‘Silicon Valley’ Star T.J. Miller Joins Emoji Movie Voice Cast

17 July 2016 6:51 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

In celebration of World Emoji Day (yes, there’s a World Emoji Day), Sony made a big announcement regarding its emoji movie (yes, there’s an emoji movie).

T.J. Miller will lend his voice to “EmojiMovie: Express Yourself” in a leading role, Sony Animation revealed on Sunday.

Miller will play Gene, who was supposed to be a “meh” emoji like his parents. However, the optimistic character has a glitch that causes him to have multiple expressions outside of his control. Of course, he wants to be normal, but will his “glitch” end up being a gift?

The studio also released a video of Miller’s “audition” for the film. The joke clip shows Miller trying to imitate several popular emojis (Kissy face! Fried shrimp!), and Miller comments on how great it is that there’s going to be a live-action emoji movie. He’s informed, however, that it’s actually »

- Alex Stedman

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