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IndieCross will become a heavy hitter in work-wide distribution of independent fils, music, and software in January 2009. The new website will launch with signed artists and a free social network for all artists that just want to keep in touch with each other. For more information, check out www.IndieCross.com

Watch ALL the official videos for the "City of Ember" movie from Fox/Walden, coming out on October 10th: FEATURETTE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uVa3qG84oE TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRri3qgkDbY CLIP 1 - "May Your Feet Be Fleet": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc0I0eJaOMM CLIP 2 - "Mayor's Office": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyHEdItMcnY CLIP 3 - "Boats": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4rXzWM51Ig CLIP 4 - "Control Room": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XTQYqhBa8U CLIP 5 - "What You Get is What You Get": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIkojaGrgUg CLIP 6 - "Messenger": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfeTvQIersA CLIP 7 - "We Were Wrong": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jkmoyTkJY4 For more information, please go to www.cityofember.com.

Layne McDonald (Founder of LWM Studios) teams up with Walden Media and Fox to market “City of Ember”, a feature film due out on October 10, 2008. The film is an adaptation of a Children’s book classic and brings children and parents together in a very powerful film about believing in a better future. Bill Murray (“Ghost Busters”, “What About Bob?”), Tom Hands (“Castaway”, “Polar Express”, “Forest Gump”) and more bring this amazing story to life. “This is a wonderful opportunity for us,” mentions the 29 year old filmmaker (marketing director) as a smaller studio, to help the “Big Guys” (Walden/Fox) with a wonderful family film. We are happy to use our creative tools to push the advertising to more people that might not know about the film. There aren’t that many days left, so we are working hard and using everything we have to make sure the online marketing works decently.” LWM Studios is working on editing interviews, footage, and graphics, then producing online marketing media that ...

The first of two IndieCross CDs will be released in digital download and CD formats in late September. Produced by Layne McDonald, these song collections will be geared toward sharing the best of the independent christian artists across the country. The first CDs are mainly southern bands, but plans to expand the projects in coming years also cover Canada and English speaking musicians in Mexico. "This is an exciting time in Christianity. The passion to spread the message in love and without judgement is seeing much success." A local church has already witnessed over 7,000 baptisms this year, in Birmingham, Alabama. LWM Studios hopes that these CDs will help aid the effort to convert the country back to a God through love, grace, and hope for a better place for future generations. "This music is made to heal. We do want Jesus to come back, but while we are here, we might as well love on each other through the TRUE message of God. Jesus loves us all, no matter where we...

IndieCross (www.indiecross.org), founded by Layne McDonald, will start streaming the first episode of independent Christian music. The two hour show will be hosted by Layne and will feature twenty minute stretches of music, following quick messages by Layne about events, media, and faith-based messages. The show is a spin off of Layne's past radio show, called Club 139 Radio, which was aired in New York for a couple of months. Go to www.indiecross.org for more information about faith-base artist networking, or go to www.lwmstudios.com to see more productions Layne is working on.

LWM Studios has seen immense growth in online community support. With over 1000 members on MySpace added weekly, the growth of their original site IndieCross (www.indiecross.org), and over 30 other sites generating interest, this years productions will be an interesting spectacle to watch, as support is concerned. "There has been a lot of support for our mission and we are expecting to see much more support, as the productions start to role out and take effect on those that see them. This is truly an exciting time for LWM Studios." Here is a list of great projects coming out soon: INDIECROSS (VOL 1) - Music CD (Digitally-Late August)(CD-Late September) LIGHTS OUT - Weekly Late Night Talk Show (Starts October 2008) SHRINE OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT: VIDEO TOUR (Coming October 2008) INDIECROSS (VOL 2) - Music CD (Digitally-Early November)(CD-Early December) AWAKEN TV - Concert and Speaking Series (Coming January 2009) LITTLE BILLY AND THE DREAM FACTORY - Children's Book...

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Layne McDonald LWM Studios 615-828-6055 laynewmcdonald@mac.com www.lwmstudios.com THE SHRINE IN ALABAMA GETS A VIDEO TOUR VIDEO Birmingham, AL - Only a small group of local Alabama citizens even know the existence of a Catholic Shrine that protrudes out of the states northern soil. This magnificently crafted temple for God brings to life a glimpse of Heaven with gold, marble, and emeralds. It is a quite amazing story about how this Hanceville landmark came to be, by the faith of a small nun with a voice that has touched millions across the world. The story is amazing, the location is breathtaking, and hardly anyone (outside the Catholic faith) knows it exists. That is all about to change. LWM Studios, a Birmingham-based production studio has been working on a tour video for the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, so that more people would be able to get to experience the Shrine than ever before. “There are many reasons for producing a ...

Tune into the live video feed from our test concert. This is our first event with this so we do not know how it will go. Check it out, let us know, and we will work out the issues after the fact. Enjoy! URL: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lwm-studios-live Live video by Ustream

A late night talk show is in production. "Lights Out" will be shot in front of a live studio audience with comedy skits, live bands, a house band, special guests, and much more! Layne McDonald will host this massive production with some of the most talented writers, actors, bands, and production studio professionals around. The show is set to begin live shoots in October. More information will be available in the coming weeks. Followers of this project can look out for the first PR photos to appear with in a week. LWM STUDIOS www.lwmstudios.com

Watch live events Layne McDonald helps to produce. For the schedule, please go to www.laynemcdonald.com. Webcast powered by Ustream.TV

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 16, 2008 “LWM Studios to Release Short Film” LWM Studios, a brand new Film and TV Studio in Birmingham, Alabama, will be releasing its first official original short film in October 2008. The film features some of the top actors working in the local area and takes the viewers on a strange trip through a pet shop in a fictional town called Weirdville. The script and film were personally financed by Layne McDonald, a 28 year-old filmmaker, award winning published author, actor, and the owner of LWM Studios. The Pet Shop, shot in Alabaster and Hoover, has a four year history of production. The actual footage was completed in the Summer of 2004. Personal tragedy kept this ambitious independent filmmaker from completing his “passion” project and has taken him until now to get back on his feet. He sees the completion of this production as a victory over the trials that he has faced in the last five years. “This has been a passion project, a way to ...

LWM Studios is hard at work gearing up for the official website launch on July 26, 2008. This website, as the main “Hub” for multiple productions will be posted for the world to see at 7 a.m. and will be launched at the same time as it’s sub-sites, listed below. The huge launch signifies a turning of the tide for technology helping to spread the message of Christian teachings and how far a smaller Film/TV Studio can push its marketing to the world. Layne McDonald, founder of LWM Studios, is looking forward to the new release of his eight year old project. “LWM Studios has been around for many years, but with different names. This is the official launch of what we believe will be the lasting result of hard work, faith, and some great new productions coming out this fall and winter.” LWM Studios will release a full scale online TV Network, Radio Network, Artists Community, and sites that will serve as the main informational hubs for the first wave of productions scheduled to start rel...