'Humanity is going down the toilet!' Horrified social media users poke fun at James Corden's EmojiMovie in witty series of tweets after 'terrifying' first image from the film is released

  • The film, being produced by Sony Pictures Animation will hit theaters in August 2017
  • The movie will follow Gene, an emoji with a wide array of expressions, on a quest for a code that will make him 'normal' like other emojis
  • The lead role will be voiced by comedian TJ, while Late Late Show host James will play a hand-shaped emoji called Hi-5 

By Valerie Siebert For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:01 EST, 12 October 2016 | Updated: 14:22 EST, 12 October 2016

Next year, emojis will be leaping off our phones and on to our movie screens.

But not everyone is happy about the upcoming release of Sony Pictures Animation's EmojiMovie: Express Yourself. In fact, many are downright upset. 

Following the film's announcement, many Twitter users took to the site to declare the news as 'confirmation that humanity is going down the toilet'.

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Coming up: Sony Pictures Animation has announced that EmojiMovie: Express Yourself will hit screens next summer

Coming up: Sony Pictures Animation has announced that EmojiMovie: Express Yourself will hit screens next summer

End of times: Some Twitter users were less than enthusiastic at the prospect of an emoji-themed movie

End of times: Some Twitter users were less than enthusiastic at the prospect of an emoji-themed movie

Not a fan: Some users saw the news was the end of humanity, while others simply said 'kill me'

Not a fan: Some users saw the news was the end of humanity, while others simply said 'kill me'

A little dramatic: The user thought that the movie was a sign that 'God has abandoned us all'

A little dramatic: The user thought that the movie was a sign that 'God has abandoned us all'

'God has abandoned us all,' wrote one dramatic user, while another posted a GIF of Kermit the Frog making a frustrated face with the caption 'screaming internally' written over it. 

One user lamented that he couldn't go back to 'a world before I heard there was an emoji movie being made.'

One went as far to say that the news made her want to 'kill myself', while another included a photo from the film alongside a tearful Vladimir Putin and a request to 'kick off this nuclear war early'.  

The popular characters used daily by millions will be the subject of the new film, which will hit screens in August 2017 starring Ilana Glazer and James Corden in leading voice roles.

Broad City star Ilana will voice a codebreaker named Jailbreak, while TV host James will play Hi-5, a hand-shaped emoji.

The lead character in the film, an emoji called Gene who doesn't quite fit in with the other emojis, is to be played by TJ Miller.  

Getting it across: This user simply used Kermit the Frog to get her feeling's across

Getting it across: This user simply used Kermit the Frog to get her feeling's across

A little more drama: This user went as far to suggest that the news made her 'want to kill myself'

A little more drama: This user went as far to suggest that the news made her 'want to kill myself'

Joining in: TV host James Cordon joined the cast of the movie as the voice of hand-shaped emoji Hi-5

Joining in: TV host James Cordon joined the cast of the movie as the voice of hand-shaped emoji Hi-5

Heading up: The lead character, Gene, will be played by actor TJ Miller
Heading up: The lead character, Gene, will be played by actor TJ Miller

Heading up: The lead character, Gene (right), will be played by actor TJ Miller (left)

A bit extreme: One user even called for the start of nuclear war just to prevent its release

A bit extreme: One user even called for the start of nuclear war just to prevent its release

The plot of the movie will see Gene, who has a wider range of facial expressions than other emojis, set out on an 'app-venture' to become a 'normal' emoji. 

The group searches for a code that will help 'fix' gene and on the journey find a 'greater danger' that threatens the phone that the emojis all exist in.

A newly released still from the upcoming film sees Gene, a large yellow face with arms and legs and a tuft of yellow hair on his head, flanked by a hat-wearing Jailbreak and Hi-5 as they run through a digital world. 

Poking out the corner of the screen is an animated version of the ever-popular poop emoji. 

'Hi-5 is a high-five emoji who is a highly motivated, and highly dramatic, hand on a mission (sorry), and the brilliantly versatile, ebullient, and always lovable James Corden fits this part like a glove (sorry again),' said director Anthony Leondis in a statement. 

Rounding it out: Broad City star Ilana Glazer will play codebreaker Jailbreak in the film

Rounding it out: Broad City star Ilana Glazer will play codebreaker Jailbreak in the film

Proof of the end: This man suspects the movie is just the latest sign that the world is going downhill

Proof of the end: This man suspects the movie is just the latest sign that the world is going downhill

Shaking in their boots: Plenty of users even branded the animation as 'scary'

Shaking in their boots: Plenty of users even branded the animation as 'scary'

Laughing it off: The announcement also came with a joke audition tape featuring TJ Miller

Laughing it off: The announcement also came with a joke audition tape featuring TJ Miller

Playing along: The video shows the comedian contorting his face into the expressions of different emojis
Playing along: The video shows the comedian contorting his face into the expressions of different emojis

Playing along: The video shows the comedian contorting his face into the expressions of different emojis

'For the rebel ‘break all the codes’ computer programmer emoji Jailbreak, Ilana Glazer is the kind of singularly free-spirited, fearless, and funny actress to make girls really feel the empowered "nobody’s gonna keep me in a cage" attitude this character exudes.' 

He added: 'And, of course, TJ Miller has proven himself to be one of the most genuinely inventive comedic actors around, uniquely capable of connecting and who can convey just about any expression—and often does!'

Planning for the movie was announced back in July 2015 after Sony beat out two other studios for the project for a reported seven-figure deal. 

The announcement also comes with a joke audition tape of T.J. going up for the part of Gene, doing his best to contort his face into different emojis. 

It doesn't seem as though everyone is pleased at the prospect of an emoji-based movie. In fact,

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