On Saturday, June 22, 2013, in celebration of the birthday of Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs , Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation will once again coordinate events all over the world as part of Global Smurfs Day
Principal photography began Friday, March 26, in New York on Columbia Pictures'/Sony Pictures Animation's hybrid live-action and animated family comedy, The Smurfs, it was announced today by Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions, Hannah Minghella, president of Sony Pictures Animation and Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures.
