First announced back in 2011 , a remake of the Broadway musical Annie is in the works at Columbia Pictures and, today, Deadline reports that Easy A and Friends with Benefits director Will Gluck has signed on to helm. He will also update the screenplay, previously drafted by Emma Thompson and Aline Brosh McKenna. Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, Jay Brown, James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Will Smith and Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith are attached to produce. Originally eyed as a vehicle for Willow Smith, the young actress is no longer attached to star. Based on a daily comic strip that debuted in 1924, "Little Orphan Annie" told the story of a little girl who, after escaping from an orphanage, is taken in by a rich Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. The comic strip,...
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