From Filmonic:

Paramount has announced that J.J Abrams’ Super 8 will be released on DVD and Blu-ray November 22, 2011.

The movie, produced by Steven Spielberg, starred Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler and was released back in June to positive reviews. Despite being sandwiched between big budget fare such as X-Men: First Class and Green Lantern, Super 8 went on to make $253 million worldwide, a great number considering it had a budget of just $50 million.

Here are the special features:

Blu-ray:

1. Commentary by writer/director J.J. Abrams, producer Bryan Burk and cinematographer Larry Fong
2. Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes

   1. The Dream Behind Super 8
   2. The Search for New Faces
   3. Meet Joel Courtney
   4. Rediscovering Steel Town
   5. The Visitor Lives
   6. Scoring Super 8
   7. Do You Believe in Magic?
   8. The 8mm Revolution
   9. Deconstructing the Train Crash
   10. Deleted Scenes

DVD:

1. Feature Film
2. Digital Copy

From Hollywood Reporter: 

Peter Bogdanovich has joined the cast of the supernatural thriller, The Healer, playing a mysterious character inspired by Charon, the ferryman in Greek mythology who carries souls across the River Styx.

Written and directed by Giorgio Serafini, the film stars Isabelle Fuhrman and Joel Courtney as teenage twins who go on a camping trip with their father, played by James Le Gros, only to become lost in a haunted forest.

The movie, which begins filming in North Carolina on Sept. 14, is being produced by Giuseppe Pedersoli and Susan Johnson through Pedersoli’s Italy-based Smile Prods.

Although best known as a director, Bogdanovich, repped by Abrams Artists, Original Artists and Management Production Entertainment, makes frequent appearances before the camera as well, with acting gigs in such recent films and TV series as Humboldt County, The Sopranos and Infamous.

From SciFi Mafia: 

Last Friday, we told you about the building cast of the indie supernatural thriller, The Healer byGiorgio Serafini, with the casting the young stars of Super 8, The Hunger Games, andUnicorns with Joel Courtney, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Natalia Dyer respectively.

According to THR, writer/critic/actor/director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Sopranos) has been cast to play a character based on the Greek character of Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx to the land of the dead.

Giuseppe Pedersoli and Susan Johnson are producing the project under the Italian company,Smile Productions. Production will begin this week in North Carolina.

From Alex McDevitt:

"Super 8," a film made and brilliantly told by the visionary minds of director J.J Abrams ("Lost," "Star Trek") and producer Steven Spielberg, asks the age old question of classic filmmaking at its finest: can giant blockbusters that cost little money to make still have the same effects as their counterparts? Filled with some of the best child performances that I've ever seen by Joel Courtney, Ryan Lee and Elle Fanning, "Super 8" rekindles the same magic that "E.T." and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" had and reminded me why I love going to the movies. As the last frames of "Super 8" winded out on its reel, you will be star stuck as how much of a reaction a monster movie can give audiences these days.

From Screen Daily: 

Next week principal photography will commence on Serafini’s The Healer, about teenage twins who embark on a camping trip with their father, which turns into a perilous adventure as they become lost in a haunted forest. Serafini also wrote the screenplay to this English language thriller, which will star Isabelle Fuhrman, James Le Gros and Joel Courtney.  Giuseppe Pedersoli is producing for Smile Production alongside Susan Johnson.

Joel appears on the cover of France's "Studio CinéLive"

From JoBlo: 

SUPER 8's breakout star Joel Courtney is going from marauding aliens to woodland specters in THE HEALER, which is also set to feature Isabelle Fuhrman (ORPHAN, THE HUNGER GAMES) and James LeGros (BITTER FEAST).

THE HEALER tells of teenage twins who embark on a camping trip with their father that turns into a perilous adventure as they become lost in a haunted forest.

Giorgio Serafini (the direct-to-DVD Wesley Snipes flick GAME OF DEATH) is directing, based on his own screenplay. Rome-based Smile Productions is producing, while shooting will take place in North Carolina this month.

Chances are THE HEALER will be a presence at the upcoming American Film Market, so keep your eyes peeled for distribution news.