Lacey Bridges
Sony Pictures Animation today announced some new additions to “The Emoji Movie”, including Patrick Stewart playing none other than Poop (!).
In addition to Sir Patrick’s classy anointment, “American Pie” alum Jennifer Coolidge is voicing Mary Meh, “SNL” fave Maya Rudolph is Smiler, and ake T.Austin will be Alex.
Previously announced voice cast includes T.J. Miller (Gene), James Corden (Hi-5), Ilana Glazer (Jailbreak), and Steven Wright (Gene’s father, Mel Meh). The feature is directed by Tony Leondis, produced by Michelle Raimo Kouyate, and written by Tony Leondis & Eric Siegel and Mike White. Digital animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
“The Emoji Movie” unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is 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, an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become “normal” like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak. Together, they embark on an epic “app-venture” through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, 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.
“The Emoji Movie” is out August 4.
