Sony Pictures Animation has added James Corden and Broad City‘s Ilana Glazer to Emojimovie: Express Yourself, its summer 2017 pic that “reveals the Secret World inside your smartphone.” They join the previously set T.J. Miller in the lead voice cast. Check out the first image above.
Anthony Leondis is directing the story that takes place in Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone’s user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression — except for Gene (Miller), who was born without a filter. Determined to become “normal,” he enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 (Corden) and the notorious Jailbreak (Glazer). Together, they embark on an epic “app-venture” to find the code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it’s deleted forever.
Given that over six billion emojis are texted every day, this is a pretty universal theme which has the potential to tap into a wide global audience.
Michelle Raimo Kouyate is producing. Sony has set an August 11, 2017 release.
This is gonna be worse than the minions, i just know it.
Worse how, creatively or financially? In terms of box office, I think this is gonna be huge. Every kid would love to see emojis brought to life, they use them daily and often. Creatively TJ Miller is brilliant. He makes Silicon Valley work. Thematically there’s a lot of potential. It could tap into similar terrain as Inside Out.
There’s literally zero potential. This is by far one of the worst concepts to come out of animated films in a long time. I hope this film makes history for making $0.00 on opening weekend. The movie poster alone makes me want to start having a seizure.
Don’t misuse “literally” so badly please.
Considering how popular emojis are and how many emoji products there are out that that sell well, there is undeniably SOME potential to this movies success.
I’d assume that you’re a 50+ mother, and therefore you truly don’t know what kids would love. Kids simply aren’t imagining emojis as sentient beings. Sure, they may use them to express emotions in text or something. But they’re going to see straight through this strange, strange movie. It has no potential- it’s going to crash.
How many corporate buzzwords did you snort before you got into the headspace for this post? Are you 20 over 40 or just a detached ad executive? My word, what a mess. Kids don’t need “emojis brought to life.” They’re just shorthand for gesture and tone that can’t enter the written word as efficiently. Creatively, TJ Miller is derivative. His standup is uninventive, his acting is simple. And thematically this is a cash grab. Don’t kid yourself that this is going to be even half of what Inside Out was.
Seriously, full disclosure. Did you invest in this theatrical mistake?
Uh-huh… And, how old are you?
I wish they had gone forward with the movie about the keys on a keyboard all living in harmony until the M key falls off and they have to go find it. Oh well, we can only dream what magical world they will transport us to next!
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS
WHY
WHO THE FRICK THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA
I’ve worked with the writer of this and I can tell you, he’s incredibly talented and one of the nicest guys working in the biz. That being said, this movie is everything that’s wrong with Hollywood today.
this will be absolute cancer
Just cause everyone uses emojis doesn’t mean they’re going to like a movie about it I mean… we all shit too but where’s our fun animated movie about that
This film with the poo emoji :)
Hell Movie
You know, I heard about this movie and thought it was going to be terrible, however, after getting some insight on the plot, it doesn’t sound *horrible*. I’d probably watch it, especially since TJ Miller is the leading role.
Please let there be the bumble bee emote in this movie. The Apple version!
Can I be the voice for Bless Up emoji?
The death of the emoji will come after this movie.
I never thought the world would come to this but here we are and the very thought of this film makes me want to die
this movie looks great