Reading some of the groan-inducing posts here, I'll try to allay some misgivings: This isn't a "reboot". That I (think I?) saw this word come up is ridic'. Wasn't the Annie flick a self-contained one-off? How does one "reboot" a not-franchise? Even then, what's verboten about adaptation, especially of an older and/or tired-out-in-its-standing-form material? It's not like those previous iterations are going away. Heck, in superhero comics those various incarnations often meet each other. Even if this is just being done for novelty or statement, so be it. Don't see how it could be condemnable short of inciting civil violence from its viewers, so just let there be another variety to our media.
And to the dumbass (too lazy to look up your screen name for this) stamping their foot down over canonical race: As if film adaptations aren't already compromises of their source materials. Even for Annie, Bob's shown here that the events of the comics are held true in the version of Annie most familiar to pop culture, so having a black iteration of the character wouldn't be the first shift of detail. Yeah, I'll admit, the blazing, puffy red/orange hair is an iconic feature of the Annie, but with all this remake is doing elsewise, there's no mandate to stick that closely to that one feature set over any others. Orphan, rich foster parent, song-&-dance numbers, "Annie" as the product label -- all the bottom line they have, for this project.
...Man, I am actually going on a -- as I first saw in (and had to Google from) these comments -- SJW rant toward users I hardly know on a forum I hardly use. Liking some'f these avatars, though, and the aardvark's badges are choice.
