The Smurfs 3

The Smurfs 3 is a proposed third installment in the live-action Smurfs franchise. The announcement was made about two weeks after The Smurfs 2 was released in theaters.

Plot
The film was possibly going to have the Smurfs be in a different time period.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Like the first film, the second film received negative reviews.
 * 2) Jonathan Winters, the voice actor of Papa Smurf died of old age before the film was made.
 * 3) The Sony Hack was still going on.

Result

 * The series was rebooted as Smurfs: The Lost Village in 2016, unlike the others, this one is 100% computer animated instead of live action with CGI effects thrown in.

Trivia

 * It was going to be about time travelling back to possibly 1878.