Elemental Movie Details:
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Animation Comedy Romance |
| Release date | May 27, 2023 (Cannes) June 16, 2023 (United States) |
| Running time | 1hr 49min |
| Age rating | PG |
| Starring | Leah Lewis Mamoudou Athie Ronnie del Carmen Shila Ommi Wendi McLendon-Covey Catherine O’Hara |
| Directed by | Peter Sohn |
| Screenplay by | Kat Likkel John Hoberg Brenda Hsueh |
| Story by | Peter Sohn John Hoberg Kat Likkel Brenda Hsueh |
| Produced by | Denise Ream |
| Cinematography by | David Bianchi Jean-Claude Kalache |
| Edited by | Stephen Schaffer |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Production Company | Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios |
| Distributor | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
Elemental Movie Cast & Characters:
- Leah Lewis as Ember Lumen, a tough, quick-witted fire element who works at her family’s convenience store in Fire Town, but has trouble controlling her explosive temper. If water falls on her, she would be extinguished, so she uses an umbrella to guard herself. The filmmakers stated that it was essential for Ember to be “relatable and likable, not scary and terrifying”.Lewis was chosen due to her role in The Half of It (2020).
- Clara Lin Ding as Little Kid Ember
- Reagan To as Big Kid Ember
- Mamoudou Athie as Wade Ripple, a sappy water element who works as a city inspector living in Element City. In terms of his density and movement, Wade is a lot heavier, and his body is more fluid and wavy than Ember’s body is. The filmmakers stated that Wade is “very emotional and cries at the drop of a hat”.Athie based his performance on his own ability to cry.
- Ronnie del Carmen as Bernie Lumen, Ember’s father, Cinder’s husband, and owner of their family’s convenience store in Fire Town who plans to retire and pass the business down to Ember.He is distrustful of water elements.
- Shila Ommi as Cinder Lumen, Ember’s mother and Bernie’s wife who is also distrustful of water elements.
- Wendi McLendon-Covey as Gale Cumulus, an air element with a big personality and Wade’s employer. Her surname is not included in the film’s credits,but it is mentioned in the film by Fern.
- Catherine O’Hara as Brook Ripple, Wade, Alan and Lake’s widowed mother and Harold’s sister who is very welcoming to Ember in a luxury apartment building.
- Mason Wertheimer as Clod, a young earth element who has a crush on Ember. Wertheimer made his feature film debut following the mockumentary podcast series Past My Bedtime (2022).
- Ronobir Lahiri as Harold, Brook’s brother and Wade and Alan’s uncle.
- Wilma Bonet as Flarrietta, one of the customers at the Fireplace.
- Joe Pera as Fern Grouchwood, an overgrown earth element bureaucrat who works at City Hall. His surname is not included in the film’s credits, but it is seen in the film on his desk nameplate.
- Matt Yang King as:
- Alan Ripple, Wade’s and Lake’s older brother and Eddy’s husband.
- Lutz, an airball player who plays for the Windbreakers at Cyclone Stadium.
- Earth Pruner
- Jeff LaPensee as Sparkler Customer
- Ben Morris as Wood Immigration Official.His name tag reveals his name to be C. C. Stump.
- Jonathan Adams as Flarry, one of the customers at the Fireplace.
- Alex Kapp as:
- Customer
- Delivery Person
- Earth Landlord
- P.L. Brown as Doorman
Storyline:
The film is set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. —Pixar Animation Studios
Elemental Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | $200 million |
| Worldwide Collection | $496.4 million |
About Elemental Movie:
On May 16, 2022, Pixar made public the announcement of their new movie, Elemental, with the anthropomorphic classical elements of fire, water, air, and earth.
Director Peter Sohn pitched the concept to Pixar to develop Elemental based on the idea of whether fire and water could ever connect or not. He also stated that the portrayal of Element City was inspired by many earlier live-action films, such as Roman Holiday.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in which most of the production took place, the production team of the film was unable to travel to these cities for research, so they spent many hours watching POV city tours on YouTube to get inspiration for Element City.
The film took 7 years to make both in the studio and at home.
According to story artist Jason Katz, the team finished their story while working remotely from home. Similarly, Sohn had tears in his eyes when completing.
The treasure of the film was released on November 17, 2022, and the trailer was released on March 28, 2023.
Elemental is the first original Pixar film to be premiering directly to theaters in 3 years since the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas the last 3 original Pixar films such as Soul, Luca, and Turning Red have only premiered directly to Disney+.
On February 16, 2023, following the commercial failures of Lightyear and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Strange World (both 2022), Disney reportedly considered extending the theatrical windows for both Elemental and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish in hopes of bringing families back to theaters.
The first thirty minutes of footage of the film were shown during an early press event at the studio on March 28, 2023. It was positively received by critics for its worldbuilding, animation, and characters. The first twenty minutes of footage of the film were previewed in 3D at CinemaCon on April 26, 2023. It was positively received by critics, who appreciated it’s tackling themes of racism and xenophobia head-on of the movie.
This is Pixar’s first film where the amount of PG-rated films that the studio has exceeds the amount of G-rated films that they have, which are at 13.
Elemental debuted out of competition as the closing film at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 27, 2023, where it received a five-minute standing ovation, and was released in the United States on June 16 in RealD 3D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema formats. Despite opening below projections, the film ultimately became a sleeper hit and grossed $484.2 million worldwide.
