Patrick Stewart Will Play Poop Emoji in THE EMOJI MOVIE and I Still Won't See It

Want to know how to waste good talent? Cast Patrick Stewart as the voice of a piece of shit in The Emoji Movie. Look, I love Patrick Stewart, the guy's awesome, but just because he's providing the voice of poop emoji isn't going to entice me to see this terrible, awful idea for a movie.

Hollywood has a history of cashing in on the popularity of certain trends and then making stupid-ass movies out of them. T.J. Miller stars in The Emoji Movie as an an emoji born with multiple expressions. He ends up teaming with the notorious code-breaker Jailbreak (Ilana Glazer) and they embark on an adventure through a teenager's phone.

Director Tony Leondis briefly talked about the film recently, saying:

"I know what you’re thinking — WTF. What is their story? Emoji are expected to be one thing their whole lives. So I thought, what if one was born with not one, but lots of expressions ... and how would that affect the status quo? Everyone has felt different — it’s everyone’s story."

After reading that, my first thought was "WHO CARES?!" I know the film has a fanbase, but obviously, I'm not a part of it. As much as I loathe the concept of this movie, it's probably going to make a shit-ton of money and there will probably be multiple sequels. I hope I'm wrong. 

THR also reported on the announcement of other cast members including Jennifer Coolidge as Gene's mother, Mary Meh, Maya Rudolph as Smiler, and Jake T. Austin will be playing Emoji's resident teen, Alex. 

If anyone cares, the movie will be released on August 4th.

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