Annie Remake

[terry78]

ILM will take care of that. And it'll bump the budget up to 150 mil.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I wonder how convincing the effects will look when Annie's sucking out the innocent souls of the other girls in the orphanage. I trust ILM, so I'm sure it'll look great.

 

[<(o_o)>]

Will this be a period piece like the original or a more modern & contemporary version?

 

[Lencho01]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/annie-release-date-december-25-2014/

‘Annie’ Release Set For Christmas Day 2014

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday February 27, 2013 @ 9:43am PST

Sony said when it announced that Quvenzhané Wallis will play the lead role in Annie, the reimagining of the stage musical being directed by Will Gluck, that it planned a winter holiday 2014 release. Now it has booked the pic for December 25, 2014. The slate is still pretty bare for that date, with only Fox’s Night At The Museum 3 claiming a place so far during the frame. Gluck also is rewriting the current script, revising a screenplay written by Emma Thompson and rewritten by Aline Brosh McKenna based on the musical, which is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip. He is producing with James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith via Overbrook Entertainment, along with Shawn “Jay Z” Carter, Jay Brown and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith through Marcy Media. The pic will shoot later this year.

 

[danoyse]

Will this be a period piece like the original or a more modern & contemporary version?

It's supposed to be a modern-day version.

I read somewhere that this was supposed to be a remake of the 1982 film, which was criticized for making a lot of changes from the stage production. For instance, the stage show took place at Christmas, while the movie took place during the summer. Now that they have a Christmas Day release date, I wonder if the story will go back to a Christmas setting.

I hope they put "NYC" and "Something Was Missing" back in. They were cut from the '82 movie but they were two of my favorite songs from the stage show. Both were included in the 1999 TV movie.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I still want to see an unfettered adaptation of the comic strip itself: Annie, Daddy Warbucks and his two ethnic henchmen going around assaulting suspected communists.

 

[The Guard]

Ditto.

 

[Lencho01]

I don't know...

http://latino-review.com/2013/03/19/justin-timberlake-daddy-warbucks-annie-remake/

Justin Timberlake As Daddy Warbucks in “Annie” Remake?

Posted on 3.19.13 by Alex Corey



The New York Post is reporting that Hollywood sources believe actor/musician Justin Timberlake (The Social Network) is being considered for the role of Daddy Warbucks in the upcoming remake of “Annie”.

“Annie” is the story of a young orphan during the Great Depression, based upon a comic strip called Little Orphan Annie from 1924. The story was made into a Broadway musical in 1977 with great success and it eventually spawned two film adaptations (in 1982 and 1999).

The New York Post also writes that a rep from Sony said the claim is “Not true.”

So why not drop it there? A big reason film is that the film is being produced by Will Smith and Jay-Z. The latter worked with Justin Timberlake on the current hit song “Suit and Tie” and the two are said to be going on tour together soon. This is why the claim sounds plausible, despite what the Sony rep said.

The “Daddy Warbucks” role was last played by Victor Garber in the 1999 Disney version.

Would you like to see Justin Timberlake in this role?

It was announced last month that the role of Annie will be played by Oscar-nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild).

SOURCE: The New York Post, Justin Timberlake Official Website (Photo)

 

[danoyse]

That can't be right...

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Not gonna happen.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Taye Diggs as Daddy Warbucks (women of all ages will see the movie in droves).

If they absolutely have to go older, maybe Hinton Battle. I don't see them casting a white actor to play opposite a black Annie. Not that I would mind, but the Marxist anti-racism lobby would be crying foul about colonial privilege and what not.

 

[Ultimatehero]

I can see it. If they're doing their own thing with it. That version of Daddy Warbucks might add that "cool, he's like Dodger but older" kind of vibe. Which is basically an orphan being taken in by the coolest foster parent or adoptive parent or mentor one can imagine.

 

[danoyse]

Taye Diggs as Daddy Warbucks (women of all ages will see the movie in droves).

If they absolutely have to go older, maybe Hinton Battle. I don't see them casting a white actor to play opposite a black Annie. Not that I would mind, but the Marxist anti-racism lobby would be crying foul about colonial privilege and what not.

I bumped into Taye Diggs once. It was wonderful.

I hadn't even thought of Hinton Battle..and I should have been, because I was just listening to Miss Saigon this week, and damn if he's still not the best part of that show.

 

[danoyse]

I can see it. If they're doing their own thing with it. That version of Daddy Warbucks might add that "cool, he's like Dodger but older" kind of vibe. Which is basically an orphan being taken in by the coolest foster parent or adoptive parent or mentor one can imagine.

"Like Dodger but older?"

We need to Daddy Warbucks to be a pickpocket now?

 

[Ultimatehero]

I never said pick pocket. I said cool and hip. With Justin it seems they are taking a cooler and more hip take on the character. Basically, as an orphan - the dream/fantasy would be to have someone more like Timberlake as a foster parent than the classic Annie foster parent type figure. As an orphan/adoptee, that's partly why I always related to Oliver Twist, Peter Pan, Hook, and later on August Rush the most with how the parental figures and mentors seemed, albeit just at first. It's not reality, but it certainly dives into the fantasy of the situation which many have. And if that casting is true or partly, that seems to be around what they're thinking as well.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I bumped into Taye Diggs once. It was wonderful.

I saw him one time for real when he was filming something at Toronto's train station. Looks even better in person than he does on camera. Too bad he and Idina don't have any children together; their collective genetics could save us all from the Legacy Virus when it hits in 2031.

"Like Dodger but older?"

We need to Daddy Warbucks to be a pickpocket now?

To be fair, when the Artful Dodger grew up, he probably became a hedge fund manager.

 

[danoyse]

I never said pick pocket. I said cool and hip. With Justin it seems they are taking a cooler and more hip take on the character. Basically, as an orphan - the dream/fantasy would be to have someone more like Timberlake as a foster parent than the classic Annie foster parent type figure. As an orphan/adoptee, that's partly why I always related to Oliver Twist, Peter Pan, Hook, and later on August Rush the most with how the parental figures and mentors seemed, albeit just at first. It's not reality, but it certainly dives into the fantasy of the situation which many have. And if that casting is true or partly, that seems to be around what they're thinking as well.

But Dodger is a pickpocket. That's even where his name comes from. His real name is Jack Dawkins, but he got the nickname "Artful Dodger" because he was such a good pickpocket. Warbucks is a billionaire businessman. Turning him in something like Dodger is not a comparison that makes a whole lot of sense.

Remember, Annie wasn't looking for a foster parent. She was still looking for her real parents. She just lucked out and got a two-week stay at Warbucks' mansion for Christmas (or for a week in the summer, in the 1982 movie), and was headed back to the orphanage afterwards. It was really just a publicity stunt by Warbucks, and he was too busy managing his billions to waste any of his valuble time playing with a kid.

Annie is the one that lightens him up. Despite everything his mansion has to offer, she wanted him to take her to the movies and it's during that walk to the theater that they fall for each other. He never knew he was missing anything before.

It's how he grows as a character. When they have their dance together towards the end, it's celebrating not only Annie's adoption, but how much he's lightened up as a character, which is something he's never done before.

Having him just be 'cool' for a start just defeats the purpose of the character.

 

[<(o_o)>]

I can see it. If they're doing their own thing with it. That version of Daddy Warbucks might add that "cool, he's like Dodger but older" kind of vibe. Which is basically an orphan being taken in by the coolest foster parent or adoptive parent or mentor one can imagine.

If only Morgan Freeman were younger.

 

[danoyse]

I saw him one time for real when he was filming something at Toronto's train station. Looks even better in person than he does on camera. Too bad he and Idina don't have any children together; their collective genetics could save us all from the Legacy Virus when it hits in 2031.

Actually, they do have a son. There's hope!

I saw them both in Rent. That's when I bumped into Taye. I was going to my friend's car to get my rollerblades and ended up bumping into to him trying to escape the crowd of people leaving the theater. Totally by accident, but totally cool.

To be fair, when the Artful Dodger grew up, he probably became a hedge fund manager.

His grandson is probably the Warbucks accountant.

 

[Ultimatehero]

To me that was only something Dodger did. I can see how that could be a view to somebody who wasn't orphaned. To me he just freedom and the joys of being free and pick-pocketing was just something that he did. Plus it was being around others who easily understood you. Not many orphans/adoptees feel like people who grew up with their biological parents will fully understand what it's like. So meeting somebody "like you" - and not just that, but the epitome of free spirited - there's always just something fantastical about that. As an orphan/adoptee, being taken under the wing by someone like that was always intriguing because of what he represented. The other ideal father figure that kept on cropping up were the heroes who took run away or orphaned kids in - Wolverine in 'X-Men' for example was beyond awesome because of that.

But yeah, I can see the point of the rest and why that would make it different.

 

[danoyse]

To me that was only something Dodger did. I can see how that could be a view to somebody who wasn't orphaned. To me he just freedom and the joys of being free and pick-pocketing was just something that he did. Plus it was being around others who easily understood you. Not many orphans/adoptees feel like people who grew up with their biological parents will fully understand what it's like. So meeting somebody "like you" - and not just that, but the epitome of free spirited - there's always just something fantastical about that. As an orphan/adoptee, being taken under the wing by someone like that was always intriguing because of what he represented.

But yeah, I can see the point of the rest and why that would make it different.

You lived with a band of pickpockets in the streets of London?

He had to steal to survive. It wasn't just a fun benefit of being an orphan. In the original novel, he was eventually arrested and deported.

Now of course he's a cool character, and his songs are arguably the most fun in the musical. It doesn't take orphan-vision to see that.

But thinking they have to make Daddy Warbucks just like the Artful Dodger is totally screwing up Annie.

 

[Ultimatehero]

No and I never said I did. I said I'm an orphan/adoptee and that that other alternate reality would have been highly intriguing. I'm more living the Clark Kent version of reality. But, the others have always been seen as possibilities. Especially considering where I originally came from. And of course pick-pocketing itself isn't by itself "fun" normally. But, the sense of rebellion and confidence Dodger had while doing it is. And yeah, I know it's against the law.

As to the last sentence - I addressed that in my last sentence - "but yeah, I can see the point of the rest and why that would make it different." The point you were making being why Warbucks shouldn't be high energy and fantastical - he doesn't start off that way.

 

[Dr. Evil]

If they wanted to cast an African American for Daddy Warbucks, how about Brian Stokes Mitchell?

The website Shadow and Act has their take on this:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowan...arbucks-in-annie-some-wonder-if-hell-be-black

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

He barely looks black to me.

 

[danoyse]

Brian Stokes Mitchell could sing the phone book and I would show up:

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