The Emoji Movie 2 (2021)

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The Emoji Movie 2 is a 2021 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Favreau, director of 2016's The Jungle Book. This movie is the sequel to the poorly - received film The Emoji Movie, based on emojis.

The film stars T.J. Miller, James Corden and Anna Faris. The film is about, after the events of the first movie, Gene, Hi-5 and Jailbreak exploring the depths of cyberspace to stop a virus from spreading into the smartphone.

Plot
A few years after the event of the first movie, with Gene and Jailbreak married and with a kid, Rozy. Rozy decides that Gene is too "cringy" and leaves the phone. Gene, sad, is diagnosed with "meh" to the point where he doesn't feel any other emotion. Jailbreak, not noticing his deep anxiety, starts moaning about how Gene is "lazy" so she divorces with Gene without his own permission. Gene is upset, so he decides to quit his job and roam Internet Explorer. In the real world, Alex gets a virus, which is later revealed to be started by Rozy. Gene searches for Jailbreak, who is in the notification mail binging episodes of My Hero Academia. Gene tells Jailbreak about Rozy's virus, so they both go and find Hi-5, entertaining the emojis in the Loser Lounge. The three roam cyberspace, and when Gene captures the virus, Rozy threatens to destroy the internet. Gene uses the power of friendship to bring Rozy into the trash, and they live happily ever after.

Cast
T.J. Miller as Gene

James Corden as Hi-5

Anna Faris as Jailbreak

Maya Rudolph as Smiler

Steven Wright as Mel

Jennifer Coolidge as Mary

Cecily Bloom as Rozy

Patrick Stewart as Poop

Jake T. Austin as Alex

Tati Gabrielle as Addie McCallister

Production
Unsatisfied with the first movie, critics loathed the idea of a sequel, so there was no sign of a sequel until January 2019, when a sequel was announced. Director of the first film, Tony Leondis, said: "We understand the hate of the first movie, but we'll change hands for the better to make the sequel Wreck-It Ralph standards.

Relativity Media Co Released Columbia Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer And 20th Century Studios

Cast
All of the returning characters reprise their roles, with Cecily Bloom, former actor of the main character from Peppa Pig, acting as Gene and Jailbreak's child, Rozy.

Music
Patrick Doyle returned to compose this film. Beyoncé recorded a song for the film's end credits, "Parties". Billie Ellish also let them use her song " The Bad Guy. " for free.

Release
In March 2018, the film was scheduled to release on July 9, 2021. A month later, the release date was pushed back to July 16, 2021, switching places with Pixar's ''Glockenspiel Game. In May 2020, the release date was pushed back to July 23, 2021, switching places with Paramount's Foul''.

Marketing
Similar to Paramount's Rumble, the teaser was shown before Connected, but not released online. An official trailer was released on February 12, 2021, and was heavily panned. A second trailer was released on May 5, 2021. A third and final trailer was released on June 24, 2021.

Video Game
The film's release was also preceded by a tie-in mobile game, Emoji Movie 2 CyberSpace Chase, a running game that was released on iOS and Android with optional in-game purchases, they were removed and replaced with emoji coins in 2022. They then made the Emojina video game console, which sold 3 copies.

Home Media
The Emoji Movie 2 was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on October 19, 2021 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Box Office
The film grossed $2,000 in America, and everywhere else it made $4,000, adding up to $4,0000 making it the second lowest grossing film ever, behind.

Critical Response
The Emoji Movie 2 received very negativee reviews, with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes giving it the first ever 22% based on 7,594,000,000 reviews, which was astronomically worse than the previous film, which had an average rating of 2.67/10. This film's average rating is 0.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Small die or big fry, The Emoji Movie 2 holds the record for being the worst movie ever. " On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 2 out of 100, indicating "overwhelming love", and making it the lowest-rated film on the site. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film the first ever grade of "F--" from an F- to F scale. When asked about it's success, Sir Patrick Stewart said there will be emoji movie everything, from toys to diapers. The diapers have already sold 100,000,000,000 copies. They stopped being produced in late 2021.