Birthday smurfs get stamped - first look + movie news!

16 Sep

Posted by Tom Andries as Comic books, TV and Movies

Did you know 2008 is the year of the smurfs?

The little blue guys celebrate their smurfy 50th birthday with a promotour through Europe, 2 new comics and much more including a 3D animated movie (more on that later).

The Smurfs will also shortly be commemorated by the Belgian Postal Services on a special series of stamps. You’ve got a Smurfette stamp, a Papa Smurf one but also Jokey Smurf, Gargamel, Poet Smurf and Brainy.
Have a look at the previews!

The smurfs were created by Belgian comic artist ‘Pierre Culliford’ or Peyo and they later starred in a US-made Hannah Barbera cartoon, which ran from 1981 to 1990.

They’re still one of the worlds most treasured franchises and they seem to be following the same path of that other world famous comic hero ‘Tintin’. No one other than Steven Spielberg and ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Peter Jackson are preparing a 3D Tintin animated movie… but also the Smurfs are getting their own movie trilogy…

3D Smurfs on the way!

Making a smurfs movie seems an adventure on itself as the project has taken years to get to the practical phase and has been postponed yet again. The movie release now is expected in 2010. Shrek writers David Stem and David Weiss are currently working on the screenplay on what is supposed to become a Smurfs movie trilogy.

Legend has it that smurfs can be transformed into gold, Gargamel is sure of it! So maybe there’s some smurfy gold to be found at the boxoffice in 2010?!

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