelly, which debuted at the Austin Film Festival. The story revolves around a monster who is killing people in a small mining town in Oregon. Grace won the title of Actress of the Year at IMTA convention in Los Angeles, January 2007. Her films include the dramatic Sixes and the One Eyed King, See Me Dance and she has appeared in a television series called Pastor Greg. Grace has many national commercials on her resume and was a spokesperson for Lad Advertising! Grace is in post-production on Calvin Marshall, a baseball comedy movie. Stay tuned for more information on this beautiful and talented young star in My Name is Bruce.

Another very talented IMTA alum's film screened at the Austin film Festival; Seann William Scott in the hilarious Role Models! In this film, Seann plays Wheeler, an immature energy drink salesman. When he and his partner in sales get in trouble with the law, they have to perform 150 hours as Big Brother mentors. This leads to hilarious situations and shenanigans. Seann competed at IMTA in Los Angeles in 1995. His break-through role was as Stifler in the hit comedy American Pie and in the cult movie Dude Where's my Car? which had him teaming up with a fellow IMTA alum Ashton Kutcher. He has also starred in The Dukes of Hazzard, The Rundown, Bulletproof Monk, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot, Southland Tales and The Promotion. His most recent film, Mr. Woodcock was a top ten box office hit! Role Models in scheduled to be released in theaters November 7!

IMTA alum Jill Wagner's new feature film Splinter also screened at this year's annual Austin Film Festival! You can get a sneak peak by watching the trailer above! Jill plays Polly Watt, the female lead in the film. A leading horror site describes the plot as, "The creature-feature is set in and around a quiet gas station on a lonely freeway, where a terrifying virus-like monster inhabits the bodies of its victims and drives them with a relentless lust for blood. The virus monster twists the bodies of its prey into the shapes best suited to carry out its unrelenting desire to infect more victims and kill again." Jill competed at IMTA in Los Angeles in 2001 where she won Female Model of the Year! Many people know Jill as the Lincoln Mercury car girl. She played an operative on fellow IMTA alum Ashton Kutcher's hilarious show Punk'd and while on the show she punk'd Katie Holmes, yet another IMTA alum! Her television roles include Monk, Dr. Vegas, starring as Larrin in Stargate Atlantis, Blade: The Series, and she starred in the independent films Junebug and Shifted. Jill was a co-host of the hit reality summer series, Wipeout!

For more information on the Austin film festival , please visit their official site. Congratulations to all three talented IMTA alums: Grace Thorsen,
Seann William Scott and Jill Wagner!

Grace Thorsen filming See Me Dance!

Grace Thorsen has recently landed a lead role in See Me Dance a new Fox Faith feature film. She won the title of Actress of the Year at IMTA convention in Los Angeles January 2007. Since signing with IMD in 2002, Grace has worked in both in film and television. Her films include the dramatic The One Eyed King and a lead role in comedy horror My Name is Bruce which is about movie legend Bruce Campbell. She also appeared in a television series called Pastor Greg. Grace has many several national commercials on her resume and was a spokesperson for Lad Advertising!

Since winning the honor of Actress of the Year award at IMTA Los Angeles convention, Grace spent the summer in New York with Bob Luke Management and auditioned for several motion pictures, commercials and TV pilots. Grace will be returning to the east coast to film See Me Dance. Stay tuned for further updates on this beautiful and talented young star!