Everything is not awesome. Everything is not cool.The list of Oscar nominations are out, and among all of the congratulatory tweets and Dick Poop jokes, we have the snubs. Lots of people will be talking about the acting and directing snubs for Selma, but a world-building film is notably missing from the list: The Lego Movie.Congrats to our nominees for Animated Feature Film. #/mGTIc16TMX— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 15, 2015 Sure, “Everything Is Awesome” got the nomination for Best Original Song, but where is the nomination for Best Animated Feature?Naturally, people are upset about it. They're not exactly sure why it got snubbed, but they've gone to to vent about it.Lego Movie wasn’t nominated for best animated film? Ban the Oscars.— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) January 15, 2015 Maybe with the LEGO Movie snub, Academy found it distasteful to nominate a movie about commercial toys. Except, wait, Toy Story.— Omar L. Gallaga (@omarg) January 15, 2015 Don't worry guys, the Academy nominated LEGO Movie for Best Animated Feature.
It's just glued to their back & they'll notice in 2 seconds...— @midnight (@midnight) January 15, 2015 Today I learned that apparently other movies came out this year besides LEGO Movie. Weird.— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) January 15, 2015 The Lego movie was soooooo good. I would have nominated it for Best Picture.— Rainbow Rowell (@rainbowrowell) January 15, 2015 This morning's shocking snub of The Lego Movie proves what I've always known about the Academy. They're totally Playmobil people.— Paul Scheer (@paulscheer) January 15, 2015 /09ZOmITXh6— pilot (@pilotbacon) January 15, 2015 The Lego Movie for Best Animated Feature Film to How to Train Your Dragon 2 on Sunday, but at least it was nominated. And although the and the Academy Awards are voted on by different committees, many of the nominations overlap.Someone, however, had an even better idea. The Lego Movie didn’t get nominated, but it’s The Lego Movie. Surely someone could put those Lego to use, right?to be fair the lego movie can just build an oscar for itself— mulder, it's me (@pilotbacon) January 15, 2015
Did Philip Lord, one of The Lego Movie’s directors, see that suggestion on before following through on that tweet?/kgyu1GRHGR— philip lord (@philiplord) January 15, 2015 This is not a tragedy. Congrats to incredible crew and cast of The Lego Movie, who made a classic.— philip lord (@philiplord) January 15, 2015 Thanks all for the outpouring of love for the LEGO Movie today. We didn't make it for awards, we made it to be a trending topic on Twitter— Chris Miller (@chrizmillr) January 15, 2015 Lord and Miller may not have an Oscar nomination under their belt, but after The Lego Movie made more than at the box office (with sequels on the way), they’re rolling in the blocks and dough.Screengrab via Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTubeFirst Look at Emojimovie: Express Yourself Features a Jaunty Poop10/10/16 10:57am This image from the Emojimovie fills me with existential dread. The smile that looks coincidentally like Wyldstyle from the LEGO Movie. The bandage/bandanna on the high five.
The bow-tied poo with raised eyebrows. The presence of T.J. Miller (Deadpool), James Corden (Into the Woods), and Ilana Glazer (Broad City) cannot remove that dread. Corden is playing Hi-5, who was described by director Anthony Leondis as “a highly motivated, and highly dramatic hand on a mission (sorry).” Okay, first of all: a dramatic hand. Second of all, I feel like this might not be the only time Leondis apologizes for something in this movie. Glazer’s character is a computer programmer emoji called “Jailbreak.” No word on who is voicing the poo.Here’s Sony’s official synopsis for Emojimovie: Express Yourself: 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 “app-venture” hits screens August 11, 2017. When it was first announced, The Emoji Movie sounded like a joke — the inevitable apex of big budget studio movies based on products least likely to inspire a feature-length narrative. But Sony Pictures Animation has followed through on its threat to unleash an animated adventure featuring a walking and talking poop emoji, and we have the first teaser trailer to prove it. Oh boy, where to begin. This teaser trailer, as you can see, is optimized for mobile viewing because, well, obviously.
The first full trailer will roll out in theaters nationwide on Wednesday, when we’ll presumably get to spend a little more time getting to know some of these emoji characters, like Hi-5 (voiced by James Corden) and Jailbreak (voiced by Broad City’s Ilana Glazer; get that paycheck, queen). At the heart of this story, which sounds a bit like The LEGO Movie (and can you blame Sony for trying to cash-in on that concept?), is Gene, an emoji who was never given a specific designation, so he’s brimming with all sorts of emotions and expressions. Gene is voiced by T.J. Miller, while his father, Meh (seen above), is voiced by Steven Wright — in case you couldn’t tell. Here’s the official synopsis for what is sure to be one of the most baffling movies of 2017: The Emoji Movie unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. 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.