'Super 8' Star Joel Courtney Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

CAA has signed Super 8 star Joel Courtney.our editor recommends'The Healer' Starring Isabelle Fuhrman and Joel Courtney Set to Film in North Carolina'Super 8' Deleted Scene: Watch the Elle Fanning Effect (Video) PHOTOS: A New Generation of Superheroes The actor was previously at WME but became in play when his agent, Bonnie Liedtke, left to become a manager at Principato-Young Entertainment earlier in September. He continues to be repped by Liedtke and is additionally repped by attorney Derek Kroeger. PHOTOS: Hollywood A-List Redefined Courtney was part of the crop of newcomers cast by J.J. Abrams in Super 8, the June hit from Paramount which grossed $258 million worldwide, where he played the male lead of a boy coping with the death his mother while dealing with an alien running loose in his town. The part was a launchpad for Courtney, who snagged the part of Tom Sawyer in the indie feature Tom Sawyer and Huckeberry Finn. He is currently shooting the indie drama The Healer which co-stars Isabelle Fuhrman. Related Topics CAA Super 8