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In news that some of you are sure to proclaim as SMURFTASTIC, Sony has announced that a live-action/animated “Smurfs” is heading to silver screens next year. The movie will hit theaters in 2D and 3D formats on December 17, 2010. A Variety report reveals that the studio has turned to Raja Gosnell to handle the directing duties.
For those who are too young to remember, “The Smurfs” was a hit animated TV series that ran throughout the 1980s. The titular Smurfs are a race of pint-sized, blue-skinned, white hat-wearing creatures who use the word “smurf” as a verb, adverb, adjective and anything else. It is a multipurpose term, sort of like Hebrew’s “shalom” or “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey”’s “station.”
Gosnell has been working in Hollywood for a long time, though most of his work has been as an editor. He worked on such classics at the 1984 Steve Martin comedy “The Lonely Guy,” “Home Alone,” “Teen Wolf Too”(!!) and “Mrs. Doubtfire.” Gosnell later got his directing break in “Home Alone 3,” moving from there to “Big Momma’s House” and eventually the two live-action “Scooby-Doo” movies. Say what you will about “Scooby”; they had their low moments, but both were surprisingly faithful to the animated series’ roots.
No story details have been revealed, though the script is confirmed to be coming from J. David Stem and David N. Weiss (both worked on the latter two “Shrek” movies) and Audrey Wells (”The Game Plan,” “George of the Jungle”).
In news that some of you are sure to proclaim as SMURFTASTIC, Sony has announced that a live-action/animated “Smurfs” is heading to silver screens next year. The movie will hit theaters in 2D and 3D formats on December 17, 2010. A Variety report reveals that the studio has turned to Raja Gosnell to handle the directing duties.
For those who are too young to remember, “The Smurfs” was a hit animated TV series that ran throughout the 1980s. The titular Smurfs are a race of pint-sized, blue-skinned, white hat-wearing creatures who use the word “smurf” as a verb, adverb, adjective and anything else. It is a multipurpose term, sort of like Hebrew’s “shalom” or “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey”’s “station.”
Gosnell has been working in Hollywood for a long time, though most of his work has been as an editor. He worked on such classics at the 1984 Steve Martin comedy “The Lonely Guy,” “Home Alone,” “Teen Wolf Too”(!!) and “Mrs. Doubtfire.” Gosnell later got his directing break in “Home Alone 3,” moving from there to “Big Momma’s House” and eventually the two live-action “Scooby-Doo” movies. Say what you will about “Scooby”; they had their low moments, but both were surprisingly faithful to the animated series’ roots.
No story details have been revealed, though the script is confirmed to be coming from J. David Stem and David N. Weiss (both worked on the latter two “Shrek” movies) and Audrey Wells (”The Game Plan,” “George of the Jungle”).
it should be a great kid movie
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