Oh Smurf

I had taken my son to the movies earlier this year and was horrified amazed at seeing the teaser trailer for the upcoming live-action version of The Smurfs

Well, now the full trailer is here complete with:

• A well-respected TV actor who clearly has a big mortgage bill.

• Copious uses of the word "smurf" in place of curses, such as "I just smurfed in my mouth" and "Who smurfed?

• More puns than you can smurf a smurf at.

Of course, none of this will stop my kids from wanting to see it.  So here you go, your first look at The Smurfs:

Well Isn't That Smurfy?

In case you haven't heard, there's a Smurfs movie under way. When I first heard this, I thought "Bad idea! Kids today don't know the Smurfs!" But then I thought that about Alvin & the Chipmunks and that flick made a ton of scratch. Like Alvin & the Chipmunks, The Smurfs film is a hybrid live-action/animated flick. And the cast they've been lining up is ridiculously huge.

Earlier this week, Deadline announced that Paul Reubens (A.K.A. Pee Wee Herman) has signed on to be the voice of Jokey Smurf. Check out the list of people that he will be joining on this project: