We hear that Will Smith is setting up an Annie remake at Sony, with rapper Jay-Z at work on the music, and Smith’s daughter Willow set for the title role. It’s a hard knock life for Willow.

This wouldn’t be the first time Smith has produced a star vehicle for his progeny of course: last summer’s Karate Kid was the same kind of deal for his son Jaden, and its $350m box office gross isn’t likely to stop Annie’s chances of going ahead. Willow already has a hit single under her belt with Whip My Hair, and isn’t a movie novice either: she was in I Am Legend with her dad.

Jay-Z clearly has a thing for showtunes, having sampled Annie’s Hard Knock Life and Oliver’s I’d Do Anything. Sources are staying tight-lipped about the new Annie’s potential score though. Given that Little Orphan Annie was a comic strip long before it was a musical, and long afterwards too (it ran from 1924 and until last summer) the line here is possibly “new adaptation” rather than “remake”, which would at least be an interesting direction, and might mean completely new music.

Time will tell, since Annie 2.0 is still at the development stage.

Dr. Dre and Jay-Z were recently together in the recording studio and the rap legends’ new song we hear will be called “Under Pressure.” The track is expected to be the first single off Dre’s long-delayed Detox, which was last scheduled for the winter of 2008. No release date has been set for “Under Pressure” yet, but the buzz on the Internet is that it should be arriving soon. Check out the below video.

Kings of Leon will tour this year. Sept. 18 – Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre

Below are some of the cool artists confirmed for Bonnaroo 2010:

Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews Band, Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Phoenix, Weezer, Zac Brown Band, Damian Marley & Nas, Norah Jones, The National, Medeski Martin & Wood, Regina Spektor, Dropkick Murphys, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Blues Traveler, Tokyo Police Club, Manchester Orchestra, Kid Cudi, Black Keys, Tori Amos, Thievery Corporation, Ingrid Michaelson, Michael Franti & Spearhead & Jamey Johnson.