Deletion of The Smurfs (film)

Comment: and discuss possible merge.  With respects to the nominator.  of which F is a sub-criteria, states "''A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are |independent of the subject''." Certainly, there are not many acceptable exceptions to F, but when a subject has the |coverage as does this subject, it is time perhaps to |use best |judgement to decide that the topic should have an article in some form, even if merged into one of the many Smurfs articles.  The production began in 2003, is part of a very notable franchise, has received continuous coverage for those 6 years, and a blanket deletion does not best serve the project. And for a merge, the article must be kept first and such merge discussed on the article's talk page
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NF||WP:NFF||WP:V||WP:NFF||WP:RS||WP:IAR||WP:COMMONSENSE)