The trailer for Sony‘s The Emoji Movie is looking less than enthusiastic. We’re not sure if we should be excited or worried.
The teaser trailer shows off a rather “meh” emoji, which doesn’t quite set a good tone for the movie. While we’re not sure if this is the right way to go (this isn’t exactly a Series of Unfortunate Events here) but the synopsis does shed a little light on the movie.
EMOJIMOVIE: EXPRESS YOURSELF unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone’s user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression – except for Gene (T.J. Miller), an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become “normal” like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 (James Corden) and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak (Ilana Glazer). Together, they embark on an epic “app-venture” through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the Code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it’s deleted forever.
The Emoji Movie hits 4 August 2017. Hopefully the next trailer shows off more redeeming qualities for the movie.
https://youtu.be/s-JbDln47ZM
