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The trophies for the fourth annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards were handed out on Sunday with Neon’s Apollo 11 taking Best Documentary Feature. The ceremony took place at Bric in Brooklyn.

Neon was the top winner of the night with the space docu, winning five awards. Their docu The Biggest Little Farm walked away with Best Cinematography and their bee-keeping pic Honeyland won Best First Documentary Feature for Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefano.

The Biggest Little Farm led the pack this year with seven nominations while Apollo 11 (also a Neon title) and the Warner Bros. docu They Shall Not Grow Old each had six. Speaking of the latter, The Shall Not Grow Old‘s Peter Jackson won for Best Director tying with Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert who directed the Netflix docu American Factory.

The ceremony also honored the great documentarian Frederick Wiseman with the D.A.Pennebaker Award...

You already had a chance to see the first trailer for Danny Mooney‘s upcoming romantic drama Love and Honor, right? Ok then, the most important thing is that the movie finally opens next month, and that today – we have a completely new poster and over 20 new images from the whole thing to share! Take a better look at Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer and the rest of the cast, & let us know what you think! Danny Mooney directed the movie from a script written by Jim Burnstein and Garrett K. Schiff, which centers on a soldier who gets dumped by his girlfriend and decides...

Director Danny Mooney’s upcoming war romance drama, ‘Love and Honor,’ has received an official release date. The film, which was written by Jim Burnstein and Garrett K. Schiff, will open theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on March 22, while a national rollout to follow. The movie will also be available February 14 on VOD. ‘Love and Honor’ features actors Liam Hemsworth (‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’), Aimee Teegarden, Austin Stowell, Teresa Palmer, Wyatt Russell, Chris Lowell, Max Adler and Delvon Roe. The film follows Dalton Joiner (played by Stowell), a young soldier in Vietnam who gets dumped by his hometown girlfriend, Jane (portrayed by Teegarden). Dalton vows to [ Read More ]

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Currently in cinemas alongside Stallone and the gang in The Expendables 2, and previously seen in one of the year’s biggest blockbusters, The Hunger Games, Liam Hemsworth has had a pretty excellent year, making a strong name for himself (beyond the early references to him as Chris Hemsworth’s brother).

He’ll next be starring in romance-drama, Love and Honor, opposite Teresa Palmer (Wish You Were Here, the upcoming Warm Bodies) in the female lead, and now the first trailer has made its way online.

“When Dalton Joiner (Austin Stowell), a young soldier in Vietnam, gets dumped by his hometown girlfriend Jane (Aimee Teegarden), he vows to sneak home during war to win her back. His best buddy,

Mickey Wright (Hemsworth), never one to miss out on a wild time, decides to go with him. They must get back to America, change her mind and return to the war without getting caught.

Lighting Entertainment (.Lightning.), the Santa Monica-based sales, production and distribution company has acquired International sales rights in all media to the romantic drama Love And Honor (formerly known as Awol) starring Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games), it was announced today by Lightning President Robert Beaumont. Lightning will premiere the film for international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.

Aussie thesp Hemsworth is joined by some of the most talented actors emerging in film right now including Austin Stowell (Dolphin Tale), Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies), Aimee Teegarden (Scream 4), Chris Lowell (The Help) and Wyatt Russell (Cowboys And Aliens). The film is directed by Danny Mooney who makes his directorial debut. Love And Honor is written by Jim Burnstein and Garrett K. Schiff, and is a love story in the tradition of films like The Notebook and The Lucky One, about a soldier who secretly returns home from the war...

Actor Wyatt Russell has become the latest to join the cast of the Lionsgate war drama Awol. We reported last month that Liam Hemsworth and Teresa Palmer are headlining cast.

Jim Burnstein and Garrett K. Schiff wrote the screenplay, which is based on a true story that revolves around an American solider during the Vietnam War (Austin Stowell), who goes Awol with his best friend (Liam Hemsworth) when his girlfriend (Aimee Teegarden) dumps him. They both go on a journey back to America so Austin Stowell's character can try to win back his girlfriend. No character details were given for Wyatt Russell's role.

Danny Mooney is making his feature directorial debut with Awol. Production is slated to begin in the near future, on location in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Wyatt Russell, the son of actors Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, will next be seen in Cowboys & Aliens, which hits...

Liam Hemsworth, younger brother to one Asgardian God of Thunder, looks set to star in Danny Mooney’s directorial debut, Awol.

Set in Vietnam-era America and based on real events, Awol is a romantic drama charting the anti-Vietnam War movement at the University of Michigan.

Hemsworth is in negotiations to star opposite Teresa Palmer, Aimee Teegarden, Chris Lowell and Max Adler, with the script provided by executive producers Jim Burnstein & Garrett K. Schiff.

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Liam Hemsworth, star of The Hunger Games and The Last Song, is in negotiations to play one of the lead roles in the Vietnam era romantic drama indie based on a true story, Awol. Also in negotiations to star alongside Hemsworth are Austin Stowell, Teresa Palmer, Aimee Teegarden, Chris Lowell, and Max Adler. The film, which explores the anti-Vietnam war movement at the University of Michigan, is slated to shoot there this summer with helmer Danny Mooney, who will make his directorial debut. The script is written by Jim Burnstein & Garrett K. Schiff, who will also executive produce with Peter Pastorelli and Eddie Rubin. Chip Diggins (Route One Films) will produce with Patrick Olson. Hemsworth is repped by Roar management & Wme.