<P> The Emoji Movie is a 2017 American 3D computer - animated science fiction - comedy film directed by Tony Leondis and written by Leondis , Eric Siegel and Mike White , based on the emoji symbols . It stars the voices of T.J. Miller , James Corden , Anna Faris , Maya Rudolph , Steven Wright , Rob Riggle , Jennifer Coolidge , Christina Aguilera , Sofía Vergara , Sean Hayes and Patrick Stewart . The film centers on Gene , a multi-expressional emoji who lives in a teenager 's phone , and who sets out on a journey to become a normal meh emoji like his parents . </P>
<P> The Emoji Movie is a 2017 American 3D computer - animated science fiction - comedy film directed by Tony Leondis and written by Leondis , Eric Siegel and Mike White , based on the emoji symbols . It stars the voices of T.J. Miller , James Corden , Anna Faris , Maya Rudolph , Steven Wright , Rob Riggle , Jennifer Coolidge , Christina Aguilera , Sofía Vergara , Sean Hayes and Patrick Stewart . The film centers on Gene , a multi-expressional emoji who lives in a teenager 's phone , and who sets out on a journey to become a normal meh emoji like his parents . </P>
what is the main characters name in the emoji movie
what is the main characters name in the emoji movie
Gene
Gene