Andrew Pulver 

Annie remake with Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis: trailer released

Columbia releases glimpse of contemporary take on orphan rich-man story, starring 10-year-old Wallis and Jamie Foxx, reports Andrew Pulver
  
  

Quvenzhané Wallis, 85th Academy Awards nominees lunch
High honour … Quvenzhané Wallis, who became the youngest best actress nominee for her role in Beasts of the Southern Wild. Photograph: PictureGroup/Rex Features Photograph: PictureGroup/Rex Features

Three years ago she was a truckdriver's daughter in smalltown Louisiana; now, the other side of an Oscar nomination for best actress, she's likely to be the mainstay of a potential Christmas blockbuster. And she's still only 10. Quvenzhané Wallis' acting career is nothing short of miraculous, so it's probably appropriate that she's the star of a remake of Annie, which Columbia is aiming at the this year's American festive season market.

The trailer has just been released, so what can we deduce? Well, it's been thoroughly updated to a contemporary feeling, with Jamie Foxx stepping into what we can call the Albert Finney role, and Wallis chirping away as the plucky little orphanage dweller. Foxx isn't just a lonely billionaire though; his relationship with Annie has been retooled around a PR campaign for political office, and this is how Wallis gets a taste of the life of the modern super-rich.

No doubt inspired by the Jazy-Z version of Hard Knock Life, this is frantically selling itself as brightly coloured fun for all the family. What do you think?

 

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