Film · Media · Television
Thursday, 21 July 2005
The Smurfs head for the big screen
Paramount Pictures has acquired rights to create a movie based on cartoon characters The Smurfs.
Variety reports that Paramount wants to make a trilogy, with the first film coming out in 2008, the 50th anniversary of The Smurfs.
The film would be made in 3-D CGI in association with Nickelodeon Movies. Writer Herb Ratner will script the project.
'The Smurfs' originated as a comic strip in Belgium in 1958. The television version was launched in 1981. There were 256 episodes of the show and it won a number of Emmy awards.
