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A Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Columbia Pictures’ comedy, Annie. Director/Producer/Screenwriter Will Gluck teams with producers James Lassiter, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith, and Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Laurence “Jay” Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith with a modern telling that captures the magic of the classic characters and original show that won seven Tony Awards. Celia Costas serves as Executive Producer. The screenplay is by Will Gluck and 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.
Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.
Original Release
12/17/2014
US Release
12/19/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jamie Foxx | Will Stacks / William "Will" Stacks |
Quvenzhane Wallis | Annie / Annie Bennett |
Rose Byrne | Grace / Grace Farell |
Bobby Cannavale | Guy |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Nash |
David Zayas | Lou |
Cameron Diaz | Hannigan / Miss Colleen Hannigan |
Zoe Colletti | Tessie |
Nicolette Pierini | Mia |
Eden Duncan-Smith | Isabella |
Directors
Writers
Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna, Thomas Meehan, Harold Gray
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jamie Foxx | Will Stacks / William "Will" Stacks |
Quvenzhane Wallis | Annie / Annie Bennett |
Rose Byrne | Grace / Grace Farell |
Bobby Cannavale | Guy |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Nash |
David Zayas | Lou |
Cameron Diaz | Hannigan / Miss Colleen Hannigan |
Zoe Colletti | Tessie |
Nicolette Pierini | Mia |
Eden Duncan-Smith | Isabella |
Amanda Troya | Pepper |
Dorian Missick | Annie's "Dad" |
Tracie Thoms | Annie's "Mom" |
Mike Birbiglia | Social Services Inspector |
Stephanie Kurtzuba | Mrs. Kovacevic |
Peter Van Wagner | Harold Gray |
Ray Iannicelli | Waiter at Domani |
Michael J. Fox | Michael J. Fox / Himself |
Jill Nicolini | Ms. Giannetti |
Raushanah Simmons | YaYa L'Occitane |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Celia D. Costas | Executive Producer |
Alicia Emmrich | Executive Producer |
Will Gluck | Producer |
Jay Brown | Producer |
Jay-Z | Producer |
James Lassiter | Producer |
Jada Pinkett Smith | Producer |
Caleeb Pinkett | Producer |
Tyran Smith | Producer |
Will Smith | Producer |
Jeffrey Wetzel | Producer |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2015 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
2015 | Golden Globe | Best Original Song - Motion Picture | Nominated |