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Raja Gosnell has been hired to direct Sony's live-action/animated "Smurfs."The film will be released in 3-D and 2-D formats on Dec. 17, 2010.According to Variety, "Smurfs" will be produced by Jordan Kerner ("Charlotte's Web"). J. David Stem and David N. Weiss (.Shrek 2,. "Jimmy Neutron") wrote the script and Audrey Wells (.George of the Jungle.) is doing a rewrite; the logline.s being kept under wraps.Gosnell started his career as an editor on "Home Alone," "Pretty Woman" and "Mrs. Doubtfire" and broke into directing on "Home Alone 3." He most recently directed "Beverly Hills Chihuahua."Best known in the U.S. for the long-running Hanna-Barbera cartoon, the Smurfs were created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford, known throughout the world as Peyo. »
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