Annie Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Apr. 6, 2015

Annie

Release Date: Friday, December 19, 2014 Theaters

Director: Will Gluck

Starring: Quvenzhane Wallis • Jamie Foxx • Cameron Diaz • Bobby Cannavale • Rose Byrne

PG Musical N/A

3.62 / 5.0

36% WILL SEE 64% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: 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.

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Who stars in Annie – Cast List

Q
Quvenzhane Wallis
... Annie

Counting by 7s, Fathers and Daughters
Jamie Foxx
... Benjamin Stacks

The Burial, Back In Action
Cameron Diaz
... Miss Hannigan

Shrek 5, Back In Action
B
Bobby Cannavale
Trap House, Blue Moon
Rose Byrne
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Troy
A
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
... Nash

The Union, Thor: The Dark World

Who is making Annie – Crew List

A look at Annie behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Will Gluck last helmed Anyone But You and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway. The film's writer Aline Brosh-McKenna last penned Cinderella and We Bought a Zoo.

Director: Will Gluck
Screenwriter: Aline Brosh-McKenna
Producers: Shawn Carter
Jay-Z
James Lassiter
Jada Pinkett-Smith
Will Smith

Studios: Sony Screen Gems
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Marcy Media
Overbrook Entertainment

Production – What we know about the Annie

Key Facts

Jamie Foxx will play a character named Benjamin Stacks, a variation of Daddy Warbucks, who takes in the orphan girl being played by Quvenzhane Wallis.
Based on the stage musical Annie, with the book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin -- which in turn was based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie.
Jay-Z will "re-imagine" the music, much as he did when he re-fashioned the Broadway show's "Hard Knock Life" into an anthem of urban poverty.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Jun 2014

Completed

Changed Annie movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Mar 2014

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Sep 2013

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Currently filming in New York City.

Jul 2013

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Jan 2013

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is contemporized and will shoot late 2013 for a 2014 release.

Aug 2012

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Aline Brosh McKenna, the screenwriter behind The Devil Wears Prada, will rewrite the screenplay.

Jan 2011

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Preparations are underway to start production.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG Parental Guidance Suggested for some mild language and rude humor
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English