I had no idea this was even still happening but it looks like Sony has gone ahead with their long gestating plans to turn the Smurfs, yes those little blue guys, into a movie.
This might not be such a bad idea, if they were going the animated route and, I think that’s what everyone had assumed the plan was. It would seem we were wrong. Coming Soon has discovered that the film will actually be a live action CGI/hybrid in the vein of Alvin and the Chipmunks. I guess applied to the world of the Smurfs that would mean a live action actor playing Gargamel while little computer generated Smurfs run around at his feet.
So then the question is: Who plays Gargamel? I’m casting my vote for Paul Giamatti or in a pinch, Patton Oswalt.
CS says the film will also be presented using Hollywood’s newest obsession, 3D, when it arrives on December 17, 2010.
