Annie: A Royal Adventure!

Annie: A Royal Adventure!
A young red-haired girl dangles happily on the corner of a double-decker bus, her right hand holding at one of the passenger handles as her dog pants by the lower-left side, with the Houses of Parliament and a partly-visible Big Ben in the background.
GenreFamily
Musical
Written byTrish Soodik
Directed byIan Toynton
StarringAshley Johnson
Joan Collins
George Hearn
Music byDavid Michael Frank
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersWendy Dytman
Ruth Slawson
Production locationLondon
CinematographyAlan Hume
EditorJames Galloway
Running time94 minutes
Production companiesRastar Television
TriStar Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseNovember 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)

Annie: A Royal Adventure! (also known as Annie 2 or Annie 2: A Royal Adventure!) is a 1995 American comedy film and the sequel to the 1982 theatrical film Annie. The film was produced by Rastar Television and TriStar Television and was released as a television film on ABC in the United States on November 18, 1995. The film has no songs apart from a reprise of "Tomorrow" sung at the end of the film, immediately after Daddy Warbucks is knighted.

None of the cast members from the previous film appear in this sequel. Annie, Daddy Warbucks, Molly, Punjab, Asp, Sandy, and Miss Hannigan are the only characters from the original to appear in this film. Grace, Rooster, Lilly and Mrs. Pugh are not in the sequel. Many of the original cast had either moved on to other projects or were too old for the sequel.[1]

Plot

A year after the 1982 film, twelve year old Annie Warbucks, Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, their dog Sandy, Annie's new friend Hannah, an eccentric scientist, and Annie's old friend Molly (who is still an orphan but gets adopted by the Webb family in the end), travel to Britain, where Warbucks is to be knighted by His Majesty the King. However, the kids and their new English friend Michael Webb get mixed up in the scheme of an evil noblewoman known as Lady Edwina Hogbottom to blow up Buckingham Palace while all the heirs to the throne are present for Daddy Warbucks' knighting.

Development

The project originated when Sony Entertainment Television president John Feltheimer, after observing his goddaughter's repeated viewings of the 1982 film, proposed a non-musical follow-up to producer Ray Stark, who owned the sequel rights.[2] The film was produced under the working title Sir Daddy before its release.[3]

Cast

Reception

Critical response

The film received a mixed reception from critics.[4][5]

Ratings

The film was seen by 5.2 million viewers during its television premiere, making it the 88th most-watch program of the week in the United States during the week of its premiere.[6]

Home media

The film was released on VHS on November 14, 1995, and Region 1 and 2 DVD in 2004 and contained no special features, only a subtitle selection.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Mendoza, N.F. (November 18, 1995). "'Annie' Is Back, This Time In London". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via The Seattle Times.
  2. ↑ Mendoza, N.F. (November 18, 1995). "'Annie' Is Back, This Time In London". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 3, 2026 – via The Seattle Times.
  3. ↑ "Annie People". Jon Merrill. July 1995. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ↑ O'Connor, John J. (November 18, 1995). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Annie and Daddy Warbucks Go to London". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ Horst, Carole (November 12, 1995). "Annie: A Royal Adventure". Variety. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ Margulies, Lee (November 22, 1995). "NBC's Top Five Beats ABC's Fab Four". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "DVD Talk". Dvdtalk.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
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