Posted by: Brad Sturdivant

I remember when the first image of the Hulk came out for Ang Lee’s THE HULK back in 2002/2003 that I felt the look of The Hulk was a little off-putting and that it would distract from the movie.  I kind of have the same feeling here with the Smurfs.  I’m not sure what it is, but they look like claymation figurines to me.  That wouldn’t be bad if they were actually using claymation, but since they’re using CGI, I don’t know what to think about it.  But obviously you can see that the city of New York is going to play prominently in the film from director Raja Gosnell.

The film stars Neil Patrick Harris, Sofia Vergara and Hank Azaria.  It also features the voices of Katy Perry, Alan Cumming, George Lopez, John Oliver, B.J. Novak (The Office), Anton Yelchin, Paul Reubens, Jeff Foxworthy and Wolfgang Puck.

Source: USA Today

Posted by: Brad Sturdivant

I’ve been a little surprised at the negative reaction to the SMURFS movie.  It’s not like the source material is sacred or anything, so I don’t know why anyone is upset at the prospect of a live action/CGI film adaptation.  Plus, it has a decent voice cast with Katy Perry, Alan Cumming, George Lopez, John Oliver, B.J. Novak (The Office), Anton Yelchin, Paul Reubens, Jeff Foxworthy and Wolfgang Puck all voicing one of the little, blue characters.  On the live action front, you have Neil Patrick Harris, Sofia Vergara, Jayma Mays and of course, Hank Azaria as Gargamel.  So although I wouldn’t say I’m excited about the film, I’m at least not dreading it.  It can’t be worse than ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 2: THE SQUEAKQUEL…can it?

Check out the first picture of Hank Azaria in full Gargamel getup below.  Filming is currently underway in New York City.

Source: ComingSoon