On August 9 , 2011 , Sony Pictures Animation announced a sequel to be released on August 2 , 2013 , which was later rescheduled to July 31 , 2013 ( two years and two days after the release of its predecessor ) . Director Raja Gosnell and producer Jordan Kerner returned for the film . Katy Perry confirmed at the 2012 Kids ' Choice Awards that she would be reprising her role as Smurfette . Sony began working on the sequel in early 2011 with writers J. David Stem , David N. Weiss , Jay Scherick and David Ronn . By early August 2011 , the first draft of the script was completed . On April 26 , 2012 , Sony announced that the film went into production . Filming took place in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . The film also marked the last appearance of Jonathan Winters , who voiced Grandpa Smurf on the 1980s TV series and Papa Smurf in '' The Smurfs '' ( 2011 ) . Winters died on April 11 , 2013 ( by then , work had already ended on this film )
2012 Kids ' Choice Awards
2012 Kids' Choice Awards
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