Movie News

[Pete]

I spoke with Scleich at the 2007 NYC Toy Fair last month and I have some bad news :(

Although the did say they believe the US Smurfs DVD will be out later this year, the script for the movie was only recently approved by IMPS, and the exspectation is that there is not enough time now to complete the movie in time for a 2008 release - we are now looking at 2009!!

BTW, we recently purchased most of Timeless Trinkets Smurf stock and so. We also recently purchased Astro's Treasure Chest's Smurf stock. Both of these sites are pulling out of the Smurf business. We are hanging in there!! Don't worry!!

[cgosseli]

Wow... you purchased Timeless Trinkets stock! Good luck with that. I was a frequent purchaser. Hope everyone is happy in their new home. :)

[Pete]

Astro's stock, Timeless Trinkets' stock, and my stock are all getting along swimmingly, most of them have not seen one another since the old days back at the Schleich factories,lol. Thanks for the concern!!

[Vic George 2K6]

Well, so much for seeing our little blue friends again in the theaters next year. Hopefully it will come to fruition and we will get to see the finished product.

[swarlock]

I spoke with Scleich at the 2007 NYC Toy Fair last month and I have some bad news :(

Although the did say they believe the US Smurfs DVD will be out later this year, the script for the movie was only recently approved by IMPS, and the exspectation is that there is not enough time now to complete the movie in time for a 2008 release - we are now looking at 2009!!



Oy! :(

Now why did I know THIS was going to happen?

[aussiesmurf]

I just realised Pete that if they do release the movie in 2009 then it will be released when Mushroom Village will be celebrating 10 Years!! How cool!! :peace:

[Unregistered]

For the first time in four years, Paramount will have its own licensing booth while Universal Studios handed responsibility for licensing its films to the Beanstalk Group licensing agency in a rare move for a major studio. On Monday, Paramount announced it will be the North American licensing representative for the Smurfs brand. "To have the Paramount name front and center in the licensing world again is very exciting for us," said Mike Bartok, executive vp of licensing for Paramount Pictures. Previously Paramount films were represented by Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003600434

[Andrew-NY]

Some additional bad news. While at the licensing show, I spoke with some people at the Paramount booth. While they had said the DVDs will be released, they added that there is no movie scheduled to be done. IMPS had told me it all lies in the hands of Paramount. Sad news.

[Pete]

Grrrr... OK, I don't care anymore if there is a movie! I'm not bitter! Just seems to me someone dropped the ball...

[Karen]

Nooooo.... Let's just hope it's all under wraps still, fingers, toes and everything crossed, but no it doesn't look good at the moment does it?

[Smurfysteve]

NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO we want a movie we want a movie! Whos up for a protest march?:face47:

I agree lets keep everything crossed and that something will come out at some point in the future. ;)

Smurfy regards
Steve. :)

[Animateted]

No there will be a movie... Paramount will have a presence at Comic Con... and I can almost promise there will be some Smurf tease there.

[Animateted]

Sigh.. so Comic Con has come and gone.. and much to my dismay.. there was no Smurf tease... though I did ask one of the Paramount reps about Smurfs and they said that there WILL be a movie... they like the script, they have the financing.. it's just a matter of making deals. They said especially since Every other studio was trumpeting their 80s franchise films.. WB has He-Man AND Thundercats... Fox has GI Joe... etc... Smurfs will rise again. We just have to wait. :-(

[brad]

There was a news topic going around this week officially announcing the smurfs movie. I heard it mentioned on the radio one morning last week and looked it up online. The report came from the World Entertainment news network.

'Smurfs' and 'G.I. Joe' Movies Announced

Cartoon characters the Smurfs and G.I. Joe will make their movie debuts following the success of summer blockbuster Transformers.

The animated creatures will be joined by Alvin and the Chipmunks and He-Man as a wave of television cartoon characters of the past are reworked for the big screen.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, co-producer on Transformers, said a script for all-American war hero G.I. Joe was being written and Paramount has earmarked November 2008 for the release of the first full-length animated Smurfs movie.

Meanwhile, Warner Bros. is planning to produce movie adaptations of He-Man and Thundercats, while Fox is working on a script for Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Brad.

[swarlock]

I saw the teaser for The Alvin And The Chipmunks movie last weekend.

Very tasteless. :angry:

[brad]

yeah I saw a promotional poster for the chipmunks and it looked... well, different. Nothing like the cartoon.

Brad.

[SmurfyDReturns]

Warner Bros. are also bringing...

-The Jetsons to the big screen in 2009
-Johnny Quest to big screen
-Scooby-Doo 3 will hit in early 2008
-Yogi Bear will sneak into theaters in Spring 2009!

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[swarlock]

That's about as specific as it's going to get about The Smurfs Movie for the moment. When it gets close the day when more information gets out we'll know more.

Of course I'm more interested in the possiblity of a reissue of the Smurf graphic novel books and those we haven't seen yet.

Publishing in The US ceased after The Johann and Pewitt book
THE BLACK ARROW came out in 1995.

[Vic George 2K6]

I hear you on that, Swarlock. Smurf TPB comics (what they call "albums") translated to English would be great to have again. Why should the non-English readers have all the fun of reading what Studio Peyo's been putting out for the last decade or so? Heck, I would love to read "The Black Smurfs" translated to English, since its cartoon episode counterpart "The Purple Smurfs" is one of my favorite stories.

[swarlock]

I hear you on that, Swarlock. Smurf TPB comics (what they call "albums") translated to English would be great to have again. Why should the non-English readers have all the fun of reading what Studio Peyo's been putting out for the last decade or so? Heck, I would love to read "The Black Smurfs" translated to English, since its cartoon episode counterpart "The Purple Smurfs" is one of my favorite stories.

Hopefully it will happen this year. I just hope IMPS isn't going to drop the ball on this one. They have too much to gain and so much to lose.