Production on Elemental lasted for seven years, both in the studio and at the filmmakers' homes, with the story being finished remotely. The animation tools were utilized to design the visual effects and appearance of each character, particularly Ember and Wade.

Rather than visit countries for research, the team spent many hours watching POV city tours on YouTube like Venice and Amsterdam for inspiration. Elemental draws inspiration from Sohn's youth, growing up as the son of immigrants in New York City during the 1970s, highlighting the city's distinct cultural and ethnic diversity, while the story is inspired by romantic films, like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Moonstruck (1987), and Amélie (2001). He pitched the concept to Pixar to develop Elemental based on the idea of whether fire and water could ever connect or not. While cannot touch each other, they must protect their identity against strong men and women and their own family while attempt to make their relationship work.įollowing the release of The Good Dinosaur (2015), Sohn began working on the project when the idea first started. Set in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic elements of nature, the story follows fire element Ember Lumen (Lewis) and water element Wade Ripple (Athie), who meet and fall in love after Wade is summoned by a plumbing accident at a convenience store owned by Ember's bigoted father Bernie (Carmen). The overall 27th feature film produced by the studio, the film features the voices of Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O'Hara, Mason Wertheimer, Joe Pera, and Matt Yang King. Directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream, it was written by John Hoberg and Kat Likkel, Brenda Hsueh, and Sohn with Pete Docter serving as executive producer.

Elemental is a 2023 American computer-animated romantic comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

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