Hubble
TFI Suppport
Logline
Hubble is the magnificent story of one of history’s greatest and most flawed geniuses and the even more magnificent universe he sought to map. In 1931, Edwin Hubble became the most famous man in the world. He was heralded as the greatest astronomer since Galileo. His discoveries had an irrevocable impact on both Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and religious interpretations of the origins of heaven and earth. But Hubble was a haunted man, dogged by mysterious secrets from the past and by enemies that threatened to destroy everything. How could a man who spoke with a British accent, wore a cape, and carried a cane be from Missouri? Why did none of his stories of his past match the claims of others? How could his wife Grace knowingly perpetuate all of this? Driven by intense ambition and a longing for something that was lost long ago, a man whose life is cloaked in pathological lies paradoxically discovers one of science’s greatest and most enduring truths.
Shawn Lawrence Otto
Screenwriter
A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Macalester College, Shawn Lawerence Otto has actively been writing and producing for Hollywood since 1998. In relatively short time, Otto has distinguished himself by capturing a number of highly prestigious screen writing grants and fellowships for his work. The Minnesota Independent Film Fund development grant, Barry Morrow Screenwriting Fellowship, Independent Feature Project/McKnight Fellowship in Screenwriting and Best Screenplay Award at the IFP Market have established Otto as a fast rising luminary in the screenwriting world of Hollywood.
Most recently Otto wrote and co-produced House of Sand and Fog (Dream Works, 2003), starring Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly. He wrote and is currently producing Dreams of a Dying Heart with Kristin Harms, and is in pre-production to direct another of his writing projects, Shining White. His latest script Hubble is being presented at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival as one of two scripts selected for the Tribeca/Sloan Screenplay Development Program.