Via Deadline Hollywood: 

Skins‘ alum Sofia Black-D’Elia and Joel Courtney (Super 8) have joined CW drama pilot The Messengers from feature producer Basil Iwanyk (the Clash Of The Titans franchise) and CBS TV Studios. The Messengers starts with a mysterious object crashing down to Earth. A group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending apocalypse. Black-D’Elia, repped by ICM Partners and Brookside Artist Management, will play Erin, who despite the stresses in her life, is eager to make a new life for herself and her young daughter far away from her hot-headed ex-husband. Courtney, repped by CAA and Principato Young Entertainment, will play Peter, a loner who was raised in a group home and is bullied constantly. Black-D’Elia stars in the upcoming feature Welcome To Yesterday and HBO pilot Criminal Justice. Courtney next will be seen in featureSins Of Our Youth.

Did a photoshoot with Tyler & Hannah Photography of Bremerton, Washington. Here are some of pictures. They do amazing work! 

From Movie News: 

‘X-Men: First Class’ star Lucas Till, Joel Courtney from ‘Super 8,’ and Ally Sheedy (‘Breakfast Club’) are set to star in the indie teen drama ‘Sins of Our Youth.’

The film is the story of four teenage boys who accidently murder a young boy while recreationally shooting assault rifles. The film follows the perilous decisions they make in the wake of the murder in a moment of desperation, paranoia, and fear that their lives are over due to the certain eventuality of the death penalty. The four teenagers construct a “plan” that leads them down an even darker path.

Gary Entin (‘Geography Club’) is behind the camera for the indie, directing from an original screenplay by his brother, Edmund Entin.

Mitchel Musso (‘Monster House’), Bridger Zadina (‘Terri’), Grant Harvey (‘Save the Date’) and newcomer Dani Knights also star.

‘Sins of Our Youth’ is scheduled to begin filming this week on location in and around Las Vegas.

From Coming Soon: "Lucas Till to Lead Sins of Youth Cast"

Huffington Pictures announced this morning that they have set Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class, Paranoia), Joel Courtney (Super 8) and Ally Sheedy (The Breakfast Club) to star in the teen drama Sins of Our Youth. The film is based on an original screenplay by Edmund Entin and directed by Gary Entin. Michael Huffington is producing under his Huffington Pictures banner. Principal photography will begin this week on location in and around Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sins of Our Youth is the story of four teenage boys who accidently murder a young boy while recreationally shooting assault rifles. The film follows the perilous decisions they make in the wake of the murder in a moment of desperation, paranoia, and fear that their lives are over due to the certain eventuality of the death penalty. The four teenagers construct a “plan” that leads them down an even darker path.

Mitchel Musso (Monster House), Bridger Zadina (Terri), Grant Harvey (Save the Date) and newcomer Dani Knights also star. Anthony Bretti is the executive producer and Frederick Levy is the co-executive producer. This is the second feature film from the twin brother filmmaking duo of Edmund Entin and Gary Entin, following Geography Club, which was recently acquired by Breaking Glass and also produced by Michael Huffington.

From Cinema Blend. 

Gun control is a hot button issue in this country, and it’ll probably be that way for the next hundred years without a clear resolution. And while I’m glad Hollywood has for the most part been keeping a wide berth around films that center on school shootings, the upcoming teen drama Sins of Our Youth is bound to get people uncomfortable in one way or another.Deadline reports it already has a full cast, including Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), Joel Courtney (Super 8), and former Brat Packer Ally Sheedy, and will begin filming soon. So we’ll know sooner rather than later just what kind of reaction the film will get. 

Sins of Our Youth will be directed by Gary Entin, based on a screenplay written by his twin brother Edmund Entin. (The duo worked on this year’s comedy Geography Club.) It is being produced by former Republican House Rep-turned-film producer Michael Huffington through his Huffington Pictures. Beyond the previously mentioned stars, the cast will also include Mitchell Musso (Hannah Montana), Grant Harvey (The Neighbors), Bridger Zadina (Terri), as well as former X-Factor contestant Dani Knights . 

While the actual roles haven’t been disclosed, the film will revolve around four teenage boys who change their lives for the worse when they accidentally kill another young boy while off shooting assault rifles. If they just went to the police and confessed their crimes, this wouldn’t be a very interesting movie, so of course they resort to different tactics. Fearful that they’ll spend the rest of their lives in prison, or worse, the boys attempt to hide their crime, which only leads to more dangerous situations. 

This isn’t exactly the most original plot, as most murders in movies see some form of cover-up. But it’s actually a similar storyline to two of my all-time favorite films (because I’m a mental masochist that way): David Gordon Green’s George Washington from 2000, and Jacob Aaron Estes’ 2004 drama Mean Creek, both of which contained the highly depressing aftereffects of a child’s death. But by adding guns to the equation, Sins of Our Youth hopefully won’t reflect the times too heavily. 

Till is having a huge year, about to appear in Robert Luketic’s corporate thriller Paranoia and the adventure comedy Wet and Reckless. He’ll be reprising his role of Havok in X-Men: Days of Future Past as well as starring in screenwriter David Hayter’s directorial debut, the horrorWolves. 

Courtney will take on the role of Tom Sawyer in Jo Kastner’s adaptation Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn later this year and will appear in the Stephen King adaption Mercy from director Peter Cornwell. He’ll co-star with Isabelle Fuhrman in both Giorgio Serafini’s wistful drama The Between and in Kevin Connolly’s Cuban Missile Crisis-set drama Dear Eleanor. 

Sheedy, while far from the heyday of The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire, is still kicking it, and can be seen in Alfredo De Villa’s comedy Fugly!, which released earlier this year. 

Sins of Our Youth is set to begin principal photography this week in and around Las Vegas. 

Up & Comers announces Joel Courtney and Lucas Till are cast in the Indie film "Sins of Our Youth". 

“X-Men” star Lucas Till and “Super 8″‘s Joel Courtney, along with 80s teen icon Ally Sheedy, have been cast in indie teen drama “Sins of Our Youth”, according to Deadline.

Character details are vague, but the film follows four teenage boys who accidentally kill a younger boy while shooting off rifles. When they try to cover up the crime, things get even worse for them. Gary Entin is directing the film from a script by his brother Edmund Entin. Filming is scheduled to begin this week in and around Los Angeles.

Till is currently reprising his role as Havok in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and was last seen bullying Mia Wasikowska in Park Chan-wook’s “Stoker.” While he often shows up on shortlists for high profile roles, he sticks mostly to indies, recently wrapping “The Curse of Downer’s Grove” opposite Bella Heathcote, horror “Random” with Haley Bennett and Ashley Greene and currently filming drama“Strings.” This month he has a supporting role opposite Liam Hemsworth in corporate espionage thriller“Paranoia.”

Since his breakout role in JJ Abrams’ “Super 8,” Courtney has wrapped shooting on a quartet of indies,“The Between” with Isabelle Fuhrman, period drama “Dear Eleanor,” a new adaptation of “Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn” and Stephen King adaptation “Mercy.”

Here are some photos from the world premiere of "The Between" in Brussels on 6 April 2013. 

The first picture is of the director, Giorgio Serafini, introducing the movie to a packed audience.