A new image from Pixar's upcoming film Elemental has been released showing embodiments of fire and water – Ember and Wade come together against the backdrop of Elemental city. The pair, voiced by Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie respectively, are the stars of the animation studio's latest effort, which is all set to hit theaters on June 16 of this year and will be the studio's first film to do so since the pandemic.
With Ember and Wade on full display in the new teaser image, Denise Ream – one of the film's producers – told Total Film magazine that nailing the character designs was a tricky endeavor. "We knew it was going to be hard. We didn’t know it was going to be as hard as it was," with the production pushing the technical team to their limits and requiring wide collaboration to ensure the elemental effects looked just right, "we had character-based effects in every single shot.