Sony's Animated EMOJIMOVIE is Still Happening, But At Least T.J. Miller Will Voice The Lead Role
Despite coming out at least a year after Angry Birds largely left the cultural consciousness, somehow The Angry Birds Movie was a massive success, making over $340 million worldwide on a reported $73 million budget. So Sony Pictures Animation is at it again, this time hoping to cash in on something probably won't have to worry about its popularity waning any time soon: emoji. Their new movie — which, I kid you not, is actually called Emojimovie: Express Yourself — aims to "reveal the secret world inside your phone."
It’s a world where Emojis come alive (when they’re not being texted) and journey through Apps, each one its own wild and fun world, to get to their ultimate destination: The Cloud. It’s the App-venture of a lifetime!
So...I can already tell this movie is not going to be for me, but on the off chance I do end up seeing it, at least the lead character's voice will be familiar. T.J. Miller (Silicon Valley, Deadpool) has scored the lead role of Gene, and the studio released a video of him "auditioning" for the part. This movie hits theaters just over a year from now, in August of 2017.