The Smurfs in film is a 2011 live-action/computer-animated comedy film and the first film in the series and is directed by Raja Gosnell. In their race to escape the malevolent wizard Gargamel, the little blue forest dwellers find themselves suddenly transported to Central Park. Now stuck in a world populated by towering giants, the Smurfs must find a way to elude Gargamel and find a way back to the village they call home. A sequel titled "The Smurfs 2" was released on July 31, 2013. Director Raja Gosnell and producer Jordan Kerner had returned, along with all the main cast. New cast includes Christina
The Smurfs that the Smurfs on either side had different ideas as to how the term "smurf" should be used: for instance, the Northern Smurfs called a certain object a "bottle smurfer", while the Southern Smurfs called it a "smurf opener". This story is considered a parody on the still ongoing "taalstrijd" (language war) between French- and Dutch-speaking communities in Belgium. When they first appeared in 1958, the Smurfs lived in a part of the world called ""Le Pays Maudit"" (French for "the Cursed Land"). To reach it required magic or travelling through dense forests, deep marshes, a scorching desert and a