Raja's SMURFS Movie Casts Its Lead...

Merrick here...
THIS ARTICLE over at Deadline says that Neil Patrick Harris has landed the lead role in Raja Gosnell's SMURFS movie. While the article's headline reads "Neil Patrick Harris Will Be Lead Smurf", the piece itself is quick to indicate...

Harris won’t have to walk around as ablue-tinted Avatar, either. The Raja Gosnell-directed film is a mix of live action and animation, and Harris is the lead live action character.

I'm not sure what to make of this discrepancy, but I'm guessing he's the human lead in the film. Filming begins in April.

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