FILM · 2017
The Emoji Movie
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- #001
On January 13, 2018, Saudi Arabia lifted its 35-year ban on movie theaters. The Emoji Movie was the first film shown publicly in the country, screening as a double feature with Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) at a film festival in Jeddah.
- #002
The UK's Channel 5 aired The Emoji Movie instead of broadcasting Queen Elizabeth II's funeral live.
- #003
Sony invited Jack Douglass, owner of the YouTube channel "jacksfilms," to the world premiere because he had sarcastically praised the film.
- #004
The Emoji Movie holds the record for the shortest Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus, which consists of a single "no" symbol.
- #005
Jordan Peele was offered the role of Poop but thought the idea was "messed up." After thinking it over for a day, he asked his manager to find out how much the job paid, only to learn that the role had been given to Patrick Stewart. Peele decided to quit acting and focus on directing.
- #006
A day before the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Sony hosted a press conference in Cannes featuring T. J. Miller to promote the second version of the trailer, in which Miller goes parasailing. Variety called the event "slightly awkward," and The Hollywood Reporter described it as "promotional ridiculousness."
- #007
According to T. J. Miller, The Emoji Movie was the fastest-produced animated film in history.
- #008
Before development, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Sony were fighting over the rights to the project.
- #009
The Emoji Movie is the only film in which Patrick Stewart is credited in the titles as "Sir Patrick Stewart."
- #010
In the Latin American Spanish version, Jailbreak is named "Lady Hacker."
- #011
A week before the film's release, Sony tweeted a controversial promotional image parodying the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017). Given the content and themes of the Hulu series, it was immediately criticized as tasteless. The tweet was deleted following the backlash.
- #012
When Hi-5 takes Gene to the Losers' Lounge, he tells him it is for emojis that are never used. The eggplant emoji would most likely not be in the Losers' Lounge if the phone belonged to an adult, because of its popularity as a representation of genitalia.
- #013
The original title was "Emojimovie: Express Yourself."
- #014
The Emoji Movie was shown alongside Puppy!: A Hotel Transylvania Short (2017).
- #015
This is Anna Faris's third Sony Pictures Animation film, after Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013).
- #016
Mike White (School of Rock and The White Lotus) co-wrote The Emoji Movie.
- #017
Ilana Glazer was originally set to play Jailbreak.
- #018
Sony Pictures Animation canceled its feature-length adaptation of Popeye to focus on making The Emoji Movie.
- #019
Emma Stone auditioned for the voice of Akiko Glitter.
- #020
This is Sony Animation's sixth fully animated feature to be accompanied by a short film. The others are Surf's Up (2007), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) and Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015).
- #021
Director Tony Leondis was reportedly inspired to make a film based on emojis when someone sent him an emoji while messaging.
- #022
The last names Hi 5 mentions while trying to recall Alex's passion for the Dropbox password come from the chorus of The Beautiful South's song 'Song For Whoever'.
- #023
This marks Jake T. Austin's second voice role in a theatrically released animated film rated PG by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) rather than G, following The Ant Bully (2006), which was released eleven years earlier.
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