Quvenzhané Wallis Is The New ‘Annie’

Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the title role of Annie, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.

Commenting on the announcement, Minghella said:

“With the recent Academy Award® nomination and critical acclaim, Quvenzhané Wallis is a true star and we believe her portrayal as Annie will make her a true worldwide star. She is an extraordinary young talent with an amazing range, not only as an actress but as a singer and dancer, and we can’t wait for audiences to further discover her.”

Annie will be released during the winter holiday season in 2014. The film is being directed by Gluck and produced by James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment, and by Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Jay Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith through Marcy Media. Gluck is currently revising the film’s screenplay, 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. The film is being overseen at the studio by Andrea Giannetti and Devon Franklin.

QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS’ favorite pastimes are reading, singing, dancing, acting, and playing her iPod and Nintendo DS. Her favorite TV stars/singers are China McClain, Selena Gomez, and Miley Cyrus. Her favorite sports are basketball, volleyball, dance and cheerleading. Her upcoming films include a role in Twelve Years a Slave with Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender and director Steve McQueen.

Source: Sony Pictures

Blimpys

in b4 the flood of racists comments.
http://twitter.com/DAlires303 David

Its typical of Jay-Z and “Ty Ty” to make this move, Jay-Z is infatuated with Annie sampling it in songs and mentioning it. But it seems like he’s trying to re image it as a black film which i think wont end well. Cant mess with a classic red head role.
http://twitter.com/GigPatta Gig Patta

Better choice than the rumors for Willow Smith.
HoneyButter

A Nigger Annie!!! Now I’ve seen everything!!
Redbull Werewolf

The sun will come out tomizzle!
http://www.facebook.com/StephenMCroft Steve Croft

Too late! The bigots are here! The bigots are here!

Seriously, they’re gonna start raging about a movie none of us really give a fuck about? Seriously???
YourMomma

People give a fuck about little red headed Annie!!!!
YourMomma

I wonder if she will shake her booty?
UmfromBrooklyn

Yeah honey being a coward fits you well
UmfromBrooklyn

Racist cowards are funny. Whatever did u losers do before the internet? Write the N word on walls, burn crosses?
UmfromBrooklyn

White folks hate us cause you ain’t US!
UmfromBrooklyn

White folks have been reimagining Black music since forever. ELVIS comes to mind.
UmfromBrooklyn

And it will burn your pasty ass
UmfromBrooklyn

I wonder how often you fantasize about black women while fucking whack I mean white wonen.
YourMomma

My Girlfriend is Japanese and I’m Latin. You are even on a site called Latino Review, this is why everyone makes fun of African Americans. You see ambiguous “racism” and automatically start berating white people.
ANTI Douche

What, you’d rather…
Honey Boo Boo…?

Are you from ‘Planet NASCAR?’.
^___^
myclawismypenis

Yeeeppp!!!
Lane Meyer

This is actually a good choice. That kid is adorable. Not that I give a fuck about an “Annie” movie, but I’m glad it looks like she’s taking off. “Beasts of the Southern Wild” was a fucking awesome movie.
ANTI Douche

Agreed.
bruce flea

Sure why not they do it to asian roles all the time so now Annie is gonna be played by a black kid and all the white people are up in a tussy LMAO remember the mandarin in iron man,aang from last air-bender,tonto from the lone ranger,all the characacters in DBZ etc etc etc……
myclawismypenis

Still, not a fan of this very much. I dont think that re-imagining something that has been proven for many of years has ever been very succesful or creative. I would rather they come up with something original than just taking the name and twisting up the story to adapt it to another character of different origins. The reason that it works is because its tailored towards a certain “type” of character.
myclawismypenis

Lately, it seems that there has been alot of imagining going the other way..and not very succesful it seems. Elvis, well, success is the king.
myclawismypenis

were you raised by your grandmother?
myclawismypenis

Wouldnt hurt to comment as though you didnt come out of a ghetto as well. Comments with substance weigh more heavily than insults.
myclawismypenis

No need in that. Expand your vocab to get your point across.
myclawismypenis

I think that she would be better off in something that didnt have such a history associated with it. Im sure that there are other movies where she could prosper.
myclawismypenis

Tonto, you mean Depp..well, to be honest, he does have american indian in his blood, as do I. Plus, lets be realistic, that movie wouldnt be getting made if it wasnt for him.
http://www.facebook.com/SuperJesus Daniel McGowan

This response is so goddamn perfect. Nuts to angry racists who are now pretending to give two shits about “Annie”.
Red skin Joe

Umm no Depp is white …..makes me giggle when white people say that there indian cause thier great grandfathers uncles brother cousins pizza delivery driver is 1/4 lakota ………..get real hes white bottom line nuff said
http://www.facebook.com/people/Sundiata-Conde/1083351752 Sundiata Conde

Willow Smith passed this up. That said I expect it to be whack