All CG "Smurfs" features of Kelly Asbury have been pushed back to 2016

Sony announced today that their all-CGI Smurfs pic, directed by animation veteran Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2, Gnomeo & Juliet), will be pushed back from its original 2015 release date to 2016. Asbury wrote about the date change on the film's new production blog, while doing his best to remind people once again that this film won't be anything like the first two live-action/CG hybrids: