Smurfs: The Movie

June 10, 2008 at 12:29pm PST
Tags: Shrek, Smurfs

Fa la lala la la fa lala la la!

Classic kids cartoon characters The Smurfs are being brought to the big screen in a new combination live action/animation movie.

Shrek 2 and Shrek The Third writers David Stem and David Weiss are onboard to write the screenplay for Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures, which just picked up the movie rights.

The Smurfs first appeared in 1958, when they were created by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford and later became a US phenomenon in a Hannah Barbera cartoon from 1981 to 1990.

Columbia co-president Doug Belgrad says, "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 (characters) Papa Smurf, Smurfette and the other smurftastic Smurfs in all their glory."

We always loved Vanity Smurf.

This is going to be fantastic. We hope Gargamel and Azreal are back too, and that they don't screw this up like they did Garfield.

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