Pixar has been on a little bit of a roll of late. After years of (admittedly nonetheless very entertaining) sequels, the animation studio’s current output has been a string of authentic tales from its set of filmmakers. This 12 months’s Turning Pink marked an actual inventive evolution for the Pixar system, and even Lightyear seems to be greater than only a straight-up Toy Story spinoff. That streak seems set to proceed into 2023, as a result of the studio has simply confirmed its subsequent function, and it’s one other whole authentic. Prepare for Elemental.

Due for launch in summer time 2023, Elemental is directed by The Good Dinosaur’s Peter Sohn – and its idea sound notably Pixar, imagining a world the place dwelling embodiments of fireplace, water, land and air cohabit, centred on flame-girl Ember and water-guy Wade. Take a look at some idea artwork right here:

Simply as Onward and Turning Pink turned their administrators’ early life into imaginative fantasy ideas, Elemental appears to be a equally private work for Sohn. “My mother and father emigrated from Korea within the early Seventies and constructed a bustling grocery retailer within the Bronx,” he says in a press assertion. “We have been amongst many households who ventured to a brand new land with hopes and goals – all of us mixing into one huge salad bowl of cultures, languages and exquisite little neighborhoods. That’s what led me to Elemental. Our story relies on the traditional components—hearth, water, land and air. Some components combine with one another, and a few don’t. What if these components have been alive?”

Elemental is because of arrive on 16 June 2023 – although it’s at present unconfirmed whether or not it’ll be yet one more Disney+ launch for Pixar, or a cinematic launch like Lightyear. It’ll be the one Pixar movie to reach subsequent 12 months, with two as-yet-untitled initiatives to comply with in 2024. In the meantime, Lightyear is only a month away – at present as a result of hit cinemas from 17 June.