Rihanna’s Smurfette leads her friends on a rescue mission to a very real Earth after Papa Smurf gets kidnapped by Razamel and Gargamel; the upcoming live-action / 3DCG hybrid – and extremely blue musical - hits theaters July 18.
Holy snooterpoots, Papa Smurf must be saved! Will his rescue come out of the BLUE? And what exactly is a snooterpoot? Find out as Paramount Pictures has just dropped a new trailer for its upcoming live-action / 3DCG hybrid musical feature, Smurfs.
The Smurfs are headed to the real Earth – what could go wrong? - when Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel.
Smurfette (Rihanna) leads the Smurfs on a mission save him. With the help of new friends – and lots of singing and dancing and doing all manner of blue-type things - the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe.
The live-action / 3DCG hybrid film features an all-star voice cast including Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Alex Winter, Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña with Kurt Russell and John Goodman.
Chris Miller (Puss in Boots and Shrek the Third) directs from a script written by Pam Brady (South Park), based on the characters and works of Peyo. Jay Brown, Ty Ty Smith, Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty, and Ryan Harris, p.g.a. produce. Cinesite is producing the animation and VFX.
The Smurfs Movie hits theaters July 18.
Check out the trailer now:
Source: Paramount Pictures
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
