News from Sony Pictures Consumer Products: Smurfs Honored at Grauman's Chinese Theatre!

 

The Smurfs Honored with Historic Handprint Ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

 

Papa Smurf, Smurfette and Clumsy Smurf from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s The Smurfs were honored this week with a Handprint Ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, cementing their Hollywood legacy. The Smurfs, now available on 3-Disc Holiday Blu-ray + DVD Gift Set, Blu-ray 3D, DVD and digital, joined Hollywood’s legends after celebrating more than 50 years of entertaining fans of the franchise.

“The Smurfs have been an important part of pop culture for the last 50 years. It seems only appropriate that their legacy be acknowledged by the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre,” said Bob Osher, President, Sony Pictures Digital Productions.

 

 

The film, directed by Raja Gosnell (Scooby Doo) and starring Neil Patrick Harris (TV’s How I Met Your Mother), Jayma Mays (TV’s Glee), Sofia Vergara (TV’s Modern Family), and Hank Azaria (TV’s The Simpsons) as Gargamel, features the “smurf-ect” voices of singing sensation Katy Perry as Smurfette, George Lopez (Rio) as Grouchy and Jonathan Winters (The Flintstones) as the original Papa Smurf.

The Smurfs were first introduced to the world in 1958 as comic book characters called “The Schtroumpfs,” created by Belgian artist Pierre “Peyo” Culliford. An immediate sensation – they generated a wave of letters to the editor demanding more – and over the next fifty years, they became nothing short of a phenomenon, coming to life in comics, books, television series, films, videogames, live shows and figurines (more than 300 million sold). The characters’ cross-generational appeal has only grown as children who grew up on The Smurfs are now parents themselves, introducing their children to The Smurfs for the first time.

Now available, The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol DVD is an all-new mini-movie, exclusive to the 3-Disc Holiday Blu-ray + DVD Gift Set and starring the Smurfs. Based on the timeless holiday classic, The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol is available for a limited time only. Blu-ray special features also include a one-of-a-kind Smurf-O-Vision: Second Screen Experience. Experience the Smurfs taking over your television and iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch! While you watch the movie, Smurfs will appear on-screen to sing, dance and do all kinds of Smurf-tastic things! The adventure also extends to your second screen device where you will be able to interact and engage with the Smurfs, Gargamel and Azrael – popping bubbles, dropping smurfberries, zapping Gargamel, and much more! Visit http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/thesmurfs for all the details.