Britney Spears has made us say “Ooh La La” for years, if you know what we mean. Now she’s going “Ooh La La” for the Smurfs, if you know what we mean. We mean: She’s hot She’s recording that song for The Smurfs 2 ! Says Britney : “I have always loved the Smurfs as a kid and now my boys are the biggest Smurfs fans EVER. I wanted to surprise them with a song in the movie.” The pop legend’s version of “Ooh La La” will play at the end credits for “The Smurfs 2,” a part animated, part live family comedy due for release on July 31. Spears, 31, is working on a new studio album following her “Femme Fatale” release in 2011, and is in talks for a long-term contract to perform in Las Vegas. The one-time X Factor judge’s last musical effort was the hit single ” Scream & Shout ” in November of last year in collaboration with rapper Will.i.am.
‘We were a big ‘Smurfs’ household. We had the glasses and the sheets and the whole thing,’ ‘Glee’ star Jayma Mays admits. By Jocelyn Vena “The Smurfs” Photo: Sony Pictures “The Smurfs” took “Cowboys and Aliens” for a ride at the box office over the weekend when the two blockbusters tied for the top spot. And the movie’s cast recently chatted with MTV News and recalled some of their favorite memories from the vintage “Smurfs” cartoon. “We were a big ‘Smurfs’ household,” “Glee” star Jayma Mays explained. “We had the glasses and the sheets and the whole thing. We didn’t have the figurines that some people collect, but my mom loved ‘The Smurfs,’ so she would make me watch.” Co-star Hank Azaria also has a backstory with the lovable cartoon. “I was highly familiar with Gargamel and ‘The Smurfs,’ being an animation fan, even though I was technically too old for ‘Smurfs,’ ” he recalled. “When they came to America, I watched them anyway ’cause I’m immature,” he joked. “I always wanted to improve on Gargamel,” he continued. “I always felt he was too one- note and borderline annoying and wanted to make him funny and more amusing and a little scarier in other moments. I ended up using a voice very similar to the cartoon, but I thought he could be more three-dimensional and sarcastic and laid-back, and mostly I was curious as to why he was married to a cat.” Neil Patrick Harris said he enjoyed the cartoon back in the day, and recalled his favorite moments shooting the 3-D, part CGI/part live action flick. “Hank’s great. My favorite elements of Hank being in the movie was that since we didn’t really have scenes together, it was my days off,” he jokingly explained. “So when it was Hank-heavy scenes, [Jayma] and I were like, ‘Woohoo!’ “For me, I really liked filming around New York,” he continued. “I’m mostly a West Coast guy, and I’ve always been a fan of the city and I think the film is a wonderful homage and love letter of New York. So to be able to film in New York … you don’t get that opportunity.” Check out everything we’ve got on “The Smurfs.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
‘I’ve always been fascinated by what really goes on in the subways,’ Neil Patrick Harris tells MTV News of what he’d do first. By Jocelyn Vena “The Smurfs (In 3-D)” Photo: Sony Pictures “The Smurfs” are three apples high, as the legend goes, and in this week’s big-screen adaptation of the beloved children’s cartoon, Hollywood takes a stab at re-telling the tale for a new generation of kids. The 3-D tale (with some CGI) is voiced by an A-list cast, including VMA-nominated Katy Perry , George Lopez and Alan Cumming, to name a few. In the movie, the Smurfs land in the Big Apple, where they end up staying with expecting newlyweds played by Neil Patrick Harris and “Glee” star Jayma Mays. Of course, they’re also trying to stay as far as possible from their nemesis, Gargamel, played by Hank Azaria. The little creatures find themselves in some silly situations as they try to navigate the big city. When MTV News caught up with Harris, Mays and Azaria in New York, we asked what they would do if they suddenly found themselves having to survive the city in Smurf-sized bodies.’ “I’ve always been fascinated by what really goes on in the subways,” Harris said. His onscreen lady love, Mays, agreed, “That’s a good one,” before warning him, “but then the rats would be bigger than you. So that’d be a little scary.” “Maybe I’d sneak into really fun buildings,” Mays added. “I would get into clubs that won’t let me in now.” Harris later quipped of a popular Broadway show, “You could sneak into the ‘Book of Mormon.’ That’s a hard ticket to get right now.” The actor who plays the movie’s bumbling bad guy had a less glitzy answer. “If I were three apples high and I lived in New York, I would sneak into the Mets game. That’s what I’d do,” Azaria said. “And I’m blue, so they’d probably just mistake me for some kind of mascot. I’d wear orange to go with it. You see Gutsy’s beard there? It’s orange; that’s Mets colors right there. I’m sure Gutsy is a Mets fan.” Are you going to check out “The Smurfs” this weekend? Tell us in the comments! Check out everything we’ve got on “The Smurfs.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
The Smurfs took over New York this weekend. The stars of the new movie walked the blue carpet including Katy Perry, Neil Patrick Harris, Sofia Vergara, George Lopez and Jayma Mays.
Katy Perry at the premiere of The Smurfs at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York, Katy Perry is the voice of Smurfette in the upcoming 3D live-action/CGI film The Smurfs (in theaters Friday), and if her character acts anything like she did at the premiere on Sunday night, most guys who see it are probably going to cum. Twice, maybe.
The beloved muppet characters of Jim Henson’s 1980s series Fraggle Rock entertained a generation of kids with their emphasis on friendship, their penchant for cooperation, and the subtle socialist messaging that made being part of the Fraggle Rock fandom so darn infectious… and strangely compulsive. And if those blue Commie Smurfs are getting their own big screen update, why not Red, Gobo, Boober and the gang?
Neil Patrick Harris is feeling smurfy, folks. The How I Met Your Mother star has confirmed he will essay the lead in Sony’s Smurfs: The Movie, a live-action/CGI-animated…
