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: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow home premiere as a mostly hand-drawn production. So that I could finally see these characters the way that I always thought they could be done. As these fully realized, traditionally animated characters. Which is why it was great to get the reaction that we did at Annecy. With the audience there being so supportive of "Smurfy Hollow" because they had never seen these characters done with feature quality hand-drawn animation before." He also spoke about how the CGI Smurfs were animated by the same people who did "The Smurfs" and "The Smurfs 2", saying: "And those people did a brilliant