Neil Patrick Harris Cast As Human In Smurfs Movie

Mike Fleming over at Deadline Hollywood is reporting something that flirts with awesome but lives across the tracks.  The fact that they are making Smurfs: The Movie holds down the non-awesome segment while the recent hiring of a Mr Neil Patrick Harris as the lead live action character gets the awesome nod.  As it seems to be the case with most horrible movie adaptations of old cartoons, all the Smurfs will be of the CGI variety. 

Normally I'd try and find a way to get excited about this and I already have my angle.  The report by Fleming has very little details, so let's hope and pray that Harris has been hired to be a live action normal sized human Gargamel that hates smurfs.  I'm pretty sure he is an admitted magician anyway, which isn't really all that different than a wizard when you get down to it.  That's what she said. 

And then you find out Raja Gosnell is directing and check out his IMDB page and question the sanity of Hollywood.  His resume as a director is anything but flattering.

• The Smurfs (2011) (filming)
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
• Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)
• Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
• Scooby-Doo (2002)
• Big Momma's House (2000)
• Never Been Kissed (1999)
• Home Alone 3 (1997)

Um wow.  That is a lot of stink coming from one direction.  Stinson for Gargamel please, I don't know if I can handle it otherwise.  Seriously, check out this resume.