Across the 21st-century films, Smurfette has been voiced by well-known singers: in Los pitufos (2011) and its sequel Los pitufos 2 (2013) she was voiced by Katy Perry; in Los pitufos: La aldea escondida (2017) by Demi Lovato; and in this film by Rihanna.
Rihanna's first animated film since Home: Hogar dulce hogar (2015), which was released a decade earlier.
Chris Miller's first time working on a film outside DreamWorks Animation.
Excluding follow‑ups, this is the twelfth entirely CGI film adapted from a comic strip, following Over the Hedge (2006), TMNT (2007), Big Hero 6 (2014), The Peanuts Movie (2015), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), The Addams Family (2019), DC League of Super-Pets (2022), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) and The Garfield Movie (2024).
Kurt Russell's first animated film since Tod y Toby (1981), which was released 44 years earlier. It is also his first animated picture to include end credits.
Unconnected to Los Pitufos (2021), which was also produced by Nickelodeon and was being broadcast at the time.
Not counting follow-ups, this is the fifteenth entirely CGI film adapted from pre-existing material that was originally produced in 2D animation, following Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002), TMNT (2007), Astro Boy (2009), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014), The Peanuts Movie (2015), Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), Scoob! (2020), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020), Spirit Untamed (2021), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), The Garfield Movie (2024) and Transformers One (2024).
Octavia Spencer provides her voice for the fourth time in a feature film, following Zootopia (2016), Dolittle (2020) and Onward (2020).
This marks the first "Smurfs" instalment to be produced in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio; the original film, by contrast, was produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
It is the first Smurfs feature to be produced by Paramount Animation in collaboration with Nickelodeon Movies.
In 2008 Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies announced plans to produce a trilogy of Smurfs films; the project was later taken over by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, but was scaled back to a two‑film duology when one instalment was shelved in 2015.
Nick Kroll and Nick Offerman make their first appearance together in an animated film apart from the Sing films.
This is the sixth comic-book project to feature Xolo Maridueña, following The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022), Blue Beetle (2023), Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023), Batwheels (2022) and Invincible (2021).
This represents the fifth time John Goodman has appeared in a live-action film adapted from an animated series — he previously featured in The Flintstones (1994) as Fred Flintstone, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) as the Oklahoma Cop, Speed Racer (2008) as Pops Racer, and in the Transformers films as the Autobot Hound.
Similar to the Smurfs films from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, this film features Smurfs devised specifically for it — namely Pastoreo Smurf, Motivational Smurf, No Name Smurf, Papa Smurf's brothers Ken and Ron, and a group of female Smurfs referred to as the International Neighbourhood Watch Smurfs, Paris edition.
It remained unknown that the film would be a live-action/animation hybrid until the first trailer was released.
Natasha Lyonne's third film voice role, following Robots (2005) and DC League of Super-Pets (2022).
Amy Sedaris previously appeared alongside John Oliver, who voiced Vanity Smurf in the two live-action Smurfs films by Columbia Pictures/Sony Animation, in The Lion King (2019) six years earlier.
Hannah Waddingham's third film voice role, following The Garfield Movie (2024) and Lilo & Stitch (2025); the former is likewise based on a comic strip and an animated series from the 1980s.
This marks the fourth comic-book film appearance by Natasha Lyonne, following DC League of Super-Pets (2022) (Merton), What If...? (2021) (Byrdie) and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).
Ken and Ron are the first Smurfs in the franchise’s history to be given generic names, rather than ones that reflect their personalities.
JP Karliak's first animated film that is not a straight-to-DVD release or a television film to credit him beyond 'Additional Voices' and list him as part of the main cast.
Rihanna sings the theme tune for this film. In an earlier film, Britney Spears sang the theme tune "Ooh La La". Rihanna and Spears previously teamed up on the "S&M Remix", which reached number one in 2011.
