From Access Extended:
Rising star Joel Courtney chats with Access at the premiere of J.J. Abrams’ new sci fi thriller, “Super 8.” What was it like getting his first acting gig working with the best in the business? Plus, what advice did he get from Steven Spielberg about being an actor?
From Time Magazine.
From Celebrities:
That sound you just heard was the entire Internet saying in unison, “Good job, Joel Courtney!” The adorable Super 8 star has just been cast as Tom Sawyer in Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. Per Variety, the Jo Kastner-directed adaptation will shoot in Bulgaria instead of Missouri, which is… odd. Otherwise, mint! Courtney is also in talks for the supernatural thriller The Healer. Spooky, scary, etc.
From the Associated Press:
Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney), the adolescent protagonist, is the exception, the sensitive kid who realizes that amid all of this gadgetry and mechanization, sometimes just being human — being genuinely nice — is the answer. He is America unplugged, and if "Super 8" is any indication, Abrams believes that there's still great value to that, even today: A fan boy doesn't need gadgets to prevail.
That probably should have been obvious from the first moment of "Super 8," when the logo of Abrams' production company appears. Remember it? "Bad Robot."