Pixar has dropped the new trailer for the most awaited animated drama ‘ Elemental’. Disney and Pixar have once again collaborated for a new journey in order to learn more about ourselves, each other, and our world through fantastical universes and adorable animated characters.
Elemental is seeking to continue making that impact with a story of finding common ground despite our differences. This heartwarming story is sure to make you feel all toasty inside as the characters look to turn their differences into water under the bridge, even if it means stirring things up and getting into a bit of hot water.
The new teaser trailer of Elemental has introduced viewers to the four different kinds of residents that reside in Element City, along with its two main characters, Ember and Wade. Puffs of air, lumps of land, drops of water, and fiery flames board a bustling train in the minute-long preview that also introduces some of the physics of this new universe. The air beings can float around and even sit upside-down on the train’s ceiling.
A water-being drops her lipstick when the train hits a bump, and the product lands inside of her, floating around her head. She may need to visit the filter station that the train passes by in order to get it removed. A land-being smiles at the newly sprouted grass atop his head and Ember is injured when Wade accidentally drips water onto her hand.
The trailer unlocks much more beyond our expectations from the plot of the film as we see both Ember and Wade’s relationships with their respective parents as well as introducing each other to their families. The trailer also showcases a more stylized animation style than what we are used to with Pixar and how they maneuver around Element City.
Elemental: Plot
Ember and Wade live in a bustling bayside city connected by bridges. Many of the residents live in towering skyscrapers designed for their specific elements. The land-beings buildings are covered in lush greenery, where its earthy residents grow and take care of their sprouts; water beings are able to travel via water slides and windmills power the homes of air-beings. It appears though, that the fire-beings live on the other side of the bridge, in low buildings, each adorned with a chimney billowing smoke out of the small, cozy homes.
Why do the fire-beings live separately from the others? Perhaps to keep the air beings from evaporating, or to keep the land beings’ many trees and plants from getting burned, or to keep the water beings from accidentally putting out their flames. In the trailer, we aren’t only introduced to the elements but to how they interact with one another, which gives insight into the film’s possible plot.
A water-being sneeze and as a result, a land-being’s grass grows; an air-being excitedly smells the flowers growing from a land-beings armpit, though another land-being with a wooden nose warily pulls her child away from the smoldering Ember as she passes by. Similarly, when she passes by an air-being, a portion of his head evaporates, then reappears once she is gone. And, when water drips from Wade’s hand as he attempts to help Ember pick up her fallen headphones, her hand sizzles and in a twinge of pain she says “Ow.”
It is also of note that Ember, the only fire-being on the train, appears to be wearing a coat made of heat-resistant material, possibly required in order to protect her fellow Element City residents from her powerful heat. Ember’s struggle to navigate the city and have relationships with its residents appears to be what will drive the film’s plot.
With the phrase “opposites react”, a play on the saying “opposites attract”, showing on screen after the two main characters meet, many viewers are wondering if Elemental will have a romantic element and if the tall drink of water will catch feelings for this new flame. We will have to wait and see if things get a little (PG-rated) steamy between the two as they attempt to create meaningful change in their city.
Elemental: Voice Cast
Wade Ripple is voiced by Mamoudou Athie. Wade is said to be a go-with-the-flow guy. Elemental will be Mamoudou Athie’s first-ever voice acting role, though audiences may recognize him as Ramsay Cole in the 2022 film Jurassic World: Dominion. Ember Lumen will be voiced by Leah Lewis. Ember is quite the firecracker.
Leah Lewis is known for her portrayal of the educated romantic underdog Ellie Chu. Lewis will be voicing a character named Räv in the upcoming animated adventure film The Tiger’s Apprentice, which features an almost entirely Asian/Pacific Islander cast, including Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh and Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Golding.
In this animated film, we will hear the voice of Ronnie del Carmen will voice Ember’s father Bernie, Shila Ommi will voice Ember’s mother Cinder, Wendi McLendon-Covey will voice Wade’s boss Gale, Catherine O’Hara will voice Wade’s mother Brook, newcomer Mason Wertheimer will voice Ember’s neighbor Clod, and Joe Pera will voice Fern, who is described as an “overgrown city bureaucrat.” This Disney-Pixar film will be directed by Peter Sohn, who first joined Pixar Studios in 2000.
Elemental: Release Date
Elemental will arrive in the heat of the summer movie season with its release scheduled to land on Father’s Day weekend, June 16th, 2023. This date will have the film opening up against the DC superhero blockbuster The Flash from Warner Bros, Wes Anderson’s star-studded comedy Asteroid City from Focus Features, and the horror-comedy The Blackening from Lionsgate.
Here is the trailer:
