Another remake of a world-renowned musical? Jay-Z in talks of creating the music? Willow Smith's the female lead? In between these questions lies the problem that we must deal with immediately: Willow Smith in a musical. It's not just a musical. Oh no. It's much, MUCH worse. I might be exaggerating but if you had to deal with her belting out the songs that will be both horrendous and memorable, at least with the kids of today are concerned, perhaps we're never going to have any improvement over her big hit last year which is one of the worst songs to have come out of someone who hasn't even lost all of her baby teeth.
From Screenrant.com comes the story that Little Orphan Annie could be retooled again to fit into our world with Ms. Smith starring in the role that has been made popular by such actresses such as Aileen Quinn in the 1982 film version), Ashley Johnson in the 1995 TV sequel who is also known for her voice work in the TV shows Recess and Teen Titans, and Alicia Morton (1999 Disney version). When reading that Jay-Z would develop the music, that didn't sound too bad. After all, this is the guy who sampled a bit of the music from the film that shared the same title as his 1998 hit single. When further reading the article and saw that Jaden Smith, who helped Sony make a ton of dough with last year's Karate Kid remake, being in another film with M. Night Shymalan behind the wheel, the thoughts of the hate that he received from his his 2010 stinkers The Last Airbender and Devil came to mind.
Getting back to topic, I can see why a new version of Annie would be thought about in 2011 with plans for kids to learn more about a show that we have loved while it was on Broadway and will make its return over at the Toby Dinner Theater of Baltimore later this year. Before reading about the daily comic strip coming to an end, I had no idea that Annie was in our time, referring to the photo above. The strip was never published in The Baltimore Sun so I was out of the loop about the many adventures she had until the cliffhanger where there's the possibility that she could return home to Daddy Warbucks after being kidnapped. More about the kidnapping and Annie's future here and here. I think that someone should take over the reins of the supposed theatrical remake. After much controversy about Big Will being the new Capt. America to being Capt. Nemo in Disney's planned remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, he doesn't need this news to give him and his daughter bad names. For that, I leave that to Todd. Plus he already led the production of one remake featuring one of his kids. He doesn't need another.
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