Annie was released.
Annie is a 1982 American musical comedy-drama film adapted from Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse , Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan , which in turn is based on Little Orphan Annie , the 1924 comic strip by Harold Gray . The film , released on June 18 , 1982 , received mixed reviews from critics and was nominated for Best Production Design and Best Song Score and its Adaptation at the 55th Academy Awards . Annie is a 1999 American made-for-television musical-comedy-drama film from The Wonderful World of Disney , produced by Chris Montan Productions , Storyline Entertainment , Walt Disney Television and Columbia TriStar Television . Annie is a 2014 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Will Gluck and produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Will Smith 's Overbrook Entertainment for Sony Pictures ' Columbia Pictures .