Twitter, Facebook, and movie geek forums were alight today at some rather bizarre news. After the success of resurrected kid’s cartoon Alvin and the Chipmunks, it was only a matter of time before every other cartoon got a movie adaptation. Yogi Bear is out at Christmas, and next summer will see the original Na’vi hit movie theatres. That’s right, the Smurfs are hitting the big screen. But that’s not the bizarre news. Oh no, yesterday saw the rumour that director of ulta-hip and ultra-violent films like Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino would voice the leader’s assistant of the little blue guys, Brainy Smurf!

In an interview with MTV, Scottish actor Alan Cumming, who is voicing Gutsy Smurf (seriously, Disney should sue the creators of this), revealed a few of his cast members, such as Katy Perry (singer of the attention-seking hit song “I Kissed a Girl”) and George Lopez. He also mentioned that Quentin Tarantino would be Brainy Smurf. Understandably, fans of the King of Cool director were pretty shocked that he’s lend his talent to what will probably be a throwaway kids flick. However, MTV has since updated their article to state that QT’s publicist is denying any involvement in the film. Fanboys can breathe a sigh of relief, and continue awaiting that promised Kill Bill sequel.

And in other news, Darren Aronofsky is set to direct a gritty remake of Wacky Races,  with Daniel Day Lewis as Dick Dastardly and Sean Penn as Mutley.