Annie is a 2014 English-language Comedy Drama motion picture written by Emma Thompson, Will Gluck, Aline Brosh Mckenna, Thomas Meehan and Harold Gray. The movie is directed by Will Gluck and produced by Will Smith, Caleeb Pinkett, Jay Brown, James Lassiter, Will Gluck, Jada Pinkett Smith, Shawn jay-z Carter, Laurence jay Brown and Tyran ty Ty Smith under the banner of Columbia Pictures in collaboration with Village Roadshow Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment. A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, s her life change when business tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Annie stars Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhan Wallis, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Cameron Diaz, Adewale Akinnuoye-agbaje and Autumn Miller. The screenplay is written by Will Gluck and Aline Brosh McKenna which is inspired from Annie by Charles Strouse Martin Charnin Thomas Meehan and Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. The music was composed by Greg Kurstin along with Sia. Cinematography was done by Michael Grady and editing by Tia Nolan. The film has a running time of 118 minutes. It was released on 18th December 2014. The Film was successful at box office. Annie was made on a budget of $65 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $136 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Sony Pictures Releasing.