And now...it's the Smurfs!
 

June 10, 2008


The Smurfs are set to make their big screen debut in the form of a film that combines live-action and animation, according to a report on Variety today.

The little blue people had previously been set to bow in a 3-D animation for Paramount/Nickelodeon, but Sony and Columbia Pictures have now obtained the rights, and are courting Shrek 2 and 3 scribes David Stern and David Weiss to write the script.

The Smurfs were created by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford (aka Peyo) in 1958, but it wasn't until their long-running Hanna-Barbera cartoon in 1981 that they became a truly global phenomenon. The tale of a group of tiny blue villagers going about their daily business entranced children the world over and spawned a multi-million dollar toy and game industry.

Jordan Kerner (Charlotte's Webb) will produce, while Columbia co-president Doug Belgrad had this to say on the subject: "The Smurfs are one of the best-known franchises, and among the most beloved collection of characters in the world. We're very excited to introduce a new generation to Papa Smurf, Smurfette and the other smurftastic Smurfs in all their 'three-apple-tall' glory.

holy shit i hope it's a porn.

i've been waiting to see smurfette be on the receiving end of a meat-train for years.


ohhhhhhh yeaaaaahhhhhhhh


pull that blonde hair, PULL IT !!!

I thought (and hoped) this was going to be your follow-up to the battle royale when I read the title.

Christopher Lee as Gargamel?

I always hated the Smurfs.

AHHHH!!!...I STILL get caught humming that theme song, and I never realize I'm doing it...Now I know that it will never go away...

yeah

the whole one-adjective-fits-all thing makes me want to puke

Damn smurfing right!

i think what disgusted me the most was "its a successful franchise"... Corporate speak makes me want to vomit.


if i hear any more smurfing corporate speak, ill smurfing smurf someone one right in the smurf.



Oh, urge. was smurfette your first paris hilton?