Wednesday
May182011
The Smurfs!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 9:59AM 
What a blast from the past...The Smurfs!!! I'm so excited about Sony's upcoming release of the Smurfs Movie! I actually had the chance to get up close and personal with several Smurfs this past weekend at the 500 Festival Kids Parade. Check out the above pix! Here is alittle more info about this super fun summer family flick!
The Stats...
The Smurfs, also known as The Smurfs Movie, is an upcoming 3D live-action/CGI family film directed by Raja Gosnell, written by J. David Stem and David N. Weiss, and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria, and Sofía Vergara. Produced by Jordan Kerner, the film will be distributed by Columbia Pictures. It will be the first CGI/live-action hybrid film in The Smurfs franchise.
The Plot...
Set in the Middle Ages, the evil wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) discovers the Smurfs' village and chases them into a wooded area. The Smurfs get scattered and Clumsy Smurf (voiced by Anton Yelchin) wanders into a "forbidden" grotto and some of the other Smurfs follow. Since it's also a blue moon, a magical portal within the grotto transports them into present-day Central Park in New York.[3] They take shelter with married couple Patrick and Grace Winslow (Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays) and try to find a way back to their village before Gargamel finds them.[