But Peter Sohn does “appreciate the connection that people are making.”
“I saw it with my kids and it’s great, but we’re so different from it.
There’s no martial arts in our world.
There’s not anything like that.
It’s this city story with the romance, and this family drama.
The teaser trailer highlights a subway train in Element City and all the kooky characters in its seats.
Ember, voiced by Leah Lewis (The Half of It), is a fire resident.
She plops headphones over her ears as she begins her commute.
“This teaser has been all about trying to set up the world,” says Sohn.
“It’s a world of elements.
Earth, water, air.
It begged the question: How do they survive?
“That shift from parents to people affected me a great deal.
They did this with no money.
My dad was a hotdog cart guy and he made all this.
I could never do that.'
My empathy grew for them.”
That immigrant story, however, wasn’t the starting point forElemental.
It began with the premise, what if fire fell in love with water?
Elementalhas only become more poignant for Sohn.
He lost both his parents during the years he spent working on the film.
Elementalis scheduled to hit theaters June 16, 2023.
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