“The Smurfs” empire will continue to expand.
Multiple feature films based on the Smurfs, as well as another season of the original television series, have been put into development, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation announced on Monday. A renewed emphasis on the tiny blue creatures is the result of a new creative partnership with Lafig Belgium and Imps, the company that owns the Smurfs brand. (Sony Pictures previously held film rights to the Smurfs.)
The first project under the alliance will be an animated musical film, which is slated to begin production this year and set to release in theaters on Dec. 20, 2024. Pam Brady, a “South Park” alum, has come on board to write the upcoming movie.
Created by the Belgian comics artist known as Peyo, the Smurfs have been the subject of several feature films over the years, most recently in Sony’s 2011 movie “The Smurfs.” Despite negative reviews,...
Multiple feature films based on the Smurfs, as well as another season of the original television series, have been put into development, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation announced on Monday. A renewed emphasis on the tiny blue creatures is the result of a new creative partnership with Lafig Belgium and Imps, the company that owns the Smurfs brand. (Sony Pictures previously held film rights to the Smurfs.)
The first project under the alliance will be an animated musical film, which is slated to begin production this year and set to release in theaters on Dec. 20, 2024. Pam Brady, a “South Park” alum, has come on board to write the upcoming movie.
Created by the Belgian comics artist known as Peyo, the Smurfs have been the subject of several feature films over the years, most recently in Sony’s 2011 movie “The Smurfs.” Despite negative reviews,...
- 2/7/2022
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