Paramount & Nickelodeon to Smurf a Smurf Movie
Less than a day after an all-new CGI version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was confirmed, word comes from Variety that an all-new CGI version of "The Smurfs" will hit multiplexes in 2008.
Although the Smurfs are best known from their 1980s cartoon adventures, the characters actually go all the way back to 1958, when they were a part of Peyo Culliford's Belgian comic strip. The 2008 release date will commemorate the tiny blue buggers' 50th anniversary.
Screenwriter Herb Ratner has been enlisted to pen the smurfplay, although the plot is presently being kept under tight wraps.
Not at all surprisingly, Paramount and Nickelodeon are planning for the first movie to kick-start a three-chapter smurfogy.
Although the Smurfs are best known from their 1980s cartoon adventures, the characters actually go all the way back to 1958, when they were a part of Peyo Culliford's Belgian comic strip. The 2008 release date will commemorate the tiny blue buggers' 50th anniversary.
Screenwriter Herb Ratner has been enlisted to pen the smurfplay, although the plot is presently being kept under tight wraps.
Not at all surprisingly, Paramount and Nickelodeon are planning for the first movie to kick-start a three-chapter smurfogy.
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on Jul 19 2005 02:35 AM [b]OMG![/b] I love The Smurfs! (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 19 2005 05:42 AM In reply to this comment (#824330) I wonder if I'll be called in to participate??? (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 19 2005 07:51 AM No smurfin' way! Yeah we smurfed all night long. (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 19 2005 10:55 AM This is Smurferrific-cant wait (Reply to this) |
on Jul 19 2005 11:55 AM [b]Smurfbang[/b] All the smurfs smurfbang Smurfette. (say that five time fast!) (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 19 2005 03:08 PM This is too smurfy for words. As a child of the 80's I can't wait to see how this turns out. I remember watching the Smurfs every Saturday along with Super Friends, Turbo Teen and Pandemonium. This will definitely be a film I'll bring my kids to. Oh, wait. I don't have kids. Guess I'll just go see it anyway. Speaking of the Smurfs, does anyone know of any plans to bring "The Smurfs & the Magic Flute" to DVD? (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 19 2005 07:39 PM About Smurfing Time! (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 19 2005 08:46 PM smurf yeah! man i feel so smurfin' smurf for just smurfin' that....... (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 20 2005 04:15 AM Hmm... Herb Ratner? I wonder if he's any relation to that other Ratner who's directing X-Men 3? Isn't it a bit late for a smurf movie? Looks to me like the smurf craze finished some time ago. Mind you, I still have a smurf pillow-case kicking around in my cupboard. We found it in a playpark when I was six. (Reply to this) |
on Jul 20 2005 09:57 AM [b]Smurfy[/b] Yes!! However, it will stink to have all new voices, since all the good ones are now gone. I want smurfs on DVD. Papa Smurf is the original cartoon Pimp, man. Look at the resurgence of 80's TV. Dukes of Hazzard (Movie looks bad T Sm A-te We just need MacGyver, Knight Rider, and GoBots, and I'll be set. Too bad they already screwed up Inspector Gadget by making it live action. (Reply to this) |
on Jul 20 2005 11:39 AM What about Airwolf -- remember that theme song? (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 20 2005 03:46 PM with all of these movie adaptations of old tv shows why havent they made the good ones yet?(and by good, i mean better than the crap they have made already) Threes Company the cosby show(they ruined fat albert, why not ruin this too?) G.I. Joe(god, i wish...) thundercats (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 21 2005 04:34 AM Well, they made Leornard Part 6 with Bill Cosby. Is that close enough? I heard it tanked something terrible, mind you. (Reply to this) |
on Jul 25 2005 02:34 PM LoL, I'll probably see this, I loved The Smurfs when I was a little kid. (Reply to this) |
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