Smurfs: The Lost Village

[areaseven]

Another Smurfs movie? Sony Pictures Animation promises that Smurfs: The Lost Village is a reboot and completely unrelated to the disastrous live-action films. The new film is directed by Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron) and features the following voices:

• Demi Lovato (some pop singer) as Smurfette
• Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, Dr. Geiger in Chicago Hope) as Papa Smurf
• Jack McBrayer (Kenneth in 30 Rock) as Clumsy Smurf
• Danny Pudi (Abed in Community) as Brainy Smurf
• Joe Manganiello (Richie in Magic Mike 1 and XXL, Deathstroke in the upcoming Batman film) as Hefty Smurf
• Rainn Wilson (Dwight in The Office) as Gargamel
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The film opens on April 7, 2017. Will The Smurfs' late creator Peyo finally stop rolling in his grave?

Smurfs: The Lost Village @ IMDb

[areaseven]

[David Hingtgen]

Wait wait. They switched from Katy Perry to Demi Lovato? Are they just cycling through singers, paying no heed to consistency?

::edit:: Yeesh, almost all those voices are new. They recast the entire species.

[Dynaman]

Since it has not released yet it doesn't matter who does the voices yet.

[David Hingtgen]

Ack, didn't see the "reboot" note. (Though I have to ask---why?)

[derex3592]

The animation looks fantastic, I really like the look of it, however, not having the voice actors from the 80s just absolutely kills the whole thing for me. Which is a real shame.