Teresa Palmer’s movie, Love and Honor, has sold in the Middle East and Germany. According to Variety…

Lightning Ent. has locked international sales for Liam Hemsworth starrer “Love and Honor.”

Pic has sold to Universum for all rights in German-speaking territories while Eagle Films has taken Middle Eastern rights in a two-pic deal that includes 3D toon “Kikoriki: Team Invincible,” produced by Ilya Popov and Timur Bekmambetov.

“Love and Honor,” formerly “AWOL,” also stars Austin Stowell, Teresa Palmer, Aimee Teegarden, Chris Lowell and Wyatt Russell.

Danny Mooney makes his feature-helming bow from a script by Jim Burnstein and Garrett K. Schiff.

Story is about a soldier who secretly returns home to win back his girlfriend.

Rob Corddry hosts the short showdown, wherein 16 award-winning entries from previous Tropfests go head-to-head. Toni Collette will be president of the jury, which will also include judges Rebel Wilson, Anthony La Paglia, Griffin Dunne, Charles Randolph and former CineVegas head (and current Sundance director of programming) Trevor Groth. So … does that mean we can start calling this event MinéVegas?

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Dave Franco’s ‘Now You See Me’ has been moved. According to Indiewire…

Meanwhile, Summit‘s magic-based thriller “Now You See Me” directed by Louis Leterrier is looking like it’s sitting prettier as well. Formerly scheduled for a January 18, 2013 date, it’s been shifted to a more promising March 15, 2013 bow. Featuring a rather great cast – Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Dave Franco, Common and more — plus a score from The Chemical Brothers, the film focuses on FBI agents who track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. Nifty concept, and a film we’re truly excited about: it’ll open against weakish competition, the “Carrie” remake and the “Percy Jackson” sequel

A Bibliophile’s Reverie interviewed Isaac. You can read an excerpt of the interview below, but for the entire thing, CLICK HERE.

3.FF:” I don’t know if you’ve read any of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles books, but the vampire perspective of her books allowed her to explore tough existential issues. The same questions remarkably emerge in your novel: What is the purpose of our life, if death means paradoxical nothingness. What makes zombie or vampire  stories the perfect type of story to effectively explore these issues? “

IM:”Zombies and vampires have some similar issues to deal with. They’re both outsiders, cut off from humanity emotionally, physically, and morally. They’re so far removed from all the things humans tell themselves make life worthwhile–love, family, work and reward, participation in society–that they’re forced to confront the fundamental questions of existence, stripped of all traditional comforts and platitudes. Zombies have a particularly hard time, as they get no consolation prizes in exchange for their isolation. No super powers, no sexy mystique or glamorous gloom to indulge in. They’re not just stripped of comforts, they’re stripped of everything, including their  memories and identity. It’s fascinating to explore the absurdities of life through the eyes of suck a bleak blank slate.”

4. FF:”Throughout the novel, there are so many interesting explorations into the mind/body problem. This has been a philosophical idea that I’ve always thought had great potential to be examined in a zombie story. Until your novel, I’m not aware of many writers who have explored this philosophical concept. What about the mind/body problem fascinates you? Do you think that there is hidden potential to our minds that science currently has not completely uncovered? “

IM:”What fascinates me about the mind is how completely mysterious it still is, despite all advancements in neuroscience. We know a lot more about how the brain works, but we can still make all kinds of wild speculations about what’s really going on in there, and no scientist can disprove them. For instance, what constitutes an identity? When I berate myself for doing something stupid, am I actually just talking to myself, or is there another distinct identity sharing my brain? Where do we draw those lines? R eats Perry’s brain and experiences his memories, and is then surprised to find that Perry is hanging out in his thoughts, having conversations with him long after his death. Is this really “Perry” he’s talking to? Or is it just a residual echo of his personality, absorbed through the brain energies that R consumed? Is there a difference? Does it even matter? Even if Perry is just a figment of R’s own imagination, does that make him any less real? Where are the borders between our identities and other people’s? How much of “you” is really you, and how much is material picked up from people around you and incorporated into “you”? This stuff fascinates me endlessly.”

Teresa Palmer’s Film AWOL has gotten a new name. According to AnnArbor.com …

WeAreMovieGeeks.com is reporting that “AWOL,” a feature film shot in Ann Arbor in the summer months of 2011, is now titled “Love and Honor,” and Lightning Entertainment – a Santa Monica-based production, sales and distribution – has acquired international sales rights in all media.

LE will premiere the film for international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival; and the movie will likely get an extra boost because it features Liam Hemsworth, who played Gale in the blockbuster hit, “The Hunger Games.”

Others in the up-and-coming cast include Austin Stowell(“Dolphin Tale”), Teresa Palmer (“Warm Bodies”), Aimee Teegarden (“Scream 4″), Chris Lowell (“The Help”) andWyatt Russell (“Cowboys and Aliens”).