Instantly recognizable, the Smurfs are small, blue and always with their trademark white caps. Fun-loving, free-spirited Smurfs bounce throughout the forest, never straying too far from their idyllic village. But all is not harmonious, when evil wizard Gargamel, accompanied by his cat, Azrael, dreams and schemes of capturing the Smurfs.
Even film executives know there are some titles that shouldn’t be touched. For many movie fans, “The Wizard of Oz” falls into that category. Yes, we’ve had a musical spin on the tale (1978’s “The Wiz”) and various prequels and spinoffs (1985’s “Return to Oz,” 2013’s “Oz the Great and Powerful”).