The Smurfs is a 2011 American live-action animated fantasy adventure comedy film based on the comic series of the same name created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo. Directed by Raja Gosnell from a screenplay by J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick and David Ronn, and a story by Stem and Weiss, it is the first live-action Sony Pictures Animation film and the first of two live-action animated Smurfs feature films. The film stars Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofía Vergara and Hank Azaria, with the voices of Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, George Lopez, Anton Yelchin, Fred Armisen and Alan Cumming.