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The Emoji Movie 2: Political Messages is a 2026 American 3D computer-animated buddy romantic comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released by Columbia Pictures. Directed by Tony Leondis, it is a sequel to the 2017 film The Emoji Movie and the second installment in the trilogy. T.J. Miller and Anna Faris reprise their roles from the first film, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Harris Dickson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Madison Iseman, and Benedict Cumberbatch joining the cast. In the film, emojis Gene and Jailbreak face off The Mayor of Textopolis, Josh Brown, who plans to politically corrupt the city. The film was released on August 7, 2026, and was a box-office success, grossing over $534 million on a $75 million budget. The final film in the trilogy, The Emoji Movie 3: Mysterious Texts, was released in 2030.

Synopsis
Following the events of the first film, emojis Gene, Jailbreak, and Hi-5 face off Josh Brown, the mayor of Textopolis, who plots to politically corrupt the city.

Voice cast

 * Anna Faris as Princess Linda / Jailbreak, a former princess emoji, Don and Wendy's daughter, Gene's girlfriend, and a scanner emoji from Textopolis.
 * Grey Griffin voices a younger Jailbreak.
 * T.J. Miller as Gene, a former outsider "meh" emoji who can show various expressions and is also Jailbreak's boyfriend.
 * Leonardo DiCaprio as Mayor John Brown, the malicious mayor of Textopolis who plots to politically corrupt Textopolis and will silence anyone who will get in his way (Jailbreak being no exception). He hires two rejected emojis to get rid of Jailbreak so as not to foil his evil plans.
 * Harris Dickson as Sir Kennedy Phillips, the mayor's butler who is very worrysome about his actions and feels like he should relax so as to not get too worked up about his city.
 * Keegan-Michael Key as Reyfer, a rejected rebel emoji who is one of the two bad guys hired by the mayor to get rid of Jailbreak.
 * Jordan Peele as Hiss, a deranged snake emoji and Rejector's partner-in-crime who is one of the two bad guys hired by the mayor to get rid of Jailbreak.
 * Brad Pitt as Don, Jailbreak's overconfident but easygoing father.
 * Angelina Jolie as Wendy, Jailbreak's worrysome but loving mother and Don's wife.
 * Madison Iseman as Alexa, Jailbreak's childhood friend who returns to help her take down the mayor.
 * Ariel Winter as a younger Alexa.
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Firefox, a winged red fox who can burst into open flames and spin around really fast like a helicopter blade.
 * James Corden as Hi-5, a hand emoji representing a hi-5 signal who is a close friend to both Gene and Jailbreak.
 * Maya Rudolph as Smiler, a smiley emoji who formerly served as the main antagonist of the first two films.
 * Patrick Stewart as Poop, a poop emoji.
 * Sean Hayes as Steven, a devil emoji.
 * Steven Wright as Mel Meh, Gene's father.
 * Jennifer Coolidge as Mary Meh, Gene's mother.
 * Jake T. Austin as Alex, a human who is the owner and user of the smartphone where Gene lives.
 * Tati Gabrielle as Addie McAllister, Alex's girlfriend.
 * Conrad Vernon as Trojan Horse
 * Rob Riggle as Ice Cream Emoji
 * Tony Leondis as Laughter, Broom, Pizza