As the staff cuts at DreamWorks Animation and Walt Disney Studios prove, bigger is no longer thought of as better in Hollywood. The suits are now angling after a far more efficient business plan.
Despite successes like "The Dark Knight Rises," "The Amazing Spider-Man," and "Marvel's The Avengers," blockbuster movies are in a bit of a rut. Stars...
My involvement in Smurfland is limited to checking in now and then to make sure, when my kids are in school, that the plants get watered and don't die. 'Til I heard the question, "Mom, can I buy Smurfette?"
When the movie adaptation of the classic comic and cartoon "The Smurfs" hit the big screen late this summer, it placed the lovable blue woodland creat...
This weekend is an excellent example of why it's the numbers, not the rankings that matter when discussing box office. And, more importantly, the context of the numbers must be taken into account as well as the hard figures.
For Smurf Week in New York, the current celebration of all things blue, New York City's tourism marketing group has released a map for tourists wishin...
In the new Smurf movie, Katy Perry lends her voice to Smurfette, a character introduced to the original Belgian comic series for potentially cynical r...
The conceit of "The Smurfs," the upcoming CGI/live action hybrid film, is that the happy-go-lucky, virginal blue woodland creatures are chased out of ...
Not that she has much competition in Smurfville -- she's one of only two ladies in town, and was there way before Sassette ever entered the mushroom h...
Moorish architecture, sherry, flamenco and the famous beaches along the Costa del Sol are just a few of the attractions in the Andalusia region of So...
As is often the case in the world of television, when Bill O'Reilly's interview with President Obama was originally aired, some things were cut for ti...
This year's Oscar producers, Adam Shankman and Bil Mechanic, were so dedicated to the quixotic task of luring in young viewers, that we were given a show full of presenters that appeared to have gone through puberty during the rehearsals.
Imagine if Peter Jackson turned "The Smurfs" into an epic war movie. Or if Wes Anderson put his spin on Teddy Ruxpin. It'd be pretty awesome. In Dan M...
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation are bringing a live-action/animated "Smurfs" project to the bigscreen.
Sony obtained film rights to the...