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 also explained how the film was a celebration of the original Smurfs comic books and comic strips, saying: "When the team at Sony Pictures Animation initially started working on "The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow", we thankfully all shared a very strong vision of the sort of movie that we wanted this home premiere to be. Which was this celebration of the original Smurfs comic books & comic strips that used traditional, hand-drawn animation as a way to harken back to all that strong line work and design. And as someone who started his career in 2D, I'm just