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BlueTiger10
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posted 06-25-2011 01:53 PM
Good Smurfy finds, Rocker!
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posted 06-25-2011 07:52 PM
Attention all Smurf Fans!
Build-a-Bear Workshop presents Build-a-Smurf!
Smurfette
Clumsy
Brainy
Papa
Gutsy
Coming July 15 to a Build-a-Bear Workshop near you!
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posted 06-26-2011 05:34 AM
The scene where Papa Smurf throws a spear-like object at Gargamel's chest piercing him is unlike something that will not be found in the cartoons are the comics. It was unexpected for him.
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 06-26-2011 06:23 AM
Possible wish fulfillment for Papa Smurf's character, perhaps?
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BlueTiger10
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posted 06-26-2011 06:30 AM
Smurfs don't kill people though.
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posted 06-26-2011 07:20 AM
Unless it's enchanted or something like that, that spear would never kill Gargamel anyway. I do agree though that it's quite out of character for Papa.
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Oakley Smurf
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posted 06-26-2011 07:28 AM
Well,it's too small to kill gargamel.
It's not a smurf anymore if they violently killing
people.
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Oakley Smurf
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posted 06-26-2011 08:36 AM
Here's the Smurfs Movie Posters and display at
SFX cinema city,Central Cheangwattana that I've
been talking about!
Typical wall poster
Located behind the escalator.
Here's the second poster display with pop up
smurfs legs!
It's really is popped up legs but at this angle it's has no effect.
I can tell you this poster is really popular among
children they love to take a picture with smurfs! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Last but not least The smurfs hanging display! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Sorry i tried to get a better shot but escalator
was right behind i can't get any better shot than
this.
The only balcony in the entire place there's only
one mezzanine there for cinema 7-10 at second floor.
It's Coming Soon since the release date is too
far away. (4 months away in thailand)
Little surprise,I also shot Cars 2 poster display!
In thai language it says:
From the creators of Toy Story 3
"Race across the continent with a dangerous mission for the fate of the world"
A little too dramatic on the line but that's
thai always advertises we're the best.
Let me hear your thoughts about the pictures!
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BlueTiger10
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posted 06-26-2011 08:42 AM
Enjoy these new photos of Build-a-Smurfs!
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BlueTiger10
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posted 06-26-2011 04:36 PM
The Smurfs Die Schlümpfe Les schtroumpfs Smurfs Day music video US (2011) Neil Patrick Harris
Smurfs Day Official Music Video
OFFICIAL FULL TRAILER
Genre: comedy / animation
Regie / directed by: Raja Gosnell ( Scooby-Doo , Beverly Hills Chihuahua )
Darsteller / cast: Hank Azaria , Neil Patrick Harris , Katy Perry , Jayma Mays , Sofia Vergara , Anton Yelchin , Alan Cumming
Kinostart Deutschland: 2011
Kinostart USA: August 3rd, 2011
offizielle Filmsite: http://www.smurfhappens.com/
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posted 06-26-2011 04:48 PM
murfs movie Soundtrack to be announced
Title: The Smurfs
Composer: Heitor Pereira
Record Label: Rhino Records
Availability: around July / August 2011
eitor Pereira scoring the Smurfs
April 5, 2011
Heitor Pereira has been hired to score the upcoming film adaptation of The Smurfs. The film marks Sony Pictures Animation's first live-action/animated hyrbid film and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria and Sofia Vergara in the primary live-action roles. The film's voice talent includes Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Alan Cummings and Katy Perry. The movie is directed by Raja Gosnell who has previously worked with Pereira on Disney's 2008 hit family movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua. The Smurfs were created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford (aka Peyo) and have spawned numerous print and smallscreen incarnations, the most popular one in the United States being the Hanna-Barbera cartoon version. The movie will be released in 2D and 2D on July 29, 2011.
Pereira is coming off scoring his biggest hit of his career with last year's Despicable Me. The composer also has the romantic comedy A Little Bit of Heaven starring Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Whoopi Goldberg and Kathy Bates coming up. The film already premiered in the UK earlier this way and is still awaiting a domestic release date.
Please notify Rhino for Details!!!
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BlueTiger10
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posted 06-26-2011 05:21 PM
And I love your Thai poster for Cars 2, Brainy!
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posted 06-27-2011 09:47 AM
Those Build-A-Smurfs are really adorable!
![[Enamored Smurf]](graemlins/Enamored_Smurf.gif)
Great photos of the cinema!!! I bet the one with the Smurfs little legs popping out was very cute to see! Thanks for sharing!!
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posted 06-27-2011 05:30 PM
Awesome Brainy Smurf Snaeha and BlueTiger10!!! Seeing this stuff gets me all excited I can't wait!!!
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BlueTiger10
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posted 06-28-2011 04:18 PM
Smurfette becomes Supermodel Smurfette
Smurfette Style: Accessories That Pop
Feeling blue? Make like Smurfette, star of the movie The Smurfs, and step out in the season’s best accessories. By Harper's Bazaar Staff
Smurfette in Marc Jacobs
Smurfette in Lanvin
Smurfette in Dolce & Gabbana
Smurfette in Louis Vuitton
Read more: Smurfs Wearing Designer Accessories – Fall Accessories on Smurfs - Harper's BAZAAR
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-articles/smurfette-wearing-fall-accessories
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posted 06-29-2011 12:27 PM
The first picture looks like Smurfette is wearing a chocolate chip cookie on her head.
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posted 06-29-2011 03:02 PM
Mmmm... Chocolate Chip cookies...
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posted 06-29-2011 06:14 PM
Smurfette has never looked so stylish... even in her chocolate chip hat!
Interesting that they didn't change her white dress, just the accessories. They say the "little black dress" is a staple for every girl's wardrobe... now white is the new black!
![[Smurfette]](graemlins/smurfette.gif)
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posted 06-30-2011 09:10 AM
Smurfette should be on the cover of Vogue. She is adorable!!!
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posted 06-30-2011 12:17 PM
A Bus Billboard sights Smurfs!
WARNING! Smurfs on the Loose! Do not be Fooled by their Cuteness!
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posted 06-30-2011 05:13 PM
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Originally posted by BlueTiger10:
A Bus Billboard sights Smurfs!
WARNING! Smurfs on the Loose! Do not be Fooled by their Cuteness!
But they're friendly!
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posted 07-01-2011 10:32 AM
I found a 22 second clip from the Smurfs.
In this video, Smurfette tells 3 Smurfs about her new dress, when all of a sudden, she stands on the air vent, and her skirt is blown upward. Gutsy joins her and says, "Nothing like a cool breeze through my Enchanted Forest. Ha, ha, ha!"
Smurfette's New Dress
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posted 07-01-2011 07:24 PM
Edit Bay Visit On 'The Smurfs' With Jordan Kerner And Raja Gosnell
 You know a day is off to quite a cute/interesting start when you hop in the car and think to yourself "I'm going to be surrounded by all things Smurfs for most of the day." That's how one morning started for me as I sped down a wretched Los Angeles freeway over to the friendly-looking Sony Pictures Animation headquarters. The minute you stepped on their lot you were practically surrounded by Smurfs in the forms of balloons, little cardboard cut outs and tiny figurines who were happily eyeing you as you swooped in to grab the magical elixir of the caffeine gods, better known as coffee.
Next thing you know, a large group of now-awake reporters were brought into a screening room. Producer Jordan Kerner went to the front of the room, explaining in detail about how they carefully put together "The Smurfs" movie in honor of its creator Peyo. Once his speech was done, he quickly scurried off the stage so we could all get a good look at the blue creatures in 3D.- First we're introduced to the completely computer animated Smurf Village where Clumsy Smurf (voiced by Anton Yelchin) stumbles into as he makes his way towards a festival song and dance rehearsal. The entire village is making sure all is prepared for their festival which celebrates the blue moon.
- Meanwhile, the evil Gargamel (played by Hank Azaria), is doing a funny little puppet show with a puppet Papa Smurf and Smurfette. He inevitably gets frustrated and talks to his cat/assistant Azrael about how he'll find Smurf Village and get rid of the pesky blue creatures.
- The day finally arrives when Gargamel stars causing all sorts of chaos through the once peaceful Smurf Village. While most of the Smurfs run in one direction, Clumsy Smurf bolts in another which clearly is the wrong way to go judging from the ominous signs. Grouchy Smurf (voiced by George Lopez), Papa Smurf (voiced by Jonathan Winters), Smurfette (voiced by Katy Perry), Brainy Smurf (voiced by Fred Armisen) and Gutsy Smurf (voiced by Alan Cumming) all follow their foolish friend right to a waterfall. Just when they think Gargamel has them all cornered on a cliff, the blue moon rises and a vortex forms in the waterfall. Next thing you know all six of the Smurfs are sucked up, dodging Gargamel and landing in the middle of Central Park in New York City.
Once we were done checking out those clips in 3D, we threw our third dimensional specs to the side as we watched the remainder of the scenes in 2D.- Clumsy Smurf breaks away from the rest of his group and finds himself in the home of a young couple Patrick (Neil Patrick Harris) and Grace Winslow (Jayma Mays). After having a little bit of an adventure figuring out that "Berry Boom" is actually just hand soap, Grace finds Clumsy in there and starts swatting him away. At the same time the remainder of the Smurfs try to hide from Patrick but end up being discovered, only to hog tie the man down to the floor. The scene ends when Grace appears in the main room, Clumsy in her hands, declaring that the blue creatures are rather friendly.
- All the Smurfs are wandering around FAO Schwartz, looking for a good enough telescope so they can start figuring out when the next blue moon would be so they can get home. However, Gargamel and Azrael find them in the store and then chase begins.
- A fun game of Guitar Hero starts as a couple of the Smurfs start singing all the lyrics to the Run DMC/Aerosmith version of "Walk This Way." The scene ends with the reveal of Smurfette in a cute new dress, which most of the Smurfs slobber over, only to have it end with Gutsy Smurf completely throwing everyone off with his cute antics.
After the presentation we were tossed from the auditorium over to a semi-large conference room where director Raja Gosnell came in accompanied by producer Jordan Kerner, ready to talk at great length about their favorite tiny blue people.
Interviewer: So if you were a Smurf which one would you be?
Jordan Kerner: Oh no, if I were a Smurf which one would I be. Well next to my credit they put Papa Smurf so I guess I get stuck with that role but I love Papa. It's hard to say. Clumsy is so sweet and kind. I have three daughters so I'd hope that would be part of me too.
Raja Gosnell: Grouchy, hands down.
Interviewer: You were saying that it took a couple of drafts to finally lure Raja Gosnell in.
Jordan Kerner: It did.
Interviewer: What was the closer for you?
Raja Gosnell: The closer was nothing about the drafts because the drafts were all in great shape. It was really about -- I'd done a "Scooby Doo" movie so I didn't want to become the Hanna Barbera guy necessarily. But then the final draft came in and it actually had so much delicious Gargamel in it. It sort of brought in the idea of a young married couple and those sort of fatherhood themes came together. I met with Jordan (Kerner) one more time and realized that we were brothers from another mother and it was something we had to do. So I feel really lucky and blessed that these guys gave me the opportunity and the privilege to make a great Smurfs movie.
Interviewer: "The Smurfs" are loved all over the world, why do you think that is? Why do people love "The Smurfs"?
Jordan Kerner: I think that everyone sees a little bit of themselves in a lot of the different Smurf chracters. Everyone's Grouchy one day and everyone feels like Brainy one day and everyone wants to feel like the wise and benevolent Papa. So I think the fact that those characters are specifically mostly a personality trait allows you to sort of latch into a given Smurf on any given day.
Interviewer: And Smurfette in some cases?
Jordan Kerner: Yes. I think people feel that need in this world to have a village, to have a community of family around them whether it's exact family or whether its earned. It's just the color blue and these little creatures have such a unique look and are so inviting. I don't know why that is but I knew that we had to be absolutely true. One day Raja said "Come on, we're going to watch 'Avatar.'" They showed a bunch of clips and I always thought that the characters had to be exactly Smurf blue. Raja was like "In the real world, light is going to hit them a certain way. Give up that grasp a little bit." And he was absolutely right. I joked with him all the time as we go through now with all that.
You would look at the Na'vi, which I also said we spent a lot of time with the folks over at "Avatar" probably in September because it was released in December. They helped us a lot with understanding the color blue and, I don't know if you know, but on the "Avatar" set we always referred to them as the big Smurfs. So there was a real finity with bringing us over and treating us as a little brother or sister in that way, helping us out, because there's real challenges with blue. Blue doesn't hold very easily as a color on screen. We had a host of challenges but the fact that they're blue, the fact that Peyo drew these really unique, completely unusual little characters, I think they really stick with you. They did with me.
Interviewer: What other things did you learn with working with the big Smurfs?
Raja Gosnell: Well we learned a bit about 3D. This is going to be a 3D movie so what we learned a lot about their 3D technique was mostly environmental. It took you into this world. It was subtle and it wasn't stuff flying in your face constantly. And so we looked at some other 3D movies and found that some of the 3D treatments we felt were distancing from the characters. Again, as we proceeded into 3D with this project, we were very, very careful to have the scenes play and to have the 3D have as little impact on the scenes as possible, particularly when there is emotional scenes. When there is action scenes and stuff then there is some tremendous 3D moments that we planned for the movie that fit perfectly and work great. As you guys saw with the opening scene, there's a beautiful 3D ride into the village and it makes it real. So I guess that's where we went, don't be gimmicky and keep it real.
Jordan Kerner: I'd add two things to that. One is that at that moment in time, we were struggling in that idea in the opening sequence whether it would be miniatures or whether we would go all 3D CG. Sony, which was in the midst of "Alice in Wonderland," showed us a bunch of the footage and really was encouraging us to go full 3D, but we wanted to do our own research in that. And we both had a lot of experience with animated characters in live action roles, but neither of us had experience before in 3D. So by going over and spending time with (James) Cameron and the group there, it was the whole notion of -- what we were looking at was less the Na'vi but more of the, as Raja said, beautiful greens on the ground and textures of the planet and how real it could be without calling attention to themselves. We made that decision, probably the day after that, to fully CG rather than going miniatures. We've engaged in a miniature company and we were starting to go down that line, had a lot of meetings and ultimately pulled back because we wanted to make them absolutely real in that.
Lastly, I think that with the 3D CG characters, the reason for us to go 3D -- again, both of us were not in favor in going 3D in the beginning -- we were the old school where it takes away comedy, it takes away emotion unless you're extremely careful. So we worked very, very hard to make sure that it enhanced emotion and that it enhanced the comedy in that way and in the way that Raja shot it and directed the performances. So it was a big concern of ours. We were both very cautious users going in. We weren't the types of individuals who went into a movie like this and said "Oh yeah, it's 3D and we're going to throw everything at the screen." No, we didn't have that point of view at all from the get-go. And I do credit "Avatar" and those guys for really making that point to us. We already had that in our hearts, but to hear it confirmed -- again, we hadn't seen the film yet, haven't had the enjoyment of it -- we were very happy that we decided to go in that direction. And to take these little Smurfs, to make them three-dimensional, makes them more real. As you saw, to light them from behind, when you see a little bit of them it goes slightly purple in their ears rather than blue because of the blood, the veins and all of that inside of them. They get more and more and more and more real as it goes along and that was our intention.
Interviewer: In the presentation, you mentioned that you obviously had a history with this, and you always wanted to do this CG/live-action blend, but you've also mentioned that you're such a purist. Could you elaborate a little bit on why you didn't want to do, what everyone is so familiar with, an animated version?
Jordan Kerner: For me, in the very beginning conceptually for it, whatever you've taken -- Raja and I both have worked in this world. For me it was "George of the Jungle" and "Inspector Gadget," both of which had their -- and "Charlotte's Web" for that matter, although I don't consider the cartoon the genesis, I really consider the book as that. All of those had genesis in some form, an actual 2D line-drawing cartoon. But to bring them into this world, this century, we wanted to put them in our world. So it was a very simple decision that I felt it would be yet another animated film, if it were an animated film, but to make it a combination film of live action and animation it becomes a unique film on its own. Yes, there are other hybrid live-action films, but I don't look at that like something that rolls off everyone's tongue. I think what you try to do is mask it. You try to make it as real as possible and they become unique in that manner so that you're not causing attention at the animation. What you're trying to do is cause attention to the reality, care, comedy and emotion of the characters.
Interviewer: If you can elaborate on that, do you think that will maybe in any way, polarize the people who are so familiar with it being animated or opens it up to them? Obviously the real demographic in this is familiar with the "Chipmunks" and "Scooby Doo" kinds of movies.
Jordan Kerner: You know, you make a creative decision going in and you have a belief in what you do. Raja has made some wonderful films, as I've said before, and I've tried to produce a number of what I hope are very good films in that way with "Charlotte's Web" where they were very much a part of the texture. In fact, in February, film released in December, when I saw the Christian Science Monitor review of "Charlotte's Web" two and a half month's after its release, I've never seen that before. It was called "Worth the Wait" and it was about how E.B. White hated the cartoon and thought that it destroyed his vision of nature, reality and all that and that this film was finally worth the wait, and it was written by his granddaughter. So yes, they're going to be many opinions, and we're not immune to them.
We both read the blogs and we go to all the websites and read all those things. And we just had to ultimately, in the beginning, no apologies make a decision that we wanted "The Smurfs" to be living, breathing, caring, funny creatures as Peyo intended them. It was truly -- because he wanted them to be live-action. Ultimately she talked to her brother who writes the modern comics and draws them. We wanted to make sure that we had the input of those who knew, as well as anyone could know, what his intentions were. And she had mentioned that he had in his heart that someday they would be interpreted in a live action manner. When he passed away, I think it was 1992, that just wasn't possible yet. It was almost, and so sad, I wish he were here. I'll say one last thing, Raja and I carried him, because we loved the books, and we carried him in our hearts. I know that sounds maybe a little trickily but it's the truth. You know, when you're taking a life work of someone who really cares that much about what they did, you have to hold it in your heart every second when you're directing the film or producing the film.
Raja Gosnell: For me, I understood immediately it would be polarizing because everybody wants their Smurf adventures to be in Smurf Village in medieval times. But I think, for audiences coming into this fresh, the opportunity to see a living, breathing Smurf sitting on their kitchen countertop, riding on top of a cab through New York City, running through F.A.O. Schwartz and through areas that we know. The wish fulfillment of that I think raises up and if you're a kid and you see the movie with a Smurf in the kitchen then you want a Smurf in your kitchen. I think that there's the bar that we set in terms of living, breathing, reality creatures is set even higher when you take those beings and you put them in a place that everybody knows. Everybody knows what grass looks like, everyone knows what a kitchen table looks like or the top of a cab, a fire escape. So we knew we'd get some people to see the movie and appreciate it for what it is, like "Wow, there are Smurfs in our world."
Interviewer: The movie seems to be geared towards a younger demographic, but was there a concentrated effort during production to include a "for adults" section for the audience?
Raja Gosnell: Very much so. We put a lot of work into that. The clips that you saw are basically our big comedy set pieces, but they're a lot of other elements in the movie where, as I said in our preamble there, a lot of playfully self-referential moments of humor for all the Smurf fans. So there are moments of humor for all the Smurf fans. I think that when you see the full body of the movie and see some of the subversive stuff with Gargamel and some of the interaction between the Smurfs themselves and how we play off the sweet nature of the Smurfs, I think they'll come. So yes, first and foremost it's a movie for the whole family, but believe me the adults are not going to get bored with the humor specifically targeted to them and specifically targeted with the generation that grew up with "The Smurfs."
Jordan Kerner: I would just add that I think, like Raja is saying, Gargamel's humor is wicked. The studio chose today to show some of the comedy in the picture in all of that. But in addition to that, and you'll be seeing them in a little bit, and actually you'll see Jayma (Mays) not Neil (Patrick Harris) who just finished the Tonys, but Jayma and Neil have a very palpable, real-life story. He's concerned about being a dad doesn't have his parents around him, she doesn't have hers. He doesn't really know how to act yet and is a little uncomfortable with it. Loves her and doesn't really -- hasn't embraced that fully yet, and there's a lot of interaction between him and a surrogate father, and that's with Papa Smurf. And it's not trickily, it's pretty interesting what goes on between them.
Interviewer: Talking about the cast a little bit, many of the main Smurfs are comedians or comedic actors or actresses. What prompted the decision to cast Katy Perry as Smurfette?
Raja Gosnell: We actually listened to, without knowing who it was. The casting people put together twenty different voices of major actors, minor actors, people we didn't know. All that we had was a picture of Smurfette on the wall while we were listening to these voices.
Jordan Kerner: With numbers.
Raja Gosnell: You know, with numbers. And we just watched the Smurfette and listened to the voice and said -- you know, some of them obviously not and some of them "Oh who's that? Who's that?" And you could just tell there was something about Katy (Perry) that was sort of giggly and girlish but sophisticated at the same time which just appealed to us. We just knew she was Smurfette. Her pop music career had just started a couple of years ago so she wasn't nearly up the stratosphere that she's at now. But it was really just a straight-up casting decision based on making the movie better. Especially for us, she's a great Smurfette and a great representative for the movie.
Interviewer: What were the discussions that you had in terms of which Smurfs that you would feature? Because there's a hundred of them and you have only certain amount that make it to New York City. How did you decide in terms of how it would serve the story?
Raja Gosnell: Our initial script said like all forty, fifty hundred Smurfs go through, and that's the movie I wanted to make! (Laughs) I wanted Smurfs everywhere! And then the budgetary axe, you know, slowly fell and we realized we couldn't do that. By the second week of production I was thinking "Thank God I don't have another Smurf to stage." It was hard enough to stage our six guys around and keep track of that much less, give something for each one of those Smurfs to be doing. So that said, how did we decide to do it? Well, you know, it's like any sort of ensemble piece. You want the one voice or voices that can give you the best combination of an ensemble.
We knew we needed Papa, kind and wise and a father figure who could try to lead them back to the village. Then we needed Smurfette who's the most popular Smurf, the only girl. We wanted her perspective on New York City and their predicament. We knew we needed Brainy because he's funny and he's Brainy. Eventually he figures out how to get something right though he normally gets something wrong. We knew we needed Grouchy because he's funny and you always need that nay-sayer in any group. In any war movie there's always the guy in there who's saying "We're never going to get away." So we needed that voice and then Gutsy Smurf is a new Smurf. He's not one of the classics but we felt that we just needed a kick butt, action guy and he seemed like the perfect guy to do it. Then Clumsy Smurf is, he's just the heart and soul. I mean he's just a lovable character because he's got flaws and he's got a sweet soul and just wants to do right. And so that combination of personalities playing off each other just seemed like a dream for us. We were like "Hmm, we need Grouchy, bam! We need to feel bad at this moment, Clumsy you're up." So it was just actually a perfect ensemble of characters for any situation whether we needed heart and soul or whether we needed comedy.
The small blue creatures, better known as "The Smurfs," will arrive in theaters everywhere on July 29th. Make sure you keep your eyes out for our interviews with Hank Azaria and Jayma Mays along with my ADR session where I make Smurfette sound like a valley girl. Picture teaser below:
http://www.latinoreview.com/news/edit-bay-visit-on-the-smurfs-with-jordan-kerner-and-raja-gosnell-14020
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