Tag: Peter Sohn
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‘Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Elemental’ and ‘Trolls 3’ Directors Announced for Top Animated Contenders Panel at Scad Savannah Film Fest (Exclusive)
Animated feature directors of “Elemental,” “Nimona,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and “Trolls Band Together” will attend the second annual “Sketch to Screen: Top Animated Contenders” panel at Scad Savannah Film Festival.Hosted by Clayton Davis, senior awards editor for Variety, the panel will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 24. On…
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‘Elemental’ Budget Breakdown: How Pixar Avoided a Box Office Disaster
Elemental is a true anomaly in the current movie-going landscape, as the big-budget Pixar film distributed by Disney had the lowest opening for the studio since Toy Story way back in 1995 and had everyone write it off as a flop, but since then, Elemental has held up really well at the box office and…
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Composer Thomas Newman on Why the Opening Montage of ‘Elemental’ Was the Hardest Section to Score
When composer Thomas Newman was having early conversations about the music of Pixar’s “Elemental,” he looked for a connecting thread between the film’s imaginary world, where elements are characters, and the human world. “I looked for similar issues of otherness and how that could be reflected in music, and how we would identify with that…
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‘Elemental’ Turned to a Surprising Inspiration to Get Fire and Water to Kiss: ‘Requiem for a Dream’
[Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers.]One of the most difficult tech challenges in Pixar’s “Elemental” was conveying what happens when fire and water — the intense Ember (Leah Lewis) and sensitive Wade (Mamoudou Athie) — finally touch after falling in love. After all, fire and water don’t mix and Ember resists the temptation throughout…
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‘Elemental’ Director on His Emotional Inspiration & Why There’s No Villain
Disney’s newest Pixar film, Elemental, is an original concept co-written and directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur). The story centers on two young adults, Ember Lumen (Leah Lewis) and Wade Ripple (Mamoudou Athie), who at first glance seem an odd pair, but their differences allow them to open up to new perspectives as they…
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‘Elemental’ Director Peter Sohn on How the Periodic Table and His Parents’ Immigration Story Inspired Pixar’s Latest Feature
The story behind Pixar’s latest animated feature “Elemental” is a personal one to filmmaker Peter Sohn. The opening shows a family arriving at the fictional port of Elemental City, which closely reflected the immigration story of Sohn’s parents from Korea to New York.The story breathes life into the earth elements of fire, water, land and…
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‘Elemental’ Director Peter Sohn’s Pixar Rise Has Been Decades in the Making
With Elemental, director Peter Sohn joins a still rarified community of filmmakers who’ve managed to direct multiple films at Pixar Animation Studios. Though the numbers in this group have expanded in recent years, there’s still been plenty of people (ranging from Mark Andrews to Brian Fee to Brad Lewis) that have only had one director…
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‘Elemental’ Stars on What Surprised Them Most About Their Lead Pixar Roles
Director Peter Sohn’s upcoming Pixar film, Elemental, brings a refreshingly original concept to the Walt Disney repertoire that not only pushed the boundaries technologically but opted to cast for talent rather than notoriety. Starring as the voices behind the main characters Ember Lumen and Wade Ripple are Leah Lewis (The Half of It) and Mamoudou…