Disney and Pixar have released the official trailer for their new film Elemental.
Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie will voice Ember and Wade in the film. Lewis, a Chinese American actress, made a name for herself when she played Ellie Chu in The Half of It.
The movie is set in a place called Element City, where the elements (air, fire, water and earth) live and work.
Disney provided the following character descriptions in a recent press release:
· Ember, a clever 20-something fire woman with a great sense of humor who loves her family but can be hot-headed at times.
· Wade, an observant, empathetic, 20-something water guy who is not afraid to show his emotions—in fact, his emotions are hard to miss.
· Clod, a young, street-smart earth kid with a gentle heart who lives in Firetown and tends to show up whenever Ember is around.
· Gale, an air element with a big personality, a lot of bluster and a fluffy pink complexion who is a serious superfan of an Air Ball team called the Windbreakers
According to the press release, the voice cast will also include “Ronnie del Carmen as Ember’s soon-to-be retired dad, Bernie; Shila Ommi as Ember’s love-seeking mom, Cinder; Wendi McLendon-Covey as Wade’s stormy and Air-Ball-loving boss, Gale; Catherine O’Hara as Wade’s welcoming mom, Brook; Mason Wertheimer as Ember’s admiring earth neighbor, Clod; and Joe Pera as an overgrown city bureaucrat, Fern.”
Elemental hits theaters on June 16.
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