He may be currently creating sparks on the set of Marc Webb’s THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 as the main villain Electro, but Jamie Foxx is now expected to join Quvenzhané Wallis in EASY A director Will Gluck’s re-imagining of hit Broadway and film musical, ANNIE. The Oscar-winning actor is in final negotiations for the role of Benjamin Stacks, a variation on the character Daddy Warbucks, previously played by the great Albert Finney in John Huston’s 1980 classic.
This new adaptation of ANNIE, which originated in the comic-strip ‘Little Orphan Annie’, is thought to me a modern update with a hip-hop twist. Overbrook Entertainment’s James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith are producing alongside Jay Brown, Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith and Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, who’ll also supply a number of new songs.
Source: Heat Vision
