Trish Hofmann

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PM To spite her mother, plus-sized Willowdean aka Dumplin’ enters a beauty contest and unintentionally becomes an inspiration to other social outcasts.

Logline: In 1936, Ernest Hemingway, already a legend, met novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn in a local bar in Key West. A meeting that would begin their tumultuous romance and subsequent five-year marriage that took them to the Spanish Civil War as Gellhorn stood toe-to-toe with the literary master, putting his famous bravado and iconic style to the test. Gellhorn’s competitive nature inspired the novelist to pen one of its most famous novels, For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Logline: Story follows the life and times of James Brown, an American singer and songwriter often referred to as “The Godfather of Soul” who renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing.