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From Sweet Beat: 

Joel Courney and Kat McNamara, who star as Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher in the upcoming “Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn,” were at Sweety High studios this week to celebrate the end of the year, and talk about their role as Movie Star Movie Critics at Kids Pick Flicks!

The two talked about their top 12 favorites films of 2012, summed up the year in 12 words, and even had an early New Year’s celebration!

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From Highlight Hollywood: 

“The American Horror Story” superstar has joined the cast of  Mercy, an adaptation of a Stephen King story being  produced by Blumhouse and Wonderland Sound and Vision, THR is reporting.  The film will be distributed by Universal Studios.  Peter Cornwell is directing the horror thriller, which  revolves around two brothers (Chandler Riggs and Joel  Courtney) who go with their mother (Frances O’Connor)  to take care of their grandma. Unbeknownst to them, the grandmother is a witch  who made an evil deal using black magic years earlier.

 McDermott will play a man who long ago had a relationship with the mother and  still has feelings for her, even though he is now married.   Mercy is based on King’s short story Gramma, which was  first published in Weirdbook magazine in 1984.

Jason Blum and Wonderland’s McG and Mary Viola are producing. Matt  Greenberg wrote the script.   McDermott, who appeared in the well-regarded indieThe Perks of Being a  Wallflower, plays a key role on FX’s American Horror Story: Asylum after starring in the show’s first season.

From Deadline | Hollywood:

American Horror Story regular Dylan McDermott has joined the cast of Mercy, a fantasy horror project based on a Stephen King story from the author’s Skeleton Crew collection. Peter Cornwell is set to direct from a script by Matt Greenberg. Project is from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions which has a first-look deal with the studio. Frances O’Connor (The Hunter), Chandler Riggs (The Walking Dead) and Joel Courtney (Super 8) will also star. Paranormal Activity creator Jason Blum will produce with McG and Mary Viola from Wonderland Sound and Vision. McDermott, who also appeared in The Perks Of Being A Wallflower and The Campaign, is represented by CAA and managed by The Schiff Company.

From Bloody Disgusting: 

After getting praise for his work on the first season of “American Horror Story,” Dylan McDermott is returning to the genre with a role in the fantasy horror project Mercy for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, says Variety.

Pic is based on a Stephen King story from his “Skeleton Crew” collection. Frances O’Connor, Chandler Riggs and Joel Courtney are also set star.

The Haunting in Connecticut‘s Peter Cornwell is directing from a script by Matt Greenberg. Jason Blum will produce with McG and Mary Viola from Wonderland Sound and Vision.

From Just Jared Jr.

Joel Courtney steps out with Katherine McNamara at the premiere of The Impossible held at Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood on Monday night (December 10).

It was just announced that the 16-year-old actor has joined Universal’s new horror film, Mercy, based off of the book by Stephen King.

The story revolves around two brothers (Chandler Riggs, Courtney) who go with their mother to take care of their grandma. Unbeknownst to them, the grandmother is a witch, who made an evil deal using black magic years earlier.

“Did you know that both @ChandlerRiggs & I have starred as sons of a sheriff – me in ‘Super 8′ & Chandler as the son of sheriff Rick Grimes [on The Walking Dead],” Joel tweeted of his new on-screen brother.

From Best Horror Films: 

"Mercy" is among the latest adaptations of a Stephen King story and it seems that the casting for this project has already started. As per the sources, the cast includes the members of the cast from “The Walking Dead” and Super 8 and the process would be finalized within a few days.

Reports have suggested that Chandler Riggs, the child star from AMC’s The Walking Dead, would be joining the cast. Besides, the Super 8 star, Joel Courtney, has also signed up for the project. Universal pictures would join hands with Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Production for the production of Mercy.

This would be a fantasy-horror film based on Stephen King’s short story named “Gramma”. This story was published in his 1985 collection of short stories called Skeleton Crew.

The film will be directed by Peter Cornwell while the script has been written by Matt Greenberg. Frances O’Conner will also be one of the main stars of the film. The story of the film revolves around two young boys who are taken by their single mother to the house of their elderly and weak grandmother, to take care of her. However, subsequent turn of events reveal that their grandmother is actually a witch who had made a pact with the forces of darkness years ago.

The film is expected to be released in the summer of 2013.