The Emoji Movie | Sony Pictures Animation | July 28 2017 | Reviews coming in, more entertaining to read those than watch the movie. Current consensus: " 🎥 ➡️ 💩💩💩💩"

[grim22]

http://deadline.com/2015/07/emoji-movie-sony-pictures-animation-anthony-leondis-kung-fu-panda-secrets-of-the-masters-1201482768/

 

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In a deal near seven figures, Sony Pictures Animation won a three-studio auction for an animated movie pitch centering on the Emoji, those lovable round headed figures that are as much a staple of social media correspondence as adverbs and adjectives. The project will be co-written by Eric Siegel and Anthony Leondis, with the latter directing the feature. Leondis pitched the project around to studios, with storyboards for how the movie would play out. Three studios bid–I’ve heard Warner Bros and Paramount were the others–but none more aggressively than Sony. It’s a big project for SPA president Kristine Belson, who got a quick decision from studio chief Tom Rothman to move aggressively. This appears to be a zeitgeist moment for these ideograms that hatched in Japan and have spread worldwide. Unlike like, say Lego, there are also no underlying rights here to purchase, which makes this as much a catnip idea to Hollywood as public domain fairy tales that fuel so many blockbusters. I’ve heard that another pitch is going to be shopped shortly, so there might be reason for Sony Animation to move quickly.

[BourneFan #1]

What the hell could this be about?

[WrathOfHan]

Sony, keep on digging your grave.

[Ezen Baklattan]

In all honesty, it reminds me of a film concept I once came up with where websites on the Internet are personified and have to face an threat from a virus, a bit like Inside Out but based on the Internet rather than human emotions. If it's like that, it has promise. Otherwise, I don't know what the hell they're going to do with this.

[MovieGuyKyle17]

This sounds like another terrible idea

[CelestialFairyIX]

This sounds like another terrible idea

Inside Out sounded like a terrible idea on paper according to A LOT of people but look at it now.  You never know until you've seen the final product. 

[DAR]

  :huh:   

[Jandrew]

Do I really want to work for Hollywood? Do I?

[The Futurist]

        

[Clef Ment]

Sounds like your regular terrible Sony idea.

[Ethan Hunt]

[kowhite]

Amazing.

I look forward to Boxofficetheory Likes: The Movie starring The Rock as Blankments.

[Spidey Freak]

In all honesty, it reminds me of a film concept I once came up with where websites on the Internet are personified and have to face an threat from a virus, a bit like Inside Out but based on the Internet rather than human emotions. If it's like that, it has promise. Otherwise, I don't know what the hell they're going to do with this.

 

Inside Out was what I was guessing emboldened this. Hopefully it's something like what you are saying.

[Spidey Freak]

Amazing.

I look forward to Boxofficetheory Likes: The Movie starring The Rock as Blankments.

 

And its underperforming sequel, Age of the Like Limit.

[JennaJ]

It's like Sony is actively trying to stay in miserable condition.

[Jonwo]

Sony Pictures Animation has not reached the heights of Blue Sky, Illumination and WB and projects like Emojis will only accelerate their decline. 

[grim22]

[goldenstate5]

Somebody please fire whoever is in charge on the Sony Pictures twitter account.

Also everybody at Sony Pictures.

[eddyxx]

I need to get started on a script about CAPS AND BOLD. Maybe a suspense/thriller about a really loud text that won't stop shouting at the other text messages. Maybe a comedy about twitter hashtags? Who wants to pay me a million dollars?

Edited July 25, 2015 by Eddy BRUSIER Hayes

[Blankments]

Amazing.

I look forward to Boxofficetheory Likes: The Movie starring The Rock as Blankments.

Only if Empire is played by David Henrie.