The Emoji Movie (Fanon Version)

The Emoji Movie is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Tony Leondis and written by Leondis, Eric Siegel, and Mike White, and is based emojis inside smartphones. The film stars the voices of T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Hayes, Sofia Vergara, Christina Aguilera, and Patrick Stewart. The film's plot follows Gene, an emoji who can do multiple expressions, as he sets out to switch his emotions off. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, the film premiered at the Regency Village theater on July 23, 2017, and was released theatrically in the United States on July 28, 2017, by Sony Pictures Releasing. It grossed over $217 million worldwide but received near-universal disdain from critics and audiences alike, who lamented the script's bad jokes, blatant product placement, voice acting, lack of originality, plot, and visual elements (although the animation was mostly praised). It also was noted for receiving negative reception before it even premiered. Critics unfavorably compared it to Wreck-It Ralph, The Lego Movie, and Inside Out and called it a "waste of time". It won four Razzies for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Combo, and Worst Director, making it the first animated movie to earn any of these awards. Despite this, however, two sequels: The Emoji Movie: Chapter 2 (2026) and The Emoji Movie: Chapter 3 - Last Text (2035), as well as a spin-off film called Alex + Addie (2031), followed it, as well as a spin-off TV series.

Synopsis
Set in the world of Textopolis, one emoji named Gene is supposed to be a "meh" but unfortunately cannot do that as he is designed to multi-task. One day, he is clicked for a text and ultimately destroys all the cubes in the text center. The leader, Smiler, is furious and sends bots after him. With the help of a Hi-5 emoji and a hacker called Jailbreak, Gene sets out to switch his emotions off.

Voice cast

 * T.J. Miller as Gene Meh, an outsider "meh" emoji who can show various expressions.
 * James Corden as Hi-5, a hand emoji representing a high five signal.
 * Anna Faris as Jailbreak, a hacker emoji that is later revealed to be a princess emoji named Linda.
 * Maya Rudolph as Smiler, a smiley emoji. As the original emoji, she is the systems supervisor of the text center.
 * Steven Wright as Mel Meh, Gene's emoji father who is later revealed to have the same multi-expressionist condition as his son.
 * Jennifer Coolidge as Mary Meh, Gene's emoji mother.
 * Patrick Stewart as Poop, a well-mannered poop emoji.
 * Christina Aguilera as Akiko Glitter, a "super cool" dancer that lives inside the Just Dance app.
 * Sofia Vergara as Flamenca, a flamenco dancer emoji.
 * Sean Hayes as Steven, a devil emoji.
 * Rachel Ray as Spam, a spam message.
 * Jeff Ross as an internet troll
 * Jake T. Austin as Alex, a human teenager who owns and operates the smartphone where Gene and his emoji friends live.
 * Tati Gabrielle as Addie McAllister, Alex's crush.
 * Rob Riggle (uncredited) as an ice cream emoji
 * Conrad Vernon as a Trojan Horse
 * Tony Leondis as Laughter, Broom, and Pizza
 * Liam Aiken as Ronnie Ramtech, one of the two programmers that select which Emoji to display on a phone.