Smurfs: The Lost Village

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Smurfs: The Lost Village
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kelly Asbury
Written by
Based on The Smurfs
by Peyo
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byMandy Patinkin
Edited byBret Marnell
Music by Christopher Lennertz [2]
Production
companies
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing [3]
Release dates
  • April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)(Belgium)
  • April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)(United States)
Running time
90 minutes [4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million [5] [6]
Box office$197.2 million [6]

Smurfs: The Lost Village is a 2017 American animated fantasy adventure comedy film based on The Smurfs comic series by Peyo, produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, The Kerner Entertainment Company, and Wanda Pictures, in association with LStar Capital, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. [1] [7] A reboot to Sony's previous live-action/animated hybrid films and the third and final installment in Sony's Smurfs film series, the film was directed by Kelly Asbury from a screenplay written by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon, [1] and stars the voices of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Jake Johnson, Meghan Trainor, Mandy Patinkin, and Julia Roberts. In the film, a mysterious map prompts Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty to find a lost village before Gargamel does. [1] The film introduced the female Smurfs, who appeared in the franchise the following year.

Contents

Smurfs: The Lost Village was theatricallly released in the United States on April 7, 2017, to mixed reviews from critics, although some considered it an improvement over the previous two films, [8] and was not as successful as its two predecessors, grossing over $197 million worldwide against a $60 million budget, but still a commercial success. It is dedicated to Jonathan Winters, the voice actor of both Grandpa Smurf from the 1980s animated series and Papa Smurf from the original movie series who died in 2013, Anton Yelchin, the voice actor of Clumsy Smurf in the live-action movies, and Nine Culliford, [9] the wife of Peyo, who both died in 2016.

Smurfs: The Lost Village was the last Smurfs film to be distributed by Sony Pictures, as Paramount Pictures (through Paramount Animation) and Nickelodeon Movies acquired rights to future films based on the brand in February 2022, with Sony still retaining the rights to their Smurfs films. A CGI animated Smurfs series inspired by The Lost Village was released in April 2021, while a new Smurfs film, The Smurfs Movie , is scheduled to be released by Paramount on July 18, 2025.

Plot

The Smurfs live peacefully in Smurf Village. Smurfette was created by the evil wizard Gargamel but was redeemed by Papa Smurf and became part of the village. She feels that she does not fit in as she tries to find her purpose in life, which the other Smurfs have. Gargamel makes it his mission to capture the Smurfs, steal all of their essence, and become the most powerful wizard in the world.

During a smurfboarding trip, Smurfette discovers a possible Smurf creature, is captured by Gargamel, and is taken to his castle. There, she accidentally reveals a hat the creature dropped and goes into the Forbidden Forest, enabling Gargamel to create a brew that causes him to locate the village on a map. Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy help Smurfette escape, and they return to Smurf Village. Papa Smurf confines them to their houses as punishment for almost disobeying his orders, dismissing their claims of the existence of another Smurf village. That night, Smurfette sneaks out to look for the lost village, with Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty volunteering to join her. Gargamel discovers them trying to find the village, and heads out with his pet cat Azrael and his pet vulture Monty to stop them.

The four follow the map and have various adventures and encounter bizarre creatures, including a colony of fire-breathing dragonflies, which Gargamel provokes into attacking the Smurfs. They escape a cavern maze with the help of a stampede of glowing green bunny rabbits. Eventually back at Smurf Village, Papa searched Smurfette, Brainy, Hefty and Clumsy in their rooms but they were gone. Papa decides to find them in the Forbidden Forest himself. The four Smurfs make a campfire, tell stories, and reached a river, where they sailed on a handmade raft. Following a brief chase, Gargamel is thrown out of his own raft, and the Smurfs save him. However, Gargamel betrays them, pushing the Smurfs out of their own raft, who plunge down a waterfall.

The four are on the beach and argue and fight. However, they are captured by leaf-covered creatures, who reveal themselves to be female Smurfs. They are taken to Smurfy Grove, and meet Smurf Blossom, Smurf Storm, Smurf Lily, Smurf Melody, and their leader, Smurf Willow, who all welcome the Smurfs to their home. Smurf Storm and Clumsy head away from the village to locate Gargamel and alert the others. During the trip, Clumsy accidentally reveals that Smurfette was created by Gargamel, which causes Smurf Storm to distrust Smurfette. Gargamel, who was led into the Swamp of No Return, a piranha-infested swamp (due to his misinterpreting the trees as waterfalls), and Azrael spots Clumsy and Smurf Storm. Monty attacks them in the sky of clouds, but they defeat Monty with the arrow on fire and fly away to return to the village.

Following a village tour, Smurfette grows accustomed to life in Smurfy Grove, to the dismay of Hefty and Brainy. Smurf Storm and Clumsy return, revealing that Smurfette was created by Gargamel. The female Smurfs prepare an attack that night. Papa Smurf, having discovered the quartet's absence, arrives to bring them home, and the female Smurfs accept him into their home. Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty suddenly invade and destroy Smurfy Grove, capturing every Smurf. Smurfette is spared because she is not a real Smurf, and thus, is of use to Gargamel no longer, and they leave. Feeling heartbroken, Smurfette is shown a picture of herself with her friends, and after realizing what not being a real Smurf truly means, she heads back to Gargamel's lair to save her fellow Smurfs.

At Gargamel's lair, Papa Smurf and Smurf Willow accept Brainy's escape plan. Hefty, Brainy, Clumsy, Smurf Blossom, Smurf Storm, Smurf Lily, Smurf Melody, Smurf Jade, and Smurf Petal succeed at the plan until Gargamel and Azrael spot them and put Clumsy, Smurf Blossom, Smurf Storm, Smurf Lily, Smurf Melody, Smurf Jade, and Smurf Petal into his Smurfilator, a machine capable of extracting their essence. Smurfette arrives and deceives Gargamel into believing she wants to be an evil Smurf again. Gargamel tries to turn Smurfette evil again, but realizes that she is absorbing his magical powers instead. The lair explodes, sending him, Azrael, and Monty flying back and into the Swamp of No Return. The Smurfs are freed, but Smurfette has been reverted to a lifeless lump of clay.

Back at Smurf Village, the Smurfs make a memorial for Smurfette and silently mourn her loss. Papa Smurf refers to her as the truest Smurf of them all. Their energy and love for Smurfette brings her back to life, and everybody celebrates. Smurfette finds her purpose: to be anything she wants to be.

In a mid-credits scene, Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty walk back to their lair, and Gargamel wrongfully blames Azrael for ruining his plans and reveals Azrael's adoption.

Voice cast

Production

Director Kelly Asbury with Peyo's daughter, Veronique Culliford Kelly Asbury and Veronique Culliford.jpg
Director Kelly Asbury with Peyo's daughter, Véronique Culliford

On May 10, 2012, two weeks after they announced production of The Smurfs 2 , Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation were already developing a script for The Smurfs 3, with writers Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche. [15] Hank Azaria, who played Gargamel in the first two films, revealed that the third film "might actually deal with the genuine origin of how all these characters ran into each other way back when." [16] Plans for a second sequel were later scrapped, with a completely computer-animated reboot to be produced instead. [17]

Kelly Asbury was confirmed as director in March 2014. [17] It was revealed that the film would explore the origins of the Smurfs, and feature a new take on the characters, with designs and environments more closely following the artwork created by Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs franchise. [17]

Jordan Kerner served as producer, with Mary Ellen Bauder co-producing. [11] On June 14, 2015, Sony Pictures Animation confirmed the original title of Get Smurfy, along with a first look at the film. [10] [18] On February 12, 2016, it was confirmed that the film had been retitled to Smurfs: The Lost Village. [19] LStar Capital and Wanda Pictures co-financed the film. [7] [20] [21]

Asbury cited classic films like Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and The Goonies (1985) as his main inspirations. The Forbidden Forest is inspired by the Land of Oz, Pandora and Wonderland, filled with dangerous and magical creatures. [22]

On January 16, 2015, Mandy Patinkin was added to the cast of the animated adventure film to voice Papa Smurf, who was previously voiced by Jonathan Winters in the live-action/CGI films. [11] On June 14, 2015, Demi Lovato was revealed as the voice of Smurfette, and Rainn Wilson as Gargamel. [10] Since the release of The Smurfs 2 in 2013, two of the Smurfs voice actors from the previous franchise had died, Jonathan Winters [23] who voiced Papa Smurf, and Anton Yelchin, who voiced Clumsy Smurf. The film was dedicated to Winters' and Yelchin's memory. [24] Frank Welker, who voices Gargamel's pet cat Azrael, is the only voice actor to reprise his role from the live-action films.

Music

In October 2016, it was confirmed that Christopher Lennertz would be composing the score for the film. [2] In December 2016, it was reported that singer Meghan Trainor had recorded a song for the film titled "I'm a Lady", which was released as a single. [25] Shaley Scott is featured in two songs, "You Will Always Find Me in Your Heart" and "The Truest Smurf of All".

Release

Theatrical

The film was initially set for release on August 14, 2015, [26] but on May 1, 2014, the release date was pushed back to August 5, 2016. [27] In March 2015, the release date was pushed back again to March 31, 2017. [28] In March 2016, the release date was pushed back one final time to April 7, 2017. [29]

Home media

Smurfs: The Lost Village was released on Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray, and DVD on July 11, 2017 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. [30] The film debuted in second place on the Top 20 NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, behind The Fate of the Furious . [31]

In April 2021, Sony signed a deal giving Disney access to their legacy content to stream on Disney+ and Hulu and appear on Disney's linear television networks. Disney's access to Sony's titles would come following their availability on Netflix. [32]

Reception

Box office

Smurfs: The Lost Village grossed $45 million in North America and $152.2 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $197.2 million, against a production budget of $60 million. [6]

In United States and Canada, Smurfs: The Lost Village opened alongside Going in Style and The Case for Christ and was projected to gross around $16–20 million in its opening weekend from 3,602 theaters. [5] [33] It ended up opening to $13.2 million, marking the lowest debut of the Smurfs franchise by a wide margin and finishing 3rd at the box office. [34] Smurfs: The Lost Village completed its theatrical run in the United States and Canada on August 3, 2017. [35]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 41% based on 96 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Smurfs: The Lost Village may satisfy very young viewers and hardcore Smurfaholics, but its predictable story and bland animation continue the franchise's recent mediocre streak." [36] On Metacritic, the film has a score 40 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [37] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, an improvement over the "A−" score earned by both previous Smurfs films. [38] In 2018, the film was awarded The ReFrame Stamp in the 2017 Narrative & Animated Feature Recipients category. [39]

Alonzo Duralde of TheWrap wrote, "It's significant that two female writers have taken a character who's mainly just existed to be cute and seductive and turned her into a full-fledged member of this universe." [40] Owen Glieberman of Variety said, "It's a pure digital fantasy, with elegant and tactile animation, so it's more true to the Smurf spirit, and should perform solidly." [7]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Smurfs: The Lost Village is a mediocre effort that nonetheless succeeds in its main goal of keeping its blue characters alive for future merchandising purposes." [3]

Future

Television series

On August 31, 2017, it was announced that IMPS and Dupuis Audiovisuel began production on a new Smurfs TV series, with CGI animation similar to Smurfs: The Lost Village. [41] [42] The series made its world premiere, on RTBF's OUFtivi channel in Belgium, on 18 April 2021. [43] It premiered on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons in September 2021 in the U.S., with other international markets following soon.[ citation needed ]

Paramount and Nickelodeon reboot

On February 7, 2022, it was reported that LAFIG Belgium and IMPS (now known as Peyo Company), the owners of the Smurfs brand, had agreed to a partnership with Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies to produce multiple animated Smurfs films, with the first project being an animated musical film. Pam Brady is set to write the screenplay, with production set to begin later that year for a release on December 20, 2024. [44] On June 14, 2022, it was announced that former DreamWorks Animation veteran Chris Miller would direct the musical film. [45] In August, it was delayed to February 14, 2025, with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 taking its previous release date. [46] On April 27, 2023 at CinemaCon, it was announced that Barbadian singer Rihanna would be voicing Smurfette, as well as producing the film along with writing and recording original songs for the movie. The title was reported to be The Smurfs Movie . [47] Later, it was renamed as The Smurfs Musical. [48] The title was officially revealed as The Smurfs Movie during CinemaCon in April 2024, alongside Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Dan Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña, Kurt Russell, and John Goodman joining the cast. On October 4, 2024, the film's release date was delayed to July 18, 2025. [49] [50]

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