Neil Patrick Harris as Gargamel?

Deadline is reporting the Neil Patrick Harris has signed on for The Smurfs and will be playing "the lead live action character."  I've not read the script and news on the project hasn't been to detailed, but I can only imagine the "lead live action character" to be the evil sorcerer Gargamel.  If this turns out to be the case, it is the best casting of all time.  I can't think of anyone I'd rather watch try to capture and eat smurfs while throwing out curmudgeonly one-liners.  And, please, let's all hope they don't wimp out and change Gargamel's goal.  If it goes from eating the tasty blue smurfs to just, say, world domination, I'll be greatly disappointed.