This very first image of a CGI Smurf from Sony Pictures Animation‘s upcoming Smurfs Movie was leaked onto the internet last night. But is it legit? Turns out that the studio ran the promo image in a magazine recently.
The film will be directed by Raja Gosnell with December 17 2010 being the release date. The Smurfs were created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford, known throughout the world as Peyo.
Now say hello to the very first CGI’d Smurf below the cut:
