The Emoji Movie (Fanon Version)

The Emoji Movie (formerly Emojimovie: Express Yourself) is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated comedy film directed by Tony Leondis and written by Leondis, Eric Siegel and Mike White, based on the emoji symbols. It stars the voices of T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Rob Riggle, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sofia Vergara, Sean Hayes and Patrick Stewart. The film centers around Gene, a multi-expressional emoji who lives on a teenager's phone and sets off on an a journey to become a normal meh emoji like his parents. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film premiered at the Regency Village Theatre on July 23, 2017 and was theatrically released on July 28, 2017.