Rihanna’s Smurfs Musical: Solid and Launch Date

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Rihanna is lending her voice to a brand new venture, but it surely’s not the ninth album followers have been hoping for since 2016. On April 27, the “Carry Me Up” singer made a shock look at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the place she introduced that she shall be enjoying Smurfette within the upcoming Smurfs musical film.

Along with voicing the animated character, Rihanna joins the venture — directed by Chris Miller and Matt Landon — as a author and producer, based on Leisure Weekly. Notably, the Paramount adaptation will observe a separate storyline from Sony’s three-part collection, which starred Neil Patrick Harris, Katy Perry, Sofía Vergara, and Hank Azaria. The upcoming musical may also characteristic unique songs by Rihanna. It isn’t the album we have lengthy been ready for, however new music is new music.

Rihanna has showcased her performing expertise in high-profile films like “Ocean’s 8” (2018) and “Battleship” (2012) prior to now, however the live-action/animation hybrid movie marks the star’s first enterprise into voice performing since “Dwelling” in 2015. “I bought to play a component and simply think about. I bought to only be myself,” Rihanna, who’s anticipating her second baby with A$AP Rocky, stated of enjoying the traditional blue character. “I bought to point out up in my pajamas in my third trimester and play slightly blue badass.”

Along with giving Smurfette’s character her signature moxy, Rihanna added that she hopes the brand new position will give her “slightly little bit of cool factors” together with her children, together with her almost 1-year-old son. Jokingly, Rihanna added that she initially auditioned to play Papa Smurf, “but it surely did not work out.”

“On behalf of our studio and our inventive companions, we could not be extra excited to have discovered our Smurfette in one of the crucial beloved stars on this planet,” Paramount stated. “With Rihanna’s singular inventive attraction and musical skills, there is a gigantic alternative to raise the cultural touchstone of The Smurfs universe in a method that is by no means been completed earlier than.”

“The Smurfs Musical” is slated for launch on Feb. 14, 2025, and nobody appears extra excited than Rihanna. Throughout her time onstage, the star added that reimagining Smurfette was a “enjoyable journey” and that she will be able to’t wait to see the venture realized onscreen. “The complete film goes to be so enjoyable,” she stated. “It is so thrilling.”