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Chicago – The opportunity for a new film to also take up a cause is one of the advantages of the movies as mass art. “Gimme Shelter” is the based-on-truth story of a runaway pregnant teen named Apple (Vanessa Hudgens) who needs the titular sanctuary to give birth. Director Ron Krauss leads an all-star cast, including Ann Dowd (“Compliance”), who portrayed the real-life facilitator of the shelter for single mothers, Kathy Difiore.

Vanessa Hudgens as Apple in ‘Gimme Shelter,’ from Writer/Director Ron Krauss

Photo credit: Roadside Attractions

Ron Krauss is directing his first major feature, after winning festival acclaim for his previous films “Amexica” and “Rave.” He began his career writing, producing and directing the TV series, “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” which featured Martin Sheen, Ed Asner and Charles Durning. Kathy Difiore is the founder of Several Sources Shelter, the sanctuary for single mothers featured in the film. She...

Vanessa Hudgens (Sucker Punch) and Brendan Fraser (The Mummy) are in advanced talks to star in indie drama Gimme Shelter.

Gimme Shelter centers on a pregnant, homeless teen (Hudgens) who flees her abusive mother and seeks out her biological father (Fraser). He first takes her in but then throws her out when she refuses to abort her child.

Ron Krauss (Rave) is writing and directing the film, which is expected to start production next month in Connecticut.

Krauss, Jeff Rice (The Watcher) and Dama Claire (Conviction) will produce.

Hudgens can currently be seen in Beastly, while Fraser’s next film, Whole Lotta Sole, will be released later this year.

Source: THR...