Editing Smurfs: The Lost Village

'''''Smurfs: The Lost Village''''' is the name of [[Smurfs (comics)|the Smurfs]] film by [[Sony Pictures Animation]] that has been released on April 7, 2017. Unlike the previous two films based on [[The Smurfs (film series)|the Smurfs]] by this company, this new film is completely CGI-animated. [[Kelly Asbury]] (''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2, and Gnomeo & Juliet'') is the director, while [[Jordan Kerner]] (''The Smurfs'') and Mary Ellen Bauder (''Hotel Transylvania'') are the producers.<ref>[http://smurfsproductionblog.tumblr.com Production blog]</ref>

==Characters==
*[[Smurfette]]
*[[Gargamel (character)|Gargamel]] 
*[[Hefty Smurf]] 
*[[Brainy Smurf]] 
*[[Clumsy Smurf]] 
*[[Papa Smurf]] 
*[[Azrael]] 
*[[Monty]] 
*[[Smurfwillow]] 
*[[Smurfstorm]] 
*[[Smurfblossom]] 
*[[Smurflily]] 
*[[Smurfmelody]] 
*[[Snappy (ladybug)|Snappy the Ladybug]] 
*[[Jokey Smurf]]
*[[Gullible Smurf]]
*[[Grouchy Smurf]] 
*[[Vanity Smurf]] 
*[[Handy Smurf]] 
*[[Farmer Smurf]] 
*[[Baker Smurf]] 
*[[Nosey Smurf (real)|Nosey Smurf]] 
*[[Smurfjade]] 
*[[Karate Smurf]] 
*[[Patient Smurf]] 
*[[Passerby Smurf]]
*[[Paranoid Smurf]]
*[[Winner Smurf]]
*[[Loser Smurf]]
*[[Table-Eating Smurf]]
*[[Spitfire]]
*[[Bucky]]
*[[Smurfclover]]
*[[Smurfdew]]
*[[Smurfhazel]]
*[[Smurfpetal]]
*[[Painter Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Poet Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Lazy Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Magician Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Chef Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Greedy Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Policeman Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Weepy Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Smooth Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Scuba Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Mime Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Therapist Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Flying Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Postman Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Fisher Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Butterfly Catching Smurf]] (Does not speak)
*[[Smurfs (race)|Unnamed Smurfs]] 
*[[Smurf Girls|Unnamed Smurf Girls]] 

==Synopsis==
Best friends Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty use a special map that guides them through the Forbidden Forest, an enchanted wonderland that's filled with magical creatures. Their adventure leads them on a course to discover the biggest secret in Smurf history as they race against time and the evil wizard Gargamel to find a mysterious village.

== Summary ==
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As the story begins, [[Smurfette]] begins to wonder what her purpose in life is, as do the other [[Smurfs (race)|Smurfs]] who couldn't particularly define what a Smurfette is supposed to be. [[Brainy Smurf|Brainy]] tries to use a special [[Smurfy Thing Finder]] that he has invented to discover what Smurfette was purposed for, but unfortunately it explodes when tested on her, leaving Smurfette and the other Smurfs with no answers.

Deciding to take their minds off their lack of discovering her purpose, Smurfette along with Brainy, [[Hefty Smurf|Hefty]], and [[Clumsy Smurf|Clumsy]] go off testing their skills with smurfboarding in the forest. During her run, though, Smurfette lands near the wall separating the [[Smurf Forest]] from the Forbidden Forest and discovers what appeared to be a Smurf masked in leaves and other wild clothes, who ran away from Smurfette before she could discover who that Smurf was, although that Smurf dropped a yellow [[Smurf hat]] behind.

Soon, however, Smurfette finds herself captured by [[Monty]], the pet vulture of [[Gargamel (character)|Gargamel]] the evil wizard, who sought after capturing the Smurfs so he could use [[Smurf essence|their essence]] to make himself the most powerful wizard in the world. While Gargamel couldn't use Smurfette for her Smurf essence given that she wasn't a real Smurf, he still held her captive and had her give up the yellow Smurf hat she was carrying. Through the magic cauldron, Gargamel discovered that there was another group of Smurfs that was hidden in a location next to three tall trees in the Forbidden Forest.

Soon enough, Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy sneak their way into [[Gargamel's castle]] when they discover that Smurfette was missing and try to rescue her themselves, only to find themselves captured by Gargamel. They eventually make their escape back to the village, only to find themselves face to face with an angry [[Papa Smurf]] who decides that he was going to punish the four Smurfs by grounding them. Before any of her three friends could object, Smurfette steps forward and agrees in accepting Papa Smurf's punishment, shooing herself and her three friends out of Papa Smurf's house before he could say anything more.

That night, Smurfette steals away from the village in the hope of finding that mysterious Smurf she saw near the Forbidden Forest, only to find herself being followed by Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy, who decide to join her on her quest simply because they are Team Smurf. Smurfette allows them to come with her, and so they enter the Forbidden Forest, where they encounter Smurf-eating plants, fire-breathing dragonflies, and [[Glow Bunny|glowing fluorescent rabbits]]. But they also encounter Gargamel and [[Azrael]] also heading in the same direction, so they try to keep him off their trail for as long as possible.

Eventually, though, Smurfette and her friends find themselves captured by a group of Smurf-like beings dressed in leaves and wild clothes, who reveal themselves to be [[Smurf Girls|female Smurfs]] living in a village of their own called [[Smurfy Grove]], being led by a white-haired female Smurf named [[Smurfwillow]]. The Smurf Girls treat their visitors with utmost care, although Smurfstorm suspects that Smurfette has other purposes in mind.

Papa Smurf, meanwhile, finds out that four of his little Smurfs have gone missing and decides to go out and find them. With the help of a glowing rabbit, Papa Smurf finds Smurfy Grove and comes face to face with his maternal equal Smurfwillow. But this moment quickly turns sour as Gargamel appears with his cat Azrael and his vulture Monty to attack them with Freeze Balls. Smurfette is unaffected by the Freeze Balls since she isn't a real Smurf, so she gets to watch helplessly as Gargamel heads back to his castle with the captured Smurfs and Smurf Girls.

As Gargamel prepares the Smurf essence extractor in order to make himself a more powerful wizard, the Smurfs attempt to make an escape from their captivity, only to be stopped by Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty. Then Smurfette appears and pledges to become Gargamel's instrument of evil once again so he could capture the remaining Smurfs and have her master become even more powerful. As Gargamel tries to use his magic to turn Smurfette back to her evil self, the spell backfires, and Gargamel finds himself losing the magical power he gained from the Smurf essence he had stolen. Suddenly an explosion causes Gargamel to be catapulted far from his castle, thus saving the Smurfs and Smurf Girls. Unfortunately, Smurfette's sacrifice for her friends ends up reverting her to a lifeless lump of blue clay.

The Smurfs and Smurf Girls bring Smurfette's remains to the Smurf Village, where they hold a memorial for her and hold hands with each other to share their griefs. However, the show of emotion from the gathered Smurfs causes magic to emanate from them and re-animate the remains of Smurfette, and everybody happily celebrates. Smurf Village and Smurfy Grove rejoice in their new unity. In the end, Smurfette finally finds her purpose and most of all, a true-blue Smurf.

During the credits, Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty walk on a hill, and Azrael is blamed for ruining Gargamel's plans instead of Monty.

==Cast==
*[[Demi Lovato]] as [[Smurfette]]
*[[Rainn Wilson]] as [[Gargamel]]
*[[Mandy Patinkin]] as [[Papa Smurf]]
*[[Joe Manganiello]] as [[Hefty]]
*[[Jack McBrayer]] as [[Clumsy]]
*[[Danny Pudi]] as [[Brainy]] 
*[[Julia Roberts]] as [[Smurfwillow]]
* [[Michelle Rodriguez]] as [[Smurfstorm]]
*[[Ellie Kemper]] as [[Smurfblossom]]
*[[Ariel Winter]] as [[Smurflily]]
*[[Meghan Trainor]] as [[Smurfmelody]]
*[[Jake Johnson]] as [[Grouchy]]
*[[Gabriel Iglesias]] as [[Jokey]] 
*[[Tituss Burgess]] as [[Vanity]]
* [[Jeff Dunham]] as [[Farmer]]
*[[Gordon Ramsay]] as [[Baker Smurf|Baker]] 
*[[Kelly Asbury]] as [[Nosey]]
* Bret Marnell as [[Handy]] and [[Snappy (ladybug)|Snappy]]
*Brandon Jeffords as Cauldron
*[[Frank Welker]] as [[Azrael]]
*[[Dee Bradley Baker]] as [[Monty]]
*[[Melissa Sturm]] as [[Smurfjade]]
*Patrick Ballin as [[Patient Smurf|Patient]] and Frank the Caterpillar
*Alan Mechem as [[Passerby Smurf|Passerby]]
*Danik Thomas as [[Karate]] 

===Additional Voices=== 
*Scott Menville as [[Gullible Smurf|Gullible]]
*Eric Bauza
*Ashley Bell
*Bob Bergen
*Debi Derryberry
*Terri Douglas
*Jeff Fischer
*Jennifer Crystal Foley
*Jackie Gonneau
*Josh Keaton
*Marcella Lentz-Pope
*Yuri Lowenthal
*Max Mittelman
*Courtney Peldon
*Ashleigh Prather
*Lashana Rodriguez
*Anee Sackmann
*Tara Strong
*Brittany Tuerpe
*Kari Wahlgren
*Lisa Wilhoit
*Matthew Wood
*Shelby Young

===Additional Voices (uncredited)===
*Lori Alan
*Carlos Alazraqui
*Steve Alterman
*Rodger Bumpass
*Gregg Berger
*John Cygan
*Brian T. Delaney
*Chris Edgerly
*Bill Farmer
*Keith Ferguson
*Teresa Ganzel
*Jess Harnell
*John Kassir
*Matthew Labyorteaux
*Aaron LaPlante
*Jason Marsden
* Mona Marshall
*Danny Mann
*Jonathan Nichols
*Laraine Newman
*Nolan North
*Paul Pape
*Jan Rabson
*Mindy Sterling
* Fred Tatasciore
*James Kevin Ward

==Production ==

=== 2012 ===
On May 10, 2012, two weeks after they announced production of ''[[The Smurfs 2]]'', [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Sony Pictures Animation]] were already developing a script for ''[[The Smurfs 3]]'' with writers Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche.<ref>https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053808</ref> [[Hank Azaria]], who played Gargamel in the first two films, revealed that the third film "might actually deal with the genuine origin of how all these characters ran into each other way back when."<ref>https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=106456</ref> Plans for a second sequel were later scrapped, with a completely computer-animated reboot to be produced instead.

=== 2014 ===
Kelly Asbury was confirmed as director in March 2014. It was revealed that the film would explore the origins of the Smurfs, and feature a new take on the characters, with designs and environments more closely following the artwork created by [[Peyo]], the creator of the Smurfs franchise.<ref>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sony-pictures-animation-unveils-updated-production-slate-249842691.html</ref>

The film was initially set for release on August 14, 2015, but on May 1, 2014, the release date was pushed to August 5, 2016.

Both Patrick Mate (art designer) and Brandon Jeffords (the head of story) were brought onto the project in 2014.<ref>[https://smurfsproductionblog.tumblr.com/post/84945157252/sketchin-smurfs-from-the-beginning-of-when-i Sketchin’ Smurfs]</ref>

=== 2015 ===
Jordan Kerner served as producer, with Mary Ellen Bauder co-producing. On June 14, 2015, Sony Pictures Animation confirmed the original title of ''Get Smurfy'', along with a first look at the film.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/get-smurfy-first-look-at-802378</ref> 

On January 16, 2015, [[Mandy Patinkin]] was added to the cast of the animated adventure film to voice Papa Smurf, who was previously voiced by [[Jonathan Winters]] in the live-action/CGI films.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/homeland-star-voice-papa-smurf-764395/</ref> On June 14, 2015, [[Demi Lovato]] was revealed as the voice of Smurfette, and [[Rainn Wilson]] as Gargamel.<ref>https://deadline.com/2015/06/get-smurfy-demi-lovato-as-smurfette-rainn-willson-as-gargamel-mandy-patinkin-as-papa-smurf-1201442625/</ref> Since the release of ''The Smurfs 2'' in 2013, two of the Smurfs voice actors from the previous franchise had died, Jonathan Winters<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jonathan-winters-dies-at-87-438626</ref> who voiced Papa Smurf, and [[Anton Yelchin]], who voiced Clumsy. The film was dedicated to Winters' and Yelchin's memory.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/jun/20/anton-yelchin-obituary-film-actor</ref> [[Frank Welker]], who voices Gargamel's pet cat Azrael, is the only voice actor to reprise his role from the live-action films.

In March 2015, the release date was pushed back again to March 31, 2017.

=== 2016 ===
On February 11, 2016, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, and Danny Pudi were revealed to voice Hefty, Clumsy, and Brainy respectively. The next day, it was confirmed that the film had been retitled to ''Smurfs: The Lost Village''.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/02/11/smurfs-lost-village-sneak-peek-joe-manganiello-jack-mcbrayer/80182954/#</ref> 

In March 2016, the release date was pushed back one final time to April 7, 2017.

The first trailer online for the movie was released on August 14, 2016. A teaser trailer was released on September 22, 2016, and the second trailer was released on November 21, 2016. 

On September 22, 2016, it was revealed that LStar Capital and Wanda Pictures will co-finance the film.<ref>https://deadline.com/2016/09/sony-wanda-alliance-jumanji-passengers-smurfs-1201825089/</ref><ref>https://deadline.com/2014/04/sony-closes-slate-co-fi-deal-with-lone-star-citibank-711875/</ref> 

=== 2017 ===
On February 8, 2017, Kelly Asbury confirmed that this movie is more or less a reboot of the mainline franchise and its philosophy as a whole (and by extension, Sony Pictures' trilogy film series) that focuses on re-envisioning and restoring Peyo's vision of the franchise in dimensional film form, and a standalone film from the previous duology live-action installments. Similar to the proposed 2008 trilogy film series, Kelly Asbury spent time on researching on the original comic books, the live-action hybrid movies, and the 1980s TV series adaptation extensively --- and closely observed Peyo's artwork in the comic books to translate into 3D animation to make it feel like Peyo had designed the film himself. They assured that the film should not break the rules that the franchise has established over the years -- mostly focusing on the philosophy established for the 1980s TV series.<ref>https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/director-kelly-asbury-spills-the-secrets-of-smurfs-the-lost-village/</ref>

The third and final trailer released on March 13, 2017.

''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' was theatrically released in all United States cinemas on April 7, 2017.

''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' was released on Digital HD on July 6, 2017, and on DVD and Blu-ray on July 11, 2017.

===Legacy===
A month before the film's release, a sub-series of Smurfs comic books known as the "[[The Girls' Village Collection|Girls' Village Collection]]" was initiated in March 2017 --- an official adaptation of the film taking place in the [[Smurfs Comic Book Universe|comic book continuity]], which brought the introduction to the Smurf Girls in the franchise from this point onwards. To this day, Studio Peyo continues to make new stories centering on the adaptation.

The mainline comic books also followed suit with the philosophies of the film such as Smurfette being depicted having a desire on regularly doing various chores for the Smurfs and taking on risky, adventurous tasks/expeditions shown in newer comic book stories such as "[[The Smurfs and the Flight of the Storks|The Smurfs And The Flight Of The Storks]]", "[[The Smurfs and the Lost Children|The Smurfs And The Lost Children]]", and [[Grandir avec les Schtroumpfs]].

Four months after the film's release, a [[The Smurfs (2021 TV series)|new television series]] was announced by Peyo Productions.<ref>https://www.animationmagazine.net/2017/08/imps-dupuis-plan-new-smurfs-series/</ref><ref>https://www.awn.com/news/imps-dupuis-developing-new-animated-smurfs-series</ref> It was inspired by the film and its re-envisioned philosophy for the mainline franchise as a whole, while the television series remained completely faithful to the comic books (paraphrased as "pure Smurf '''DNA'''"). The franchise would also go on to generally follow the art style for the film onwards, featuring in several entries of the franchise onwards such as [[Smurfette’s Magic Match|Smurfs Magic Match]] and [[The Smurfs' Society]].

==Development==

=== Themes ===
The central theme of ''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' is Smurfette’s "lack" of an identity - or rather her incomplete understanding of who she is. The rest of the Smurfs are defined by what they do or by a key element of their personality like Brainy or Clumsy. Although Smurfette is a member of the village, the rest of the Smurfs don’t know what a Smurfette is. Papa Smurf puts it this way: "Smurfette’s name doesn’t tell us anything about her. It doesn’t tell us who she is or what she does", which puts out the theme of how you're defined not by what you do, but by who you are.

The power of teamwork was also huge theme in the film. In the first half of the film the boy and girl Smurfs are very focused on their differences. Yet, in the end they are able to put their differences aside and come together to save each other and fight their enemy.

Another major theme is the power of friendship. Smurfette is joined by her best friends on this grand adventure. Along the way, their friendship is put to the test. Ultimately, it is their deep bond that gives Smurfette the strength to do what she must to fulfill her true destiny.

=== Software Usage ===
In search of the lost village, Smurfette, Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy encounter a magical river that hurtles them downstream. But this river is different: it levitates above the ground. The process of building the river began in animation. “They had a rig which was basically just tubes,” explains Spencer Lueders, "and they would set the size of the tubes, the length of them, and then they were able to animate them moving around as they saw fit."

Once that animation was approved, the tubes would be sent to the FX department at Imageworks. Lueders was then able to extract the parametric detail of the tubes in order to get the direction they were flowing. That meant the system would know which way the river was flowing, after which artists could create some vectors off the tubes that would define the gravity.

Another element - and another challenge - was the bioluminescence element of the ribbon of water. This gave the river a magical quality. It was achieved with invected particles that were invected using the velocity field from the original FLIP sims, but they also had emissive properties to provide purples and greens and blues.

Team Smurf also passes through a multitude of vegetation. That was modeled in 3D, with Houdini used to propagate the foliage and trees and other vegetation. "Basically," describes Lueders, "we used various point clouds, and we would import the terrain that we would get from the modeling department and then we would be able to paint where we wanted grassy patches or clovers, moss mounds, things like that."<ref>https://www.sidefx.com/community/sony-imageworks-smurfs-the-lost-village/</ref>

=== Character Development ===
In earlier concept art, orange hair was considered for a couple of the Smurf Girls.
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At a later point in production, the girls' general designs for the primarily featured girls were overhauled a number of times as well. Storm did not have a clover on her hat or her pack of bow and arrows, Blossom's flower on her hat was smaller and was yellow with white petals, and Willow had a longer dress and a necklace instead of a vest. Lily's design was mostly unchanged from production, with the only notable difference being that her flower on her hat was smaller and yellow.

Monty's design was overhauled various times as well. At one point in development, he was female. When that decision was abandoned, he was turned into a dragon, and his earlier features included having a longer tail. At a later point in production, he resembled his final design and was changed back into a bird, but he had a blue beak.

====Unused Characters====
''The Art of Smurfs: The Lost Village'' features concept art of a large amount of fauna of the Forbidden Forest included in the book that does not appear in the movie, such as piranhas, birds, and bees.

Among the other characters that were cut were humans from the past, which included Vikings who existed in the Belgian city of Bruges.

Other versions of the story featured cameos from [[Mother Nature]], Shakespeare's Nick Bottom, and [[Sir Johan|Johan]] and [[Peewit]].

A number of other Smurf characters had designs made for the film that did not get in: [[Harmony Smurf|Harmony]], [[Dreamy Smurf|Dreamy]], [[Crazy Smurf|Crazy]], [[Enamored Smurf|Enamored]], and [[Party Planner Smurf|Party Planner]], with Harmony's role being taken over by Smooth Smurf from ''The Smurfs 2''.

===World Building===
The production crew wanted to make sure the movie looked as much as possible like the original comics Peyo had drawn — not only in terms of the characters, but also for the environments and how shots were composed to make it look as much like the original material.

Noelle and Patrick Mate (character designer) are both French, which gave the animators an advantage as they had grown up reading the comics: they were already familiar with the Smurfs characters and universe. In an interview, Jessica Fernandes explains that she was first exposed to Smurfs in the Hanna-Barbera era, via the television series. She also stated that their process started with the question: What makes a "Smurf" a "Smurf?".

The production design team focused on Peyo’s aesthetics in terms of creating a lot of depth. Fernandes wanted to make sure the crew didn’t have flat or uninteresting surfaces. In an initial test for the Smurf village, it turned out that they build the ground too flat and that was really unappealing. Because the Smurfs are so small (only a foot tall), they needed to make sure that you felt you were down low, on the ground, with them. At this level, the viewer would see things differently. A tiny hill might feel like a mountain, it was so much better when you saw elements overlapping, etc.

Even the way that Peyo drew things in relation to the Smurfs was something we looked at. Everything is always on a larger scale in relation to them. For example, if a Smurf sits in a chair, the chair is much larger than him. If he walks up to a table, he has to reach up, or get up on a stool to reach the top of the table. Door handles are always twice as big as a Smurf’s hands. Peyo did this to make the Smurfs feel young and child-like. We wanted to do that too, make them feel small and charming.

===Plot Changes/Scene Deletions===

==== Original Storylines ====
A couple of storylines were created for the film that did not get in, with many of them involving humans.

Many iterations of the stories created were cut together in order to establish what Smurfette's struggle was - some with more visuals than explanation, some with Smurfette narrating, and some with Papa Smurf telling her tale.

As mentioned above, old development featured humans and Vikings living in Bruges. Then came a story introducing the ancestors of Gargamel. Head of story artist Brandon Jeffords says that the writers even toyed around with the idea of Azrael actually being a human turned into a cat, but it never went far.

There were originally completely different storylines involving time travel (akin to the abandoned project of ''The Smurfs 3''), versions involving anti-Smurf movements, and versions involving pro-Smurf festivals.

Earlier versions of the finalized story dug deeper into the Smurf Girls' origins and played out that Willow's name was "Sigrid" and the film would have originally played with a love story between her and Papa Smurf.

====Smurfberry Blast====
The original beginning featured the Smurfs playing a paintball-like game. It was going to be used to establish Team Smurf.
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====Brainy's Experiment====
Brainy's experiment also had an extended scene which he re-explained Smurfette's history of being created by Gargamel, which explains why it is difficult to test his Smurfy Thing Finder on her.
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====Gargamel's Lair====
Another cut scene involved Team Smurf going to Gargamel's lair to retrieve his secret book of spells, which came from an earlier version of the film where Smurfette was not captured by Monty.<ref>https://moviesanywhere.com/movie/smurfs-the-lost-village/bonus/smurfs-the-lost-village/features/deleted-scenes</ref>
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Earlier versions of the story dug a bit deeper into the Smurf Girls' origins, but due to the change in plot and time constraints, it was changed.
==Music==
In October 2016, it was confirmed that Christopher Lennertz will be composing the score for the film.

In December 2016, it was reported that singer Meghan Trainor had recorded a song for the film titled “I’m a Lady”, which was released as a single.

===Movie Songs===
#[[It's Your Thing]] - [[The Isley Brothers]]
#[[Careless Whisper]]
#[[Here It Comes Now]] - [[Brothers and Sisters]]
#[[Heroes (We Could Be)]] - [[Alesso]] (featuring [[Tove Lo]])
#[[Delirious (Boneless)]] - [[Steve Aoki]], [[Chris Lake]], & [[Tujamo]] (featuring [[Kid Ink]])
#[[Blue (Da Ba Dee)]] - [[Eiffel 65]]
# [[You Will Always Find Me in Your Heart]] - [[Shaley Scott]]
#[[I'm A Lady|I'm a Lady]] - [[Meghan Trainor]]

==Trivia==
* This is the first time Sony Pictures Animation releases three films in the same year, while the other films are ''The Emoji Movie'' and ''The Star''.
*This is the first film in the ''Smurfs'' series not to be released in July.
*This film earned tepid reviews from critics, and although it has done quite well overseas, it has failed to make any traction in America. In the United States, it opened alongside ''Going in Style'' and ''The Case for Christ'' and was projected to gross around $16–20 million in the opening weekend from 3,602 theaters. It ended up opening to $13.2 million, marking the lowest debut of the Smurfs franchise and finishing 3rd at the box office.   
**In addition, this film turned out to be the last film of the Sony Pictures Animation Smurf franchise, as it was the consequence of the sub-franchise intending to be part of the original lineup of the trilogy films to begin with. Although, it was shortly announced four months after the film's release that the umbrella franchise would be getting a new animated series which would happen four years after The Lost Village's release. Likewise, SPA's rights to the Smurfs property expired by the time the 2021 series entered production, as Nickelodeon gained the licensing rights to the franchise in six countries (among them the US and Canada) the previous year, aired said series on its channel in the US, and would put [[Smurfs: The Rise of Purple Smurfs|another Smurfs movie]] in production with corporate sibling [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] (which initially had the film rights to the franchise before Sony took over) in 2022.
*When Farmer is trying to explain what a Smurfette is, the [[King Smurf (character)|King Smurf]] scarecrow can be seen in the background.
*The design for the snail that appears in the very beginning of the movie is developed into the ones seen in the 2021 TV series.
*The song that Smooth Smurf plays on his saxophone is named “Careless Whisper” by George Michael.
*To celebrate the then-brand-new film's release, five-foot statues of Papa Smurf and Smurfette were created by hand and set up last week under the supervision of character designer Patrick Mate.
*John Goodman was originally considered to voice Papa Smurf.
*Joe Manganiello voices Hefty Smurf in this movie. His wife Sofía Vergara appeared in the live-action movies.
*Ellie Kemper and Ariel Winter, Smurfblossom and Smurflily's voice actresses, had previously voiced Crackle and Sofia on ''Sofia the First''.
* Brainy's [[smurfway]] makes its debut here as an unnamed invention that he can be seen driving with at the beginning of the movie. It will properly be called a smurfway in the 2021 TV series.
*Xavier Fagnon and Jérémy Prévost voice Farmer and Jokey in the French dub, respectively. In the 2021 TV series, the two voice actors appear on the show as a vast majority of characters.
*Alan Mechem voices Passerby, the Smurf that speaks to Grouchy and Smurfette at the very start. Voicing a Smurf was one of his life-long dreams, being a fan of the franchise since childhood.
*In the Hebrew dub, you can hear Gargamel (voiced by comedian Kobi Maimon) during the end credits, which were kept in English: "Why didn't they translate all the names in Hebrew? Do they think we want to read this in English? I'm sorry for whoever needed to write this whole nonsense!"

==Goofs==
* Gargamel finds out of the Smurf he captured is Smurfette. She grabs the bars of the cage, but the position of the door hinges changes, switching from her right to her left, back and forth.
*When Gargamel tries using a freeze ball on Smurfette, and it doesn't work, he states freeze balls are only supposed to work on real Smurfs; however, earlier in the movie he used one to freeze a mouse.
*Gargamel's one-and-only top tooth keeps changing from the right side to the left side of his mouth.
*As the Smurfs escape from Monty into the log that serves as the entrance to the village, the log goes up as they cross to the other side, then comes back down to hit Monty on the head. In the next shot, however, the log is just coming down on the other side, meaning that the log should still be up on Monty's side.
*In Gargamel's lair, he says he has 12 "freeze balls", then he throws 1 at the mouse and as "Team Smurf" escapes, one falls on him allowing the team to escape. When he goes to use them again, he uses 13 and holding a 14th in his hand at the end of the scene.
*After Gargamel is defeated, all of the Smurfs (except the Smurf Girls) are in cages, with a lot more than 13 Smurfs in them.
*During the end of [[I'm A Lady]], Blossom can be seen twice, one in the wide crowd of Smurfs and Smurf Girls (in the front row), while the other can be seen dancing with Farmer and an ordinary Smurf.

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' grossed $45 million in North America and $152.2 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $197.2 million, against a production budget of $60 million.

In North America, the film opened alongside ''Going in Style'' and ''The Case for Christ'' and was projected to gross around $16–20 million in its opening weekend from 3,602 theaters.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-movie-projector-smurfs-20170403-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405140248/http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-movie-projector-smurfs-20170403-story.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170405003213/http://variety.com/2017/film/box-office/box-office-smurfs-the-lost-village-going-in-style-boss-baby-1202022784/</ref> It ended up opening to $13.2&nbsp;million, marking the lowest debut of the ''Smurfs'' franchise by a wide margin and finishing 3rd at the box office.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210212004756/https://deadline.com/2017/04/smurfs-the-lost-village-going-in-style-boss-baby-beauty-and-the-beast-box-office-1202064314/</ref>

===Critical response===
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 40% based on 97 reviews and an average rating of 4.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' may satisfy very young viewers and hardcore Smurfaholics, but its predictable story and bland animation continue the franchise's recent mediocre streak."<ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/smurfs_the_lost_village/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125054717/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/smurfs_the_lost_village</ref> On Metacritic, the film has a score 40 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210122085527/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/smurfs-the-lost-village</ref> Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, an improvement over the "A−" score earned by both previous ''Smurfs'' films.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150217211441/https://m.cinemascore.com/</ref> In 2018, the film was awarded The ReFrame Stamp in the 2017 Narrative & Animated Feature Recipients category.<ref>https://womenandhollywood.com/reframe-spotlights-gender-balanced-films-and-tv-with-new-stamp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225114627/https://womenandhollywood.com/reframe-spotlights-gender-balanced-films-and-tv-with-new-stamp/</ref>

Alonzo Duralde of TheWrap wrote, "It's significant that two female writers have taken a character who's mainly just existed to be cute and seductive and turned her into a full-fledged member of this universe."<ref>https://www.thewrap.com/smurfs-the-lost-village-review-demi-lovato-2017/</ref> Owen Glieberman of ''Variety'' said, "It's a pure digital fantasy, with elegant and tactile animation, so it's more true to the Smurf spirit, and should perform solidly."<ref name="VarietyReview">https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/smurfs-the-lost-village-review-1202016213/</ref>

Frank Scheck of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote, "''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' is a mediocre effort that nonetheless succeeds in its main goal of keeping its blue characters alive for future merchandising purposes."<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/smurfs-lost-village-review-988818</ref>

==Taglines==
''A whole new world awaits.''

''They were never alone.''

''Small is big.''

''New friendships are only an adventure away.''

''More to the story? They were never alone?''

''Enter a secret world, and see the Smurfs through new eyes.''

- Promotional taglines

==Related Media & Merchandise==

===DVD, Blu-ray and 4K releases===
DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra 4K HD releases of ''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' were all released on February 7, 2017. Two versions have been released: 

*The normal release.
*The Smurfs 3-Movie Collection.

===The Art of Smurfs: The Lost Village===
''[[The Art of Smurfs: The Lost Village]]'' is a book showing the various concepts of ''Smurfs: The Lost Village'', including details of influences.

=== Books===
A book adaptation, titled ''Smurfs: The Lost Village Movie Novelization'', was written by Stacia Deutsch.

===Food & Beverages===
Both Burger King and McDonald's ran promotional toylines for the movie.

The Little Bites company also did a promotional tie-in with the Smurfs.

==Videos==

===Official Trailers/Teasers===
<gallery>
The Lost Village - Official "Lost" Trailer • The Smurfs
The Lost Village – Teaser Trailer • The Smurfs
The Lost Village – Official International Trailer • The Smurfs
SMURFS- THE LOST VILLAGE - Official Trailer -2 (HD)
</gallery>

===Behind the Scenes===
<gallery>
The Lost Village – Rainn Wilson Getting into Character • The Smurfs
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Non-canonical Smurf presentations]]
[[Category:Smurfs movies]]
[[Category:Animated productions]]