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The Scooby-Doo director will steer the big screen version of cartoonist Peyo's famed blue characters. Jordan Kerner (Charlotte's Web) is producing the live-action/animation hybrid, with Shrek 3 pair David Stem and David N. Weiss writing the script alongside Audrey Wells.
"With Raja coming aboard, we now have a brilliant director who has proven time and again that he has a deft touch in blending the worlds of physical comedy and honest emotion with both live action and photo real animated characters," said Kerner.
"Our three-apple-high heroes are in good hands, and we feel absolutely, positively Smurfy to be working with him."
The Smurfs will be released in 3D and conventional cinemas on December 17, 2010.
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