First appearing in the French comic Johan and Peewitt in 1958, the Smurfs took US TV by storm with the animated series in 1981 on NBC. Since then, it has gone on to a iconic stable for not only kids that grew up with the series in the 80s, but spawned merchandise, comics, the animated feature released in 1975 (the US in 1983) and three big screen features in 2011, 2013 and 2017.

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Now an all-new feature is coming aptly titled Smurfs starring Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Alex Winter, Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña with Kurt Russell and John Goodman with Shrek the Third and Puss in Boots director Chris Miller at the helm.

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Smurfs follows Smurfette who leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him when Papa Smurf is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel,. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe.

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While you will have to wait until July 18th to see the film int heaters, you can check out the first trailer and teaser poster here now from Paramount.