The Smurfs trailer debuts

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Smurfs up! The first official trailer for the Smurfs’ big screen outing has hit the web. And it’s Smurfilicious.

To be fair, it’s not quite as bad as we all presumed it would be, but also nowhere near as good as it could have been had the film, say, been awarded a hard R rating.

The plot follows the evil wizard Gargamel, who chases the Smurfs out of their village and straight into New York City.

There, the little blue men (and one little blue woman) attempt to survive this whole new world – as well as Gargamel, who is still on the hunt.

Check out the trailer below...

Could The Smurfs be saved by unexpectedly rambunctious humour? Will Smurfette be entirely based on Marilyn Monroe? And can they possibly make a film where every other word is ‘Smurf’?

We’ll find out when The Smurfs smurfs into the smurfing cinemas 10 August.

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.