Actor
Joel
Courtney,
who
played
Joseph
a.k.a.
Joe
Lamb
in
the
movie
Super
8,
has
got
big
breakthrough
from
JJ
Abrams'
sci-fi
flick.
After
its
big
opening,
the
budding
Hollywood
star
has
been
getting
several
offers.
He
is
reportedly
in
negotiations
for
two
forthcoming
movies
Tom
Sawyer
and
Huckleberry
Finn
and
The
Healer.
The
movie
Tom
Sawyer
and
Huckleberry
Finn
is
an
adaptation
of
a
classic
novel
written
by
Mark
Twain
and
it
will
be
directed
by
Jo
Kastner.
Sources
claim
if
everything
goes
well,
the
15-year-old
Joel
Courtney
will
tackle
the
role
of
Tom
Sawyer
in
the
film,
which
will
be
shot
in
Bulgaria
from
August.
Meanwhile,
Joel
Courtney
is
also
said
to
be
in
talks
to
play
the
role
of
one
of
the
two
kids
in
the
movie
The
Healer,
which
is
written
and
directed
by
Giorgio
Serafini.
The
film
is
produced
by
Susan
Johnson
and
Giuseppe
Pedersoli
and
its
shooting
will
begin
in
September
in
North
Carolina.
However,
the
film
The
Healer
will
tell
a
story
of
an
ailing
father
who
takes
his
two
teenage
kids
into
the
woods
to
renew
the
bond
they
shared
before
a
divorce.
Later,
the
trio
are
swept
into
a
supernatural
adventure.