USA Today - It's official: Jay-Z is teaming with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, along with some other folks, to form a joint venture to develop and produce movies.Their first project will be a "re-imagination of the classic Broadway musical Annie ,as a vehicle for Willow Smith," according to an announcement by Overbrook Entertainment, the Smith's company. Willow Smith, who probably isn't all that familiar with a hard-knock life, is already signed to Jay-Z's record label, Roc Nation, which produced her first hit single titled Whip My Hair. Jay-Z previously sampled the classic Annie song It's the Hard Knock Life in his chart-busting single Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).
Nepotism, not just for white people anymore. The fact that I didn't even know Will Smith had a daughter, yet news that she'd be starring in this film didn't even make me blink. My mind just kinda said "oh, that figures" and moved right along.
I'm more curious about how drastic this "re-imagination" is going to be. Is it going to be all urban, like this time Annie is named Aniequa or Anniesha, and instead of leaving behind a life in the foster home she's dreaming of leaving behind life in a crack den in inner-city Baltimore for a life growing up with a rich rapper father figure?
Does anyone know if they've contacted mini-me and Dr. Evil to reprise their duet for the soundtrack to this film?
