The World’s Most Beloved
Little Blue Creatures Will Embark on a New Spooky Adventure this Fall…
THE SMURFS: THE LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW ™
An
All-New, Never Before Seen Mini-Movie Featuring the Voice Talent of
Alan
Cumming, Fred Armisen, Anton Yelchin, Hank Azaria & more
On DVD September 10th
Culver City, Calif. (August 6, 2013)
– The beloved Smurfs are back for some Halloween fun in THE
SMURFS: THE LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW™, an all-new animated mini-movie from
Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment makes its debut nationwide
on DVD on September 10th. This ‘Smurf-tacular’ adventure features the original
voice talent from THE
SMURFS 2™, which grossed a smurftastic $80.3 million in theaters
worldwide last week, including Alan Cumming (TV’s “The Good Wife”), Fred
Armisen (TV’s “Saturday Night Live”), Anton Yelchin (TV’s “Star Trek”) as well
as Hank Azaria as the voice of Gargamel (TV’s “The Simpsons”).
THE SMURFS: THE
LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW™, which combines
cutting-edge computer generated imagery and traditionally hand drawn animation,
was directed by animation veteran Stephan Franck (whose credits include The Iron Giant and Despicable Me) and produced by Mary Ellen Bauder (who also worked
on Sony Pictures Animation’s hit features Cloudy
with a Chance Of Meatballs and Hotel
Transylvania). The mini-movie has already
received critical and audience acclaim since being selected in official
competition at the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival last
month, the world’s largest animation festival.
“The Smurfs are
very dear to us at Sony Pictures Animation and we are excited by this unique,
smurfy take on ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’,” says Bob Osher, President of
Sony Pictures Digital Productions. “Director Stephan Franck and his crew
delivered a great, new fun adventure that is sure to entertain families around
the world for many Halloweens and Autumn celebrations to come.”
Inspired by the classic tale “The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” in this all-new, animated special, THE SMURFS: THE LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW™, the Smurfs learn the value of friendship and family. When Brainy
Smurf is favored to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt for the ninth year in a row,
Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy’s
investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow – and right into Gargamel’s
trap! Can Brainy and Gutsy, with the help of Smurfette, put aside their rivalry
before Gargamel captures them, or worse, will they come face-to-face with
the legendary ghost, the Headless Horseman?
SMURFY HOLLOW features
the voice talents of Hank Azaria (Gargamel), Alan Cumming (Gutsy), Fred
Armisen (Brainy) and Anton Yelchin (Clumsy), all of whom reprise their
roles from the film, THE SMURFS. SMURFY HOLLOW has a
running time of 22 minutes and is rated G.
THE SMURFS™: A
CHRISTMAS CAROL, a fun and heartwarming holiday-themed mini-movie
also featuring the original voice talent from SMURFS™,
will also be available as a stand-alone DVD September 10th. Set against a special Christmas-themed holiday
backdrop of snow-covered mushroom houses full of holiday cheer, this
mini-movie brings Christmas
time to Smurf Village and joy to all the Smurfs...except one: Grouchy Smurf.
When Grouchy Smurf says “Bah‑Humbug” to the Christmas spirit, it's up to Papa
Smurf’s magic potion and three enchanted Smurfs to set things right. Can the
Smurfs of Christmas Past, Present and Future teach Grouchy the real meaning of
Christmas before Smurf Village falls into the hands of the evil Gargamel? Fun
and heart‑warming, this is A Christmas
Carol like you've never seen! It has
a running time of 22 minutes and is G rated.
SONY PICTURES ANIMATION
Sony Pictures Animation produces a
variety of animated entertainment for audiences around the world. The studio is
following its worldwide comedy hits – the 2012 monster hit comedy Hotel
Transylvania, the 2011 hybrid live action/animated blockbuster The
Smurfs, and the 2009 mouth-watering Cloudy with a Chance
of Meatballs – with The Smurfs 2 in July 2013, and
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 in September 2013. Sony Pictures Animation,
in conjunction with Aardman Animations, has produced two critically acclaimed
feature films: the CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas; and
the Academy Award® nominated stop-frame animated high-seas adventure, The
Pirates! Band of Misfits. In 2007, Surf's Up also received
an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. The division,
whose first feature film Open Season led to a very successful movie franchise,
turned 10 in 2012. Sony Pictures Animation is an operating unit of Sony
Pictures Digital Productions.
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PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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Pictures Home Entertainment is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company.
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America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations
encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and
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network; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio
facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and
technologies; and distribution of entertainment in more than 159 countries. For
additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com/
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