Come anticipate EMOJI: THE MOVIE with me

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EXCLUSIVE: 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. Michelle Raimo Kouyate is producing. 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.

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We're inching ever closer to Coupon: The Movie.

less inching, more rushing headlong

http://emojiparty.club/😂💩

FUCK YEAH

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somehow missed these intriguing details a few weeks back

At CinemaCon 2016, Sony Pictures Animation presented some concept art from the film, which will be released in August 2017. The art revealed that The Emoji Movie will take place inside a smart phone. Yes, the plot is that the emojis inside your phone are alive. Everything starts out in the text app which is the main place emojis live and work. However, by the end of act one, they end up in “The World of the Wallpaper.”

Did you know each icon on your phone is actually a massive cube that extends deep into your phone? And that each cube is its own world, creating multiple worlds that the emojis will explore and get into adventures on? Well, that’s what happens. Streaming music on your phone is also a literal stream of music, as in music notes that make up a river.

Finally, Sony revealed they have partnered with a ton of different apps to make the movie feel authentic. Who those partners are, we do not yet know.

Okay, I've finished pouring the kerosene, we can burn the earth now.

The success of the Angry Birds Movie is the worst thing that could have happened to the near-future of children's cinema. And possibly human culture on the whole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLnoLmCqT30

Properties as-yet unexploited by Hollywood:

Glad Handi-Wrap The Movie
Uno The Movie
Velveeta The Movie
Jeep Grand Cherokee The Movie
Nordic Cruise Lines The Movie
Purell The Movie
Norton Antivirus The Movie
Michelin Man The Movie
WD-40 The Movie
Grand Marnier The Movie

Anybody wanna join me for a pitch sesh or fifteen?

chester cheetah vs tony the tiger

I've already posted my idea somewhere about the Kellogg's mascot cinematic universe. But, yeah, after the release of The Breakfast Bunch we can pow wow about crossovers with Frito-Lay. Call my secretary and we'll set up a meeting.

it's time for a gritty reboot of the california raisins

wait it appears reality is way ahead of me here

In 2015, it was announced that a live-action/CGI reboot of the California Raisins would be released sometime in 2016-2017, with president of The Actors Hall of Fame Foundation, Rusty Citron, as one of the people behind the project.[13]

Damn it, not another reboot! Why do they feel the need to change such intricately-drawn characters that we're all so familiar with and tarnish our cherished memories? Who among us hasn't marveled at the way...that one raisin, uh, did a little two-step? Or cried when that...other raisin, like, went "woo" or something?

Might as well turn this into the general "entertainment products that exist because a harried executive on the verge of being fired was fishing around in his pockets for literally any idea whatsoever" thread:

‘Monopoly The Musical’: Hasbro Partners With Broadway Producer for Live Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)

The url contains the word 'legit' which is I guess how you differentiate this from the Onion story it actually should be.

£55million funding for possible Tetris movie trilogy

EMO JIM O'VIE

I think if I'm unable to successfully pitch any of my movie ideas I'm going to go into business selling wire brushes to Hollywood execs who try and try but are never quite able to scrub themselves clean after birthing, say, 2000 Flushes Blue 2: Electric Bluegaloo.

holy fuck this is going to be amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbVqzZ5dOIY

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The success of the Angry Birds Movie is the worst thing that could have happened to the near-future of children's cinema. And possibly human culture on the whole.

― Manspread Mann (Old Lunch), Wednesday, June 22, 2016 1:14 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did you see it? excellent movie. almost as good as Zootopia.

Yes, I remember you saying so, and no, I didn't and won't ever.

It's like being recommended a book that's really good except also it's bound in human skin.

Where, at long last, do we draw the line, good sir?

are these movies crossing any lines? how are they different from Snow White or the Little Mermaid or Hercules or The Incredibles? they're fun !

I think they are different from the films you listed, but they're not particularly different to franchises like Transformers.

I always forget about Snow White's origin as a spokescharacter for Lucky Strikes and the Incredibles' original incarnation as a wallpaper pattern.

Does the subject matter's origin matter? It's all going to become merchandise anyway.

It matters inasmuch as there is at least some thread of a narrative or the bare bones of character wrt most properties that are adapted into movies or TV shows. Adapting Angry Birds and Cavemen and Tetris and Monopoly is crass as hell because there's nothing to even attach a story to. It's like if Fruity Pebbles and The Flintstones had happened in reverse.

(I get that these are relatively arbitrary distinctions but they're my arbitrary distinctions, damn it, and I stand by them.)

i'd say it's akin to making a movie based on a colour simply because it's something that people recognise but of those corporate sellouts jarman and kieslowski have already done that

*of course that corporate etc

'Fruit Ninja' Movie in the Works (Exclusive)

I read these stories and almost immediately forget having read them, what with having to devote all of my resources to fighting back the subsequent torrent of existential dread and all.

But what's wrong with working in reverse? I thought the story in the Angry Birds Movie was great, really compelling and fleshed out. I heard great things about the Lego movie. I don't really see a distinction.

LOL when kids of this generation grow up to learn the movies they adored as kids are all based on games their parents played on their cellphones while waiting for the bus

Candy Crush has GOT to be in the pipes

I'm hoping for some
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wish granted, yr welcome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aR15Xk0QyY

The success of the Angry Birds Movie is the worst thing that could have happened to the near-future of children's cinema. And possibly human culture on the whole.

― Manspread Mann (Old Lunch), Wednesday, June 22, 2016 1:14 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did you see it? excellent movie. almost as good as Zootopia.

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 18:38 (2 hours ago) Permalink

birds of a feather etc etc

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/viktor-frankl-mans-search-for-meaning-movie-1201804466/

Starring the Rock (fingers crossed).

I feel like the idea of a movie for children (with a little something for the adults) is gradually blurring into movies for adults (with a little something for the kids)

Yeah this is all about merch. One of our kids is now obsessed with finding red angry bird stuffed toys thanks to that fuckin film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ALkNKQzmA

^^^emoji the movie but better and only 5 minutes long

jesus christ this press release

http://www.sonypicturesanimation.com/pdfs/emojiexpressyourself_castannounce_emoji_pressrelease.pdf

i'd expect james fucking corden to be involved in this but ilana glazer? damn that's disappointing

Damn you guys really are taking quite a principled stand against the emoji movie in this Ilx thread, bravo

flappy, I don't know how you can deny that these are product placements specifically designed to advertise these apps to kids. Not every kid is on all of these apps, and anyway, ads are not just for attracting new consumers. They're about reinforcing and normalizing consumption habits as well.

It's hard to go to a movie theater, watch TV, or even read a newspaper without seeing icons for all of those apps. They are omnipresent. Every kid already knows what they are. Reinforcing and normalizing consumption habits? Perhaps... but again, this movie isn't advertising Ello, or some obscure app. A lot of these apps come pre-installed on phones. They're as much a part of everyday life as cable TV and screens and the Internet. the kid sitting behind me in the theater recognized every single app, already had familiarity with them, etc.

i can at least understand how a movie like Toy Story offers escapism to the audience, but Emoji? If there's as much part of everyday life, this just seems like a waste of time

no, that's my point! people hate The Emoji Movie because it's the complete opposite of escapism. it's an 86 minute look in the mirror of the world we live in, and it's often overwhelming and horrifying! and again, people loathe it based on the merits of the concept, not the movie itself, which like i said upthread, is not well executed.

Every kid already knows what they are.

wrong

as you are about such a great many things

most kids

i love that flappy bird's defence of the movie also acknowledges completely that it is terrible

terrible in what way? i already wrote about how it's not well executed, but the concept is great, there are moments of greatness, but it's squandered. i think the vast majority of critics and people are criticizing it for the wrong reasons: that it's bad for society, a signal of downfall, extremely cynical.

wrong

thank you, Mr. President

Coming soon to the Criterion Collection:

The Emoji Movie
Tony Leondis

Disc Features:
- Gag reel
- Deleted scenes compiled by Eric Siegel
- Storyboards and production design drawings
- Analyses of the special effects by editor William J. Caparella
- Suicide note by T. J. Miller
- Trailer, teaser, and television spots
- The Aerosmith music video “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by internet user flappy bird, a piece by King Digital Entertainment plc on the restoration and ROI, and a printout of the now famous emoji movie ilx thread

i think the vast majority of critics and people are criticizing it for the wrong reasons: that it's bad for society, a signal of downfall, extremely cynical.

― flappy bird, Tuesday, August 1, 2017 2:02 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sad!

In which Sir PAtrick Stewart, knight of the british empire, plays the role of a pile of shit

lol at tj miller suicide note

It's just the idea that anyone could argue with a straight face that this thing isn't pure undiluted commodification from top to bottom is a little (eyes bugging out emoji). Any 'just be yourself and respect others!' plot finery is just window dressing.

And I'll shout at a damn cloud all damn day if the thing is branded with a damn Twitter logo. Damn it.

Old Lunch Tweets at Cloud

i cannot believe you guys are either (a) letting flappy bird troll you like this for dozens of posts or (b) engaging with a sincere flappy bird on this obviously terrible movie which he loves for whatever reason.

I'm eating sweet and sour chicken

well that i approve of

I just had a sandwich. Maybe I should photograph it and see if it goes 'viral'. Hey, I know, maybe I should make a movie about the photographs people take of their food and what if they had personalities and interacted and expressed their feelings like, I wish I was real food so someone could eat me, and the main character is voiced by Avril Levigne and she sings a song about self-acceptance or bullying or bulimia or something, I dunno. There definitely needs to be breakdancing and fidget spinners (the latter so as to set up the animated fidget spinner movie offshoot franchise).

Dr. C, I'd be ranting about this like a sad old fart even if no one was around to witness it.

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The ever-insightful Randall Munroe

I assume Wreck-It Ralph 2 will make some kind of allusion to this movie in dialogue or perhaps as a sight gag

wtf was the point of that xkcd comic

Yeah dunno, not exactly one of his best

pretty good microcosm of xkcd as a whole though, "I can't figure out which of these labored and shitty jokes is the best so I'll just shoehorn all of them in"

wtf was the point of that xkcd comic

got to admit i kinda want to see this movie. the amount of hate it is getting is too interesting to ignore. also the voice acting cast list is decent and there is no Seth Rogen James Franco Apatow thing so it has that going for it.

lol at the responses this movie got, that's it just product, as if every other movie coming out isn't Spiderman 18.

:) i hope you like it

The Emoji Movie. pic.twitter.com/JcNkr2fUMz

— Amazon Movie Reviews (@AmznMovieRevws) October 18, 2017

nbd just seeing a movie with your ex and their fiance and kids, probably gonna be a great time

where is "I wish you had committed suicide" emoji

why does she take that out on the movie itself

why were you reading the emoji movie thread

:/

^^^ a typical senior citizen in Textopolis

Don't think I ever shared this piece I wrote about the movie:
http://baltimore-art.com/2018/09/09/no-words-all-smiles-the-emoji-movie-is-a-mirror-on-our-own-world/

I watched half of this movie with a young family member -- their choice. I was surprised at how bad it was. I have sat through unpromising fare like Trolls and The Boss Baby and they've turned out to have their merits. There is wiggle room for creativity and humor in animated movies that live-action blockbusters aren't getting today. How Sony managed to make such an unpleasant one is beyond me.

i enjoyed that piece flappy

i was in odd circumstances when i watched the movie but i didn't hate it and tbh i don't think it's any worse than most of the ocean of semi-lazy cartoon movies this century

I refuse to believe that the boss baby had its merits.

well he became boss SOMEhow

stupid concept, but they managed to squeeze in some good jokes

couple nights back, Colbert used Emoji Movie as a punchline for some reason

just read your piece on the emoji movie and enjoyed it, flappy bird

NV and treeship! thank you! how ya doin treesh

is this getting a franchise

that would be hard given that they all died at the end

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Shouldn't have hit the backspace key

On January 13, 2018, Saudi Arabia lifted a 35-year ban on movie theaters. This was the first movie publicly shown in the country. It played at a film festival in Jeddah, as a double feature with Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017).

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the one person who didn't find this interesting must have made the competing "Emoticon Epic"