Timberlake may be Jay-Z's 'Daddy'

Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z performing at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Source: AP

JUSTIN Timberlake may be teaming up with Jay-Z again in a movie remake of the musical Annie.

The New York Post reports that JT is being considered for the role of Daddy Warbucks, currently being played by Australia's Anthony Warlow on Broadway.

Jay-Z and Will Smith are producing the project which will star Quvenzhané Wallis, the youngest ever best actress nominee for her role in Beast of the Southern Wild, in the title role.

Jay-Z has a long-running affinity with Annie having recorded a hip-hop version of It's a Hard Knock Life, a song from the original Broadway musical.

JT's representatives have denied the speculation. He has film roles coming out in the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis and also in the Ben Affleck film Runner Runner.

Wallis meanwhile will be first seen in the Brad Pitt/Michael Fassbender historical drama Twelve Years a Slave. Annie is due to hit theatres next year.

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