I missed this information at the end of last week, but Roadside Attractions has acquired distribution rights to Gimme Shelter, a new film featuring a bit of a change in terms of character for actress Vanessa Hudgens as she'll play a pregnant teen runaway in the pic, which the studio is set to release on January 24, 2014. Starring alongside Hudgens is Brendan Fraser, Rosario Dawson, James Earl Jones and Ann Dowd in a film inspired by a David and Goliath true story of Kathy Difiore's (played by Dowd) Several Sources Shelters telling the story of 16-year-old Agnes "Apple" Bailey (Hudgens) and her journey from the streets to finding salvation in a suburban shelter for homeless teens. With provisions of unprecedented comfort, a collective sisterhood connection and female empowerment, the shelter inspires Apple to break the shackles of her past and inspires her to embrace the future with clarity, maturity and...
- 10/1/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Distributor picks up Us rights to Ronald Krauss’ Gimme Shelter, starring Vanessa Hudgens.
Ahead of its world premiere at Heartland Film Festival on Oct 17, Roadside Attractions has acquired Us rights to Gimme Shelter.
Ronald Krauss’ drama, which he also produced and wrote, stars Vanessa Hudgens as pregnant 16-year-old runaway Agnes Bailey who seeks salvation in a suburban shelter for homeless teens. The film also stars Brendan Fraser, Rosario Dawson, James Earl Jones and Ann Dowd.
Gimme Shelter is inspired by the true story of Kathy Difiore’s longstanding Several Sources Shelters. Difiore (played by Dowd in the film) worked with Mother Teresa to change the shelter lawas in New Jersey.
Krauss financed the film through his Day 28 Films banner, along with producer Jeff Rice and co-producer Joshua Amir.
The deal was negotiated by Roadside co-president Howard Cohen and attorney Greg Bernstein on behalf of Roadside, and by Krauss and attorney Matt Galsor of Greenberg-Glusker on behalf of the...
Ahead of its world premiere at Heartland Film Festival on Oct 17, Roadside Attractions has acquired Us rights to Gimme Shelter.
Ronald Krauss’ drama, which he also produced and wrote, stars Vanessa Hudgens as pregnant 16-year-old runaway Agnes Bailey who seeks salvation in a suburban shelter for homeless teens. The film also stars Brendan Fraser, Rosario Dawson, James Earl Jones and Ann Dowd.
Gimme Shelter is inspired by the true story of Kathy Difiore’s longstanding Several Sources Shelters. Difiore (played by Dowd in the film) worked with Mother Teresa to change the shelter lawas in New Jersey.
Krauss financed the film through his Day 28 Films banner, along with producer Jeff Rice and co-producer Joshua Amir.
The deal was negotiated by Roadside co-president Howard Cohen and attorney Greg Bernstein on behalf of Roadside, and by Krauss and attorney Matt Galsor of Greenberg-Glusker on behalf of the...
- 9/26/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Scott Steindorff’s newly founded Scott’s Pictures has notched its second film project after setting the Lynne Ramsay-directed Natalie Portman-starrer Jane Got A Gun, which has Michael Fassbender circling the male lead. Vanessa Hudgen stars in the company’s second film, Gimme Shelter, alongside Rosario Dawson, James Earl Jones, Ann Dowd, Stephanie Szostak and Brendan Fraser. The film, which just wrapped, is based on a true story about sixteen-year-old Agnes “Apple” Bailey (Hudgens), a teenager who runs away from her abusive mother in search of a biological father she has never met. When he proves a disappointment, she embarks on a desperate journey of survival and self discovery and bonds with the girls at a special teen shelter. The film is inspired by a David and Goliath true story of Kathy Difiore’s longstanding Several Sources Shelters. She accompanied by Mother Teresa in an effort to change...
- 8/30/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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