Variety reports that Raja Gosnell has signed on to direct Sony and Columbia Pictures’ live action/animated Smurfs. The editor turned director is best known for helming Scooby-Doo movies. Produced by Jordan Kerner and penned by J. David Stem, David N. Weiss and Audrey Wells, Smurfs will be released in 3-D and 2-D formats on December 17, 2010.