Smurfs: The Lost Village is a 2017 American animated fantasy adventure comedy film based on The Smurfs comic series by the Belgian comics artist Peyo. A reboot of Sony Pictures Animation's previous live-action animated hybrid films, the film was directed by Kelly Asbury and written by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon, and stars the voices of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Mandy Patinkin and Julia Roberts. In the film, a mysterious map prompts Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty to find a lost village before Gargamel does. On May 10, 2012, two weeks after they announced production of The Smurfs 2, Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures were already developing a script for The Smurfs 3, with writers Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche.