Cartoon Brew‘s Amid Amidi reports that Sony is trying to distance themselves from the less-than-spectacular CG/live-action Smurfs films and seriously promoting a fully animated (still in CG) movie. This includes a chat with character designer Patrick Mate.
Now I do know there is a direct to video movie in which 3D Smurf have a 2D flashback to tell the story but I haven’t watched it to judge if it’s any good. I will say that if they really want to distance themselves from the hybrid movies…start with getting rid of Bad Scottish Stereotype Smurf or whatever his name is! I think he drove me away from the movie more than my apathy about the poorly adapted “no-stalgia” movies.
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