Emma Thompson – who has spent the last couple of years flitting between magicians Nanny McPhee and Sybil Trelawney – is apparently being sought after by Will Smith to pen a new vehicle for his daughter, Willow.
I say a new vehicle, Annie has been around for decades. 30 years on from the John Huston adaptation of the hit Broadway musical and it appears Smith is looking to finally put paid to a partnership struck with Jay-Z announced back in January.
Thompson is currently filming opposite Smith in the latest installment of the Men in Black franchise, and was responsible for the actor’s predicament in I Am Legend . Should she sign on, it will be interesting to see if she chooses to write herself into a role for the finished film.
Vulture had it first.
