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  • “Super 8” stars Riley Griffiths, Gabriel Basso, Zach Mills, Joel Courtney and Ryan Lee visit YoungHollywood.com at the Young Hollywood Studio in Los Angeles on May 22, 2011
  • J.J. Abrams, Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, and Steven Spielberg onstage during the 2011 MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios’ Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. on June 5, 2011
  • Joel Courtney arrives at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios’ Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. on June 5, 2011
  • Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning and Ron Eldard in Paramount Pictures’ “Super 8”

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    “Super 8” stars Riley Griffiths, Gabriel Basso, Zach Mills, Joel Courtney and Ryan Lee visit YoungHollywood.com at the Young Hollywood Studio in Los Angeles on May 22, 2011

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    J.J. Abrams, Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, and Steven Spielberg onstage during the 2011 MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios’ Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. on June 5, 2011

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    Joel Courtney arrives at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios’ Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. on June 5, 2011

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    Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning and Ron Eldard in Paramount Pictures’ “Super 8”

 

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June 9, 2011

Rising Star: ‘Super 8’ Breakout Joel Courtney

“Super 8” star Joel Courtney is only 15 and is starring in his very first film, but AccessHollywood.com’s newest Rising Star can already say he’s worked with two of Hollywood’s biggest filmmakers in one of summer’s most highly anticipated projects.

The young actor, who grew up in Idaho, told Access that he was blown away after he first laid eyes on J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg’s “Super 8,” one of the summer’s best kept movie secrets.

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