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Music superstar, beauty mogul, fashion designer and \u2026 Smurfette? Rihanna\u2019s next big role may not be what you were expecting.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Paramount released a trailer for \u201cSmurfs,\u201d giving us a first look at the singer as the elflike, blonde-haired, blue-skinned creature. In an animation style that blends smooth 3-D rendering with elements that evoke the classic hand-drawn cartoons, Smurfette leads her cohort into the real, live-action world on a quest to Paris to find Papa Smurf after he mysteriously disappears.<\/p>\n
The trailer begins with Rihanna, in human form, addressing the audience.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait for you all to see it this summer,\u201d she says, with sunglasses largely covering her Smurf-blue eye shadow. She had teased the trailer in an Instagram post<\/a> on Wednesday, which was a short video captioned \u201cin my blue era.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The animated movie also features an ensemble cast including Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll and Dan Levy, and is directed by Chris Miller, who previously helmed \u201cShrek the Third\u201d and \u201cPuss in Boots.\u201d It will be a musical-comedy reboot of \u2018The Smurfs\u2019 film franchise, which last had an installment with \u201cSmurfs: The Lost Village\u201d in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In addition to playing Smurfette, Rihanna is a producer on the movie. But, in what will most likely be the biggest news for her fans, who have been clamoring for more music since her album \u201cAnti\u201d was released in 2016, the trailer ends with a message advising people to \u201cpresave\u201d the movie\u2019s soundtrack, which will feature new music from Rihanna.<\/p>\n It also says the movie will include the song \u201cHigher Love,\u201d recorded by Desi Trill and featuring DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania and Subhi.<\/p>\n \u201cSmurfs\u201d is set to release on July 18.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n