If what it takes to be KKK is to think that the Scottish James Bond is a white guy than the ranks of the KKK has grown by several million.
Oh for **** sake, it's a freaking fictional character. Y'all are carrying on like it's the end of the world. They made a movie with a black James West (Wild, Wild, West) and the sky didn't come falling down. It's not as if they are trying to get OJ Simpson to portray Ronald Reagan or something.
Of course the sky didn't come falling down. But movie companies aren't in business to hold the sky up. Do you think the studio that made black Annie is pleased with that loser just because the sky didn't fall?
Musicals have narrow appeal in the first place. Given a choice between The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, Unbroken, Fury, numerous comedies, and a remake of Annie, what would you pick? A remake of a musical would be pretty far down my list, although I may have to indulge my wife and go with her to see it. (would rather endure a long night of Klingon opera)