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First Look: Jennifer Aniston and Danielle MacDonald in ‘Dumplin’’

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Jennifer Aniston in Dumplin’

Directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses), Dumplin’ stars Danielle MacDonald (Bird Box, Patti Cake$), the plus-size, teenage daughter of a former beauty queen (Jennifer Aniston, Horrible Bosses, Marley and Me, the upcoming Murder Mystery), who signs up for her mom’s pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town. 

Danielle MacDonald in Dumplin’

The film also stars Odeya Rush (Lady Bird, Goosebumps), Dove Cameron (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Liv and Maddie, Descendants), and Harold Perrineau (Claws, Lost).

It is adapted by Kristin Hahn based on Julie Murphy’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel of the same name.  A Cota Films and 50 Degrees Entertainment Presentation, Michael Costigan (American Gangster, A Bigger Splash, Brokeback Mountain, Ghost in the Shell), Mohamed Al Rafi (Above Suspicion, Lying and Stealing), Kristin Hahn (The Switch, Cake) and Trish Hofmann (Gringo, Get On Up) serve as producers, with Jennifer Aniston and Danny Nozell serving as executive producers.

Dumplin

The Dumplin’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is now available for pre-order which will instantly include Dolly Parton’s “Girl In The Movies” and her previously-released collaboration with Sia, “Here I Am.”  The Dumplin’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will release on November 30.

Dumplin’ premieres on Netflix and in select theaters on December 7th. 

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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