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Nov 29, 2014 · Sony's hacking woes continue: Over the holiday weekend a number of the studio's watermarked awards DVD screeners leaked online, including WWII actioner Fury and the upcoming Annie, Still Alice,...
Annie: Directed by Will Gluck. With Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale. A foster kid who lives with her mean foster mom sees her life change when business tycoon and New York City mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
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In Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, ten-year-old Annie Bennett lives in a foster home alongside several other girls under the care of a bitter former member of C+C Music Factory, Colleen Hannigan, who spends her days drinking, trying to snag a sweetheart, and giving various, grueling chores to the orphaned children in her care. Every Friday, Annie...
Jamie Foxx as Mr. William "Will" Stacks, an entrepreneur in the technology sector (particularly, the mobile phone industry) turned politician, who is trying to run for Mayor of New York City. The c...Quvenzhané Wallis as Annie Bennett-Stacks, an optimistic ten year old child living in a foster home searching for her parents. Towards the end, she and Sandy the dog get adopted by Stacks. Unlike h...Cameron Diaz as Miss Colleen Hannigan, the cruel and drunk control freak who runs the foster home where Annie resides. A slight modification of Miss Agatha "Aggy" Hannigan,[citation needed] she was...While the film incorporates notable songs from the original Broadway production, written by composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Martin Charnin, the songs themselves were rearranged by Sia and Greg Kurstin to reflect its new contemporary setting. Executive music supervisor Matt Sullivan explained that there was a desire to make the film's use of m...
Development
Sony Pictures first announced the film in January 2011, with Jay-Z and Will Smith serving as producers and Smith's daughter, Willow Smith, attached to play the lead role. In February 2011, Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy became front-runner to direct the film,but by March, he had declined due to filming new episodes. The production soon began seeking a screenwriter and actress Emma Thompson was considered. No developments arrived until May 2012, when Will Smith appeared on Good Morning America an...
Casting
By February 2013, Beasts of the Southern Wild star and Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis had replaced Smith in the lead role,and the film was given a Christmas 2014 release date. In March 2013, the search for the rest of the cast continued and Justin Timberlake was rumored for the role of Daddy Warbucks. This was proven false when Jamie Foxx signed on for the role, which was renamed William "Will" Stacks. In June 2013, Cameron Diaz was cast as Miss Hannigan after Sandra Bullockdeclined. In July...
Writing
While "rooted in the same story" according to Gluck, this adaptation is a contemporary take on the 1977 Broadway musical and contains many differences from the original: The setting was changed from the 1930s — the era of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency and the Great Depression — to present-day New York City. The opening school scene features class presentations by both the new Annie and a student representing her classic appearance, discussing aspects of and parallels between the economic...
Box office
Annie opened on December 19, 2014, and earned $5.3 million on its opening day. In the first weekend, the film made $15.9 million and ranked third in the North American box office behind other new releases The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.The film grossed $85.9 million in North America and $47.9 million overseas for a worldwide total of $133.8 million.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 28% based on 163 critic reviews, and an average rating of 4.48/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The new-look Annie hints at a progressive take on a well-worn story, but smothers its likable cast under clichés, cloying cuteness, and a distasteful materialism." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 33 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave the film an average...
Annie at IMDbAnnie at Box Office MojoAnnie at Rotten TomatoesFollowing a hack last week, high-quality versions of four Sony Pictures films — Annie, Fury, Still Alice and Mr. Turner — leaked online, The Verge reports, though there is no confirmation...
Nov 30, 2014 · The leaks occurred after an attack on Nov. 24 by a group of hackers called the Guardian of Peace or #GOP. Company-wide computer screens were replaced with a message stating “Hacked by #GOP” and a...
Dec 23, 2014 · Perhaps the most surprising shot of the new film version of the classic musical Annie is the first one: a cute, curly-haired redhead charms her way through a presentation on William Henry...
Nov 30, 2014 · Several of Sony Pictures' new movies have been leaked online in what is believed to be an incident related to last week's crippling hacking of the studio. Variety reports that recent release...
