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The Other Side of Tomorrow, a Marineo Pictures release written and directed by Joseph Pernice. The story follows Peter Pierce (Lawrence Grotts), a self absorbed workaholic, who is concerned about two things in life- work and money. But this attitude constantly leaves his family in the shadows. One week before Christmas, Peter receives an unexpected knock at his door. It is Robert (George Bere), his father, the man whom he hates most in life. Robert is seriously ill and does not have much time left. In his remaining days, he wishes to spend Christmas with his grandchildren and the son he never truly appreciated. During Robert’s stay, Peter begins to view life in a new light and realize the things which are truly important. Compelled by the spirit of Christmas, Peter embarks on an emotional journey with his family which will ultimately change him for the better.

The Nothing Man, Ides of March Productions written and directed by Joseph Cassaro. The story follows John Cleary (Lawrence Grotts), a third-generation Irish blue-collar dock worker whose life gets turned upside down by the stock market crash of 1929. John has to decide whether or not he will succumb to the depression or fight for survival. This is a tale of the struggle one man will go through to provide for his family.

Cod Farthing, a Sputnik Films release, written and directed by Matt Gossett. Cod Farthing (Lawrence Grotts) is the world’s most sought-after celebrity. Incognito, he visits the home of Shelly (Amanda Conlon), an unsuspecting single mother, opening his own eyes to her “truly inspirational” domestic lifestyle. Cod Farthing examines the stories of several celebrity fanatics, exposing hope, lies and the commercialism of reality.

Currently, LG is filming 2021, written and directed by Brian Tyson for L.I.U. Productions and the One11 Films release, Epiphany, written by Anthony J. Mangano and directed by Vincent Biscione. All five films will be screening and going to festivals worldwide, 2009-2010.

Lawrence has been casted and will start filming in June the Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese’s HBO project Boardwalk Empire (teaming with Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson of Entourage fame) with a pilot teleplay by Sopranos writer/producer Terence Winter. Primary roles have gone to Steve Buscemi (Delirious, Fargo, Reservoir Dogs), starring as Nucky Johnson; Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting, No Country for Old Men); Michael Pitt (Funny Games, Delirious, Dawson’s Creek); Vincent Piazza (Rocket Science, The Sopranos); and Michael Shannon (2008 Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Revolutionary Road). Based on the book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" by Nelson Johnson. The story… It's 1920, the dawn of Prohibition -- and a new window of opportunity for the thugs and gangsters in Atlantic City, who scramble to establish their supremacy in the booming new empire of organized crime.