The Emoji Movie Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A surprising and comic take on the secret world of our phones and the beloved characters that have become daily necessities in global interpersonal communication.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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 (T.J. Miller), 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 (James Corden) and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak (Ilana Glazer). 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.

Cited as official plot version from gravitasventures.com

Family Animation

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Emoji Movie.

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  T.J. Miller

  ... Gene (voice)

  How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Big Hero 6

• 
  James Corden

  ... Hi-5 (voice)

  The Smurfs Musical, Trolls World Tour

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  Ilana Glazer

  ... Jailbreak (voice)

  Babes, Rough Night

• 
  Patrick Stewart

  ... Poop (voice)

  Logan, Gnomeo and Juliet

• J
  Jennifer Coolidge

  ... Mary Meh (voice)

  A Minecraft Movie, We Have a Ghost

• 
  Maya Rudolph

  ... Smiler (voice)

  Animal Friends, IF

• J
  Jake T. Austin

  ... Alex (voice)

  Rio, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

• S
  Steven Wright

  ... (voice)

  Coffee and Cigarettes

Crew Behind the Film

The The Emoji Movie behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director

Anthony Leondis

Screenwriters

Eric Siegel
Anthony Leondis
Mike White

Producer

Michelle Raimo Kouyate

Production Details

What we know about the The Emoji Movie movie production.

Key Facts

• The film will be preceded by a new animated short, Puppy, a Hotel Transylvania-themed short in which toddler Dennis gets a pet (1/18/17).

Production Updates for The Emoji Movie

Jun 2017

Completed

Changed The Emoji Movie movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Mar 2017

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Mar 2016

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Dec 2015

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Eric Siegel (Men At Work) and Anthony Leondis (Igor) penned the script.

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