Smurfs

Raja Gosnell has signed on to direct the upcoming Smurfs movie for Columbia Pictures and Sony Animation. The film will be a mix of live action and animation.

Gosnell past experience includes directing “Scooby-Doo”, “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

Jordon Kerner is producing the film and has this to say about picking Gosnell, “With Raja coming aboard, we now have a brilliant director who has proven time and again that he has a deft touch in blending the worlds of physical comedy and honest emotion with both live action and photo-real animated characters. Our three-apple-high heroes are in good hands, and we feel absolutely positively Smurfy to be working with him.”

The Smurfs film will be released on December 17,2010.