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This news is a few days old, but I just heard that Quvenzhané
Wallis is going to be orphan Annie in the new film version of the classic
musical (which itself is based on a comic strip) Annie.
I loved Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Annie seems like a natural extension of her
previous work. She's already really good at playing damaged youths with father
issues.
The original Annie film
came out in 1982, and it starred some of my favorite people, including: Carol
Burnett, Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Edward Hermann, and Bernadette Peters. Since it’s been
over 30 years since the movie came out, it’s not exactly as if the remake would
be stepping on the heels of the previous film.
The film is being produced by Will Smith and Jay-Z, and the director attached is Will Gluck. Gluck directed Easy A, a film that my father didn't like but that I was a big fan
of. With a screenplay by Emma Thompson, this all seems to be undeniably good
news!
