According to a recent article on Yahoo! Movies, the upcoming CG film based on the tiny blue Belgian characters are going to have more female characters.
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"There have been dramatic changes in socio-cultural values in the past 20 to 25 years," Hendrik Coysman, head of Smurf rights holder IMPS told a news conference on Monday. "One of these is girl empowerment."