Live action Smurfs coming!
 

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

I wonder who'll play Gargamel???

This makes me want to spew sh*t out of my mouth.

What.

No, seriously. What.

Wonder if their village will include antiaircraft defenses this time? :lol:

Childhood = raped end of story ah good day and I thank you.:lol:

I totally predicted this was going to happen in my mind a few weeks ago.:o

Well, at least they should get the same guy to do Brainy Smurf. I always liked him. It's funny, I just 'heard' him on Robot Chicken... Playing Brainy.

So the Good Paramount/Nick films one isn't happening, or what? This one doesn't sound half as good as it was originally. They even had preliminary CGI mockups of the characters (and you guys would have been pleased. They LOOKED like the original Smurfs).

I heard about this film years ago, and I wonder if it's going the same route, or we're getting something different in a bad way.

I actually heard a story about this on the news, but they said something about casting is yet to be dealt with.

John Lithgow was pencilled in to play Gargamel (and I think he'd do an excellent job). If they get someone higher up on the A-list who would be terrible (and no doubt they would).

It was mentioned in the news they were thinking Alec Baldwin as Papa Smurf, but I can't tell if that was a joke or a threat. We need someone who SOUNDS like Don Messick (Billy West, maybe?)

The idea of a live action smurf kind of frightens me. :|

Because Flintstones was a huuuuge success...

This sounds like a made-for-tv project. Of course, so does DBZ...

What was wrong with the first Flintstones movie? It always seemed pretty well done to me. It was entertaining as hell when I was younger.

Anyways, how the f*ck do you even make a live-action Smurfs movie?

I felt both Flintstones movies were well done. The first more so than the second, and the casting was a bit iffy. But I feel that the Flintstones, Popeye and Speed Racer (yes, Speed Racer) showed you can make a film that looks like their cartoon world, and not some budget DTV. Bullwinkle would have been gold, had they made the movie take place in their own world (I'd have loved to see them make the flat buildings in 3-D)

Uhmmm... make the Smurfs CGI's, and make the human folk live action, as is their plan?

There was some early test models floating around. I don't know if they're still going to use them (they'll be barking mad if they don't!), but they were true to the original Smurfy feel. They were not half cartoon half animal hybrids like Scooby Doo, Garfield, or the Chipmunks (which ironically, look more like their initial album cover concepts than any of their animated appearances).

With tons of blue paint, I would imagine. Either that or...yeah, CGI.

The Smurfs scared the crap out of me as a kid, so I think I'll pass on this one. Although the thought of actors wearing nothing but white hats and pants while being painted blue is an extremely hilarious concept in my mind.

Hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, wait....

They're really gonna do this.

:|

:lol::lol::lol::roll:

Guys...It's a hybrid movie. Meaning the smurfs themselves will be 1 foot tall CGI creatures.

Cuz we definatly don't want this:

http://sp1.yt-thm-a01.yimg.com/image/25/m1/2012451765

So no famous actors being smeared in blue paint? That's lame. :(

What?? U sure you want this?:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/...425884fe25.jpg

or this?:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/...8cb71a4e5b.jpg

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You gotta be kiddin me.

Wasn't Brainy Smurf the same voice as OT Donatello, Barry Gordon? I was about 5 when I watched Smurfs, so I may be wrong.

Yep. I think that was him. Him and Danny Goldman.
Hell yes! You can't have a good live action Smurf's movie without the Smurfs looking like these guys. :lol:

Make up your mind. :x "Live action Smurfs coming!" doesn't imply that anything about CGI is involved.

Read the article. It's a hybrid movie. Meaning that the Smurfs are CGI but everyone else is live action, like the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movie or "Transformers"

It's all good. I'm just pointing out that I'm not the only one to jump to that conclusion because of the misleading thread title.

Eh, I'll wait until something actually comes out before I pass judgement.

I enjoyed that Rocky & Bullwinkle movie awhile back for some strange reason.

I did too. It takes a lot of undeserved heat, yes. I agree they made some odd conceptual choices, and that girl spy that tags allong with them was the major fault of the film... but they WERE Rocky and Bullwinkle, cracking jokes, puns, and confusing Washington the city with Washington the president (recurring gag).

But then check out Dudley Do-Right. That was a disaster. Dudley himself couldn't have screwed it up any worse.


I hope we don't wind up hearing famous A and B list celeb voices coming out of the mouths of the Smurfs. One of the reasons I liked Bullwinkle was the Moose and Squirrel used voice actors. June Foray still played Rocky, while voice actor Keith Scott (oddly enough, no relation to Bill Scott) handled the Moose (all the while writing a book on the history of Jay Ward).

I wanna hear any avaiable voice actor and actress from the 80's series. I know we'd have to get a replacement for Don Messick, and I don't know if Hamilton Camp is still around.... but definately June Foray, and I'm sure Lucile Bliss is still out there.

As long as they don't do that thing they did in the other Smurf film where they all had the same odd voice.

Be afraid...be very afraid:

http://www.pvcblue.com/wall/smurfsmovie.jpg

http://www.pvcblue.com/news.htm

Coming Christmas 2010, the Smurf Movie (also know as Smurfs 3D) will feature 3D animation and live actors by Sony Pictures Animation Inc. and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.. The movie is currently in pre-production phase and is set to be the first of three. Directing credit currently lists Raja Gosnell. The screenplay is by David Stem and David Weiss with Audrey Wells "polishing." Jordan Kerner is the film's producer. Ben Haber executive producer along with Paul Neesan.

Be afraid of what? He looks adorable.

Scarface reference plugging a Smurfs film. What's not to like?

Is that real? I don't know what the budget is on this thing but that doesn't look too amazing.

Well after a year of not hearing anything about this film there's some news! Seems the film's actually in pre-production (supposadly now out next Summer) in NYC.

http://www.ugo.com/movies/exclusive-...aracter-design

And SUPPOSADLY the following image is what they'll look like (unlike that poster from last year):
http://mimg.ugo.com/201002/35990/leaked-smurf.jpg

(The poster since it's dissapeared from the previous site. What with it saying coming Winter 2010 and all)
http://www.ugo.com/movies/the-smurfs...poster-appears

looks more fitting to a full CG movie rather than a hybrid

Neil Patrick Harris has been cast as the lead live action character (human?) in the Smurf's movie. Doesn't say who tho. Altho the article below says he's a Smurf. Im not even sure if Gargamel is even in the movie since the plot involves the Smurfs in the 21st century. Filming starts in April.

http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/neil...eed&utm_medium

Holy sh*t. Dr. Horrible as Gargamel would be awesome.

Just add this comentary... Smurfs are "Pitufos" in Spanish...and they are still very popular ...This movie will be a new wave of blue merchandasing ....:)
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3712/1pitufos301.jpg

Smurfs in the 21st century? Does that mean there will be a Emo Smurf?

maybe they will use the Avatar technology... I heard that the same studio is going to do a Tintin movie..

This live adaptation is going to be darker, grittier, and filmed in 3D.

It's still weird to me that The Smurfs and Tintin, both cultural icons from Belgium, are finally hitting the silver screen...
Well, actually they both have for years, but not in such a big way!

I've read that Kate Perry is rumored to be in talks for the voice of Smurfette... Can't say I'm particulary thrilled with that. Reminds me of Avril Lavigne doing that voice in Over The Hedge... It's clearly to drag a teen audience to the theater.

Oh- the same article stated that Alan 'Nightcrawler' Cumming is voicing 'Gutsy Smurf'. Don't even know which smurf that is.
Oh well, at least Cumming has experience portraying a blue-skinned character...

I don't remember a Gutsy smurf unless that was a smurf of the day episode. Where they revolve an episode around one smurf that you only see once ala Nosy, Weepy, or Pushover.