History Trivia / Annie2014

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During the earliest stages of development, Music/WillowSmith was in talks to play Annie, with [[Creator/WillSmith her father]] in the Warbucks/Stacks role. But it was later decided that Willow was too old for the role but more of her quitting the role. Quvenzhane Wallis (fresh from her Oscar-nominated role in ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'') stepped in to play Annie, and Jamie Foxx auditioned for Stacks, a role which he eventually got when Will Smith decided not to act in the film (he's still credited as a producer - after all, the film ''is'' associated with his company Overbrook Entertainment).

* CreatorBacklash: In late 2014, Charles Strouse, composer of the original musical's score, gave an interview to ''Vanity Fair'' in which he talked about what he liked and didn't like about the movie adaptation. He said that although Music/{{Jay-Z}} consulted him in the initial stages, and he "was paid handsomely for my share of the rights," he stated that he and the other original creators (Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin) did not get to revise and update their old songs, or write any of the new songs in the movie.

* CreatorBacklash: In late 2014, Charles Strouse, composer of the original musical's score, gave an interview to ''Vanity Fair'' in which he talked about what he liked and didn't like about the movie adaptation. He said that although Music/Jay-Z consulted him in the initial stages, and he "was paid handsomely for my share of the rights," he stated that he and the other original creators (Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin) did not get to revise and update their old songs, or write any of the new songs in the movie.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $78 million. Gross: $85,911,262 (domestic), $136,853,506 (worldwide)

** This film and ''Film/SexTape'' proved to be at least one film too many for Creator/CameronDiaz, who retired from acting not long after due to her being too tired to travel for filming, and wanting to start a family.

** After getting rave reviews for her performance in ''Film/BeastsOfTheSouthernWild'', this movie was made to basically launch Quvenzhane Wallis' career. However the bad reviews and disappointing box office returns were determintal to this and she's barely acted since.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During the earliest stages of development, Willow Smith was in talks to play Annie, with [[Creator/WillSmith her father]] in the Warbucks/Stacks role. But it was later decided that Willow was too old for the role but more of her quitting the role. Quvenzhane Wallis (fresh from her Oscar-nominated role in ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'') stepped in to play Annie, and Jamie Foxx auditioned for Stacks, a role which he eventually got when Will Smith decided not to act in the film (he's still credited as a producer - after all, the film ''is'' associated with his company Overbrook Entertainment).

* In the film, when Guy calls Annie "little orphan Annie", she responds back, firmly, "foster kid." This parallels a conversation that Quvenzhane had with a reporter when it was announced that she would be portraying Annie. The reporter wanted to use her role name as a shortcut because she didn't want to go to the effort of pronouncing "Quvenzhane".
-->'''Reporter:''' I'll just call you "Annie".
-->'''Wallis:''' My name is not Annie. My name is Quvenzhane.

* ContentLeak: One of the victims of the 2014 Sony

** After getting rave reviews for her performance in ''Film/BeastsOfTheSouthernWild'', this movie was made to basically launch Quvenzhane Wallis' career. However its bad reviews and disappointing box office returns were determintal to this and she's barely acted since.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During the earliest stages of development, Willow Smith was in talks to play Annie, with [[Creator/WillSmith her father]] in the Warbucks/Stacks role. But it was later decided that Willow was too old for the role. Quvenzhane Wallis (fresh from her Oscar-nominated role in ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'') stepped in to play Annie, and Jamie Foxx auditioned for Stacks, a role which he eventually got when Will Smith decided not to act in the film (he's still credited as a producer - after all, the film ''is'' associated with Overbrook Entertainment).

** Daddy Warbucks's solo in the musical, "Something Was Missing", was recorded by Jamie Foxx, but was left out of the final film (it does, however, play as incidental music in a few scenes).

* ContentLeak: One of the victims of the 2014 Sony Pictures hack.
* CutSong:
** The song "We Got Annie" from the earlier film version, with Warbucks' staff fawning over the new arrival, did not make it into the update due to the story being built more around Stacks being a rich loner who shut people out.
** "Sign", likely both because Stacks would not go to Hannigan's himself and because he'd likely think something was up if he arrived at the apartment without warning and she didn't have time to clean it up like for the inspector.
** "Sandy", as Annie never brings Sandy to the foster home and adopts her afterwards.

** This film and ''Film/SexTape'' proved to be at least one film too many for Creator/CameronDiaz, who retired from acting not long after due to her being too tired to travel for filming.

** As of now, Quvenzhane Wallis. After getting rave reviews for her performance in ''Film/BeastsOfTheSouthernWild'', this movie was pretty much made to launch Quvenzhane as a movie star. However its bad reviews and disappointing box office returns pretty much stopped that and she's barely acted since. However, seeing as she is 15, she has more than enough time to get another StarMakingRole.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While the RaceLift necessitated the SettingUpdate, the constant references to celebrities and memes (like "Boom goes the dynamite!") feel forced and will likely date the film in years to come.
** May well be an ''Intentional'' Period Piece. Many parallels are made between TheGreatDepression and TheNewTens in the film, and some commentators posit that it's the other way around: that the SettingUpdate necessitated the RaceLift (an Irish orphan in the thirties would be treated with the same suspicion and scorn that a black foster child would in 2014).

* StarDerailingRole: As of now, Quvenzhane Wallis. After getting rave reviews for her performance in ''Film/BeastsOfTheSouthernWild'', this movie was pretty much made to launch Quvenzhane as a movie star. However its bad reviews and disappointing box office returns pretty much stopped that and she's barely acted since. However, seeing as she is 15, she has more than enough time to get another StarMakingRole.

** May well be an ''Intentional'' Period Piece. Many parallels are made between TheGreatDepression and TheNewTens, and some commentators posit that it's the other way around: that the SettingUpdate necessitated the RaceLift (an Irish orphan in the thirties would be treated with the same suspicion and scorn that a black foster child would in 2014).

* [[DuelingWorks Dueling Films]]: With ''Film/DaddysHome'', a family film which also involves a man trying to impress children that aren't his own. Because of the troubles this movie faced [[note]] the film being leaked during the Sony hack and being released on the same weekend as ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies''[[/note]], ''Daddy's Home'' won out.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During the earliest stages of development, Willow Smith was in talks to play Annie, with [[Creator/WillSmith her father]] in the Warbucks/Stacks role. But it was later decided that Willow was to old for the role. Quvenzhane Wallis (fresh from her Oscar-nominated role in ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'') stepped in to play Annie, and Jamie Foxx auditioned for Stacks, a role which he eventually got when Will Smith decided not to act in the film (he's still credited as a producer - after all, the film ''is'' associated with Overbrook Entertainment).

* [[DuelingWorks Dueling Films]]: With ''Daddy's Home'', a family film which also involves a man trying to impress children that aren't his own. Because of the troubles this movie faced [[note]] the film being leaked during the Sony hack and being released on the same weekend as ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies''[[/note]], ''Daddy's Home'' won out.

* DuelingFilms: With ''Daddy's Home'', a family film which also involves a man trying to impress children that aren't his own. Because of the troubles this movie faced [[note]] the film being leaked during the Sony hack and being released on the same weekend as ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies''[[/note]], ''Daddy's Home'' won out.

-->'''Wallis:''' My name is not Annie. My name is Quvenzhane.