MX Player is now streaming The Emoji Movie (2017) in Hindi 17 July onwards, The World Emoji Day.
Directed by Tony Leondis, The Emoji Movie follows Gene, a multi -expressional emoji, who sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
In April 2020, MX Player signed a content deal with Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Television India as online content consumption soared amid the pandemic imposed lockdown.
The partnership enabled the OTT platform to provide a host of new content such as, Transformers: The Last Knight, XXX: Return of Xander Cage, G.I Joe: Retaliation, Baywatch, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back featuring popular actors like Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, Vin Diesel and more.
Meanwhile, through Sony Pictures Television India, MX Player consumers will get access to Spiderman: Homecoming, Baby Driver, The Emoji Movie, The Dark Tower, Blade Runner 2049 and others. The content will be also available in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
With 280 million monthly average users (MAU) globally and 175 million MAUs in India, MX Player emerged as the #1 entertainment app of 2019 in India, as per the annual FICCI Report- ‘The Era of Consumer A.R.T’.
Written by Leondis, Eric Siegel and Mike White, The Emoji Movie is created and animated by Sony Pictures Animation. The voice cast of the film includes T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sofía Vergara, Sean Hayes and Patrick Stewart.