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‘Elemental’: Read The Screenplay For The Pixar Movie That Finds A Way To Mix Fire And Water


Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Elemental, the Pixar pic directed by Peter Sohn. Launching with a world premiere a…

The plot follows the quick-witted and fiery Ember (Leah Lewis), a new arrival to the city whose friendship with go-with-the-flow Wade (Mamoudou Athie) challenges not only her beliefs about the world they live in, but the person she wants to be. The husband-and-wife writing-producing duo Hoberg and Likkel previously teamed on ABC series including Downward Dog and Galavant along with writing and producing on Black-ish, The Neighbors, Better Off Ted and My Name Is Earl among others. Hsueh, whose writing credits include How I Me Your Mother and who consulted for Domee Shi, the director of Disney/Pixar’s Turning Red, most recently wrote the animated Ghostbusters movie for Sony.

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