Will Smith has, seemingly, not been involved in a film in almost 3 years. Most would hardly notice as he’s been very busy encouring his offspring in their endeavors and it seems that will continue as it has been rumored and recently confirmed, according to Latino Review, that Will’s daughter Willow Smith will star in the remake to the popular musical “Annie”.
Overbrook Entertainment partners James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have formed a joint venture with Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter to develop and produce major motion pictures. One of the projects being discussed is the re-imagination of the classic Broadway musical ANNIE as a vehicle for Willow Smith to star. The film will be developed with Sony Pictures Entertainment and produced by Overbrook Entertainment and Mr. Carter.
Will and Jada Smith are marketing geniuses. They’ve targeted their children toward the Disney audience using popular cultural productions and are re-inventing them as an avenue to introduce and build their children into megastars at an early age.
Everyone who is everyone knows at least one Annie song from the musical and I think that if they are able to put out the quality that was seen in last years Karate Kid remake with this film, and hopefully a decent performance, then they will hopefully begin what is seeming like a viable line of film franchises that can be used for the foreseeable future. I really liked the Karate Kid more than I expected and hope that this level of quality spreads to Jaden’s sister Willow in this movie. It’s not a film I would run out to see in theaters but I am looking forward to seeing things develop.
