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    Annie Director Will Gluck Says Race Didn’t Play a Part in Casting

    December 18, 2014 /

    by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor This Annie remake has been in the works for a while. We all knew Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith had gotten the rights to update the Charles Strouse musical for a new movie. At one point their daughter Willow was supposed to play the title role.  Then we learned Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter was also producing, so I don’t think there was any doubt that this version of Annie was being looked at as “The Black Annie”, right? Like “The Wiz” or “The Preachers Wife”. So why did I read this article on i am ROGUE where director Will Gluck says: Was the goal always…

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