We’ve been half-expecting this for a few years (ever since the whole Smurfette argument in Donnie Darko) but now news has finally reached us that a live action/animated outing for The Smurfs is coming our way soon.
Variety reports that Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation are bringing those blue-faced forest dwellers to life after obtaining the rights for the characters from their Belgian creators a few years back.
The Smurfs (or Les Schtroumpfs as they’re known in France) have already made their cinematic debut in animated form following the Saturday-morning cartoon which ran from 1981 to 1990 but the new movie is set to be a wholly 3-D CGI affair.
No word on cast or script details yet but we’ll keep our ears to the ground for you.