Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) is scheduled to play the lead role in the upcoming film adaptation of The Smurfs, ComingSoon.com reports. Harris will play a live-action role in the film, but there will also be animation involved. Raja Gosnell (Never Been Kissed and… Beverly Hills Chihuahua) will direct the film which is scheduled to begin filming in April. Maybe Danny Devito will play Gargamel.