Foxx May Adopt "Annie"

Heat Vision reports that Jamie Foxx is in talks to play a new incarnation of Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks in the upcoming remake of "Annie". The character would be named Benjamin Stacks,

 Justin Timberlake was rumored for the part last momth

Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild") will star as the iconic big-hearted orphan adopted by Warbucks in this contemporary update of the classic Musical and Comic Strip.

Will Gluck will direct the project and is currently revising the screenplay by Emma Thompson and Aline Brosh McKenna.

James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Jay Z, Jay Brown and Tyran 'Ty-Ty' Smith
will produce the film.

At one time Will and Jada's daughter Willow was considered for the lead.

A Christmas 2014 release is planned.