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Jay Z and Will Smith are remaking Annie!
teenagemartyr
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With Willow Smith in the lead role! :eek::eek::eek:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a300394/will-smith-jay-z-annie-film-confirmed.html
It seems that they're going to revamp all of the songs too. Possibly the (premature) award winner for worst and most unnecessary remake of all time?
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a300394/will-smith-jay-z-annie-film-confirmed.html
It seems that they're going to revamp all of the songs too. Possibly the (premature) award winner for worst and most unnecessary remake of all time?
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And then the first line of your post is it will star Willow Smith
Enough with the remakes Will, and stop pushing your kids on us too. From someone who was an incredibly likeable, down to earth guy, Will is slowly turning a lot of his fans against him. I think the idea of remaking Annie is stupid, as was the idea for remaking The Karate Kid too...
Why do they have to remake things, just to make them into black productions? Why don't they just make a film with a similar plot line?
I mean 'The Whizz' really worked didn't it. :rolleyes:
I don't like it when they put black actors into roles that they do not really fit on T.V. either.
Like in 'Merlin' where Guinevere is a black actress, it just doesn't fit the legend at all. :mad:
Or where a couple will have a child who is obviously a mixed race actor, but they are both white, like Simon in Corrie or the original girl's parents in 'The Sarah Jane adventures'.
It's just daft.
How many talented new writers must there be looking for work and the dumbass studios keep going over old ground to bleed more money from them.
Don't expect to see the old tunes sung as they were in this remake especially if Jay Z and the Fresh Prince are running the show. Annie is gonna learn to rap, wear a tracksuit, have her hair gelled back into a side ponytail, wear lots of bling and probably have a new vocab which will include 'bitches', 'you crazy mutha', 'Wicka-waa-waa' and 'huh-huh-huh!' :rolleyes:
If Cher Lloyd gets a cameo as an orphan, I'm protesting for the film to be banned.
Though there is something tragically desperate about Will Smith churning out these remakes for his children. I always liked him, too, but this is very off-putting.
Nuff said!!
"FFS" - even less to be said....:D
Agree with most of the other comments in the thread.
Reminds me about an episode of Boston Legal where a mother took a production of Annie to court because they didn't cast her black daughter in the role.
I can't wait!:D
I see your point about The Wiz (that was lousy)...and don't get me started on the nepotism aspect, not to mention the lazy remake aspect...but what is your issue with black actors in roles you deem as not fit?
What's wrong with black filmmakers creating black productions, whether it's a remake or not? It's hard enough as it is for black filmmakers/actors to get noticed in Hollywood or be able to gain great roles unless you're Will Smith/Denzel Washington/Halle Berry. Having a non-white Guinevere hardly ruins Merlin, it's all folklore anyway so it's not exactly proven or key to the story. The characters could be purple and it wouldn't make much difference, the story would still be the same
There's too many white filmmakers in Hollywood as it is making pointless remakes, saying black filmmakers shouldn't just seems silly in comparison
Isn't The Persuit of Happyness meant to be very good? Smith's son is in that.
I think his management/production (and Jay-Z's for that) have some sort of tie-in to Sony - can't remember exacly. Something to do with Rok Nation I believe.