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You won't have to wait long to see our girl, Quvenzhané Wallis, back on the big screen.
Industry blog, The Wrap, reports that Quvenzhané has been cast in the lead role of Annie in a remake to be produced by "James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment, and by Shawn “Jay Z” Carter, Jay Brown and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith through Marcy Media". The film will be directed by Will Gluck whose credits include Easy A and Friends with Benefits.
Congrats to Quvenzhané!
The making of Beasts of the Southern Wild has become a bit of an industry fairytale on its own. Conceived by two childhood friends, created by a group of artists, filmmakers and friends, shot on the fringe of the world with a cast of first time actors including a baker and a six year old child, Beasts was a up hill journey that took almost half a decade to make. Part of the fable also includes a nonprofit organization and film production company, Cinereach, who financed the bulk of the Beasts budget.
Nonprofit Quarterly takes a closer look at the organization that helped bring Beasts to the big screen:
Few in Hollywood have paid much attention to these nonprofit film companies, which are Davids among the Goliaths of the major studios. But, particularly with the attention to Beasts of the Southern Wild, perhaps we’re witnessing a change. Perhaps these smaller nonprofits—willing to take risks that the Hollywood market system might never green light, such as a film without professional actors—will begin to attract more attention for their ability to serve as bastions of true art in film.
Read the full article here.