We got Rihanna as a Smurfette before we got a ninth album. Director Chris Miller’s Smurfs has just dropped its first trailer, with a set release to cinemas on July 18th, 2025 from Paramount Animation. Smurfs is, of course, based on the characters and work of artist Peyo.

The film’s voice cast includes Rihanna, Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Mariueña, Kurt Russell and John Goodman.

Smurfs sees the blue villagers set out on a mission after Papa Smurf gets abducted by a vortex in the sky, leading the group to travel to the human world and land in Paris. From the trailer, it also seems the Smurfs are going on a whole multiverse adventure, including trips to a video game world, pencil sketch world, etc.

“The DNA in Peyo’s original drawings guide so many creative choices in the film,” Miller said at a presentation at the Annecy Animation Festival in June. “It’s the blueprint for the kind of film I want to make. All of the action lines and thought bubbles from the comics are going in the movie, and the comics have inspired the style of animation to be fun and buoyant, with plenty of squash and stretch.”

Rihanna wrote, produced, and sings new original songs for the film. Katy Perry previously played Smurfette in the 2011 film and Demi Lovato in 2017’s The Lost Village.

Watch the trailer below: