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Q & A: How Willimon Runs Fincher's 'House ...Yes It's True: Oscar Nominee Quvenzhane Wallis Will Topline Musical Reboot 'Annie'
Columbia president of production Hannah Minghella cited Wallis's high global profile as an Oscar nominee as well as her "amazing range, not only as an actress but as a singer and dancer, and we can’t wait for audiences to further discover her.”
Sony is slating the film for the winter holiday season in 2014. Directed by Gluck ("Easy A"), the film will be produced by James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment ("Ali," "HItch," "I Am Legend"), and by Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Jay Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith through Marcy Media. Gluck is currently revising the script, which was written by Emma Thompson and rewritten by Aline Brosh McKenna based on the musical stage play “Annie,” book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and on “Little Orphan Annie,” and Tribune Media Services, Inc. Sony production execs Andrea Giannetti and Devon Franklin will oversee the picture.
Wallis will next be seen in Steve McQueen's "Twelve Years a Slave" opposite Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender. Overbrook's next film is "After Earth," set for June 7 release.
5 Comments
Carlos T. Jackal | February 25, 2013 10:25 AM
I was wondering what Quvenzhane Wallis's last movie would be.
Jaxon | February 24, 2013 11:14 PM
You're not being racist but you are aware that Annie is a fictional character right? Therefore she could be a Black, Asian, or bald girl. If a Black girl played someone who was a white red head in real life, that would be a problem.
Spacecowboy | February 24, 2013 10:06 PM
Not being racist but Annie is supposed a little red haired girl its just what she's always been
Sheila | February 24, 2013 3:58 PM
How many versions of Annie do we need? Wasn't there a TV movie just a few years ago? Jeez!