{"id":17331,"date":"2023-06-14T10:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17331"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:58:59","slug":"exclusive-video-interview-shila-ommi-on-voicing-cinder-lumen-in-elemental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17331","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Video Interview: Shila Ommi on Voicing Cinder Lumen in \u2018Elemental\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\">Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pixar\u2019s new film <strong><em>Elemental<\/em><\/strong> follows a family of fire elements living in a city that wasn\u2019t built for them. Bernie (Ronnie Del Carmen) and Cinder (Shila Ommi) have traveled from their home in Fireland to try to make a new life for themselves, and their daughter Ember (Leah Lewis) has only ever known Element City. It\u2019s an affirming family story that features both a strong message and a dazzling showcase of exceptional animation.<\/p>\n<p>I had the chance to speak with Ommi about the joy of getting to continue her voice work with this Pixar project. We also checked in about her Apple TV+ series <strong><em>Tehran<\/em><\/strong>, which has already filmed its third season, and her directorial debut, <strong><em>Wake Up Sleeping Beauty<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video above, and read below for an official summary and where to watch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17332\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17332\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Elemental-1024x553.jpg\" alt=\"ELEMENTAL\" width=\"696\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Elemental-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Elemental-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Elemental-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Elemental-696x376.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Elemental-1068x577.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Elemental-778x420.jpg 778w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Elemental.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FUTURE\u2019S SO BRIGHT &#8212; Disney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cElemental\u201d releases on June 16, 2023. \u00a9 2023 Disney\/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Film summary:<\/p>\n<p>Disney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cElemental\u201d is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Directed by Peter Sohn, produced by Denise Ream, p.g.a., and executive produced by Pete Docter, \u201cElemental\u201d features a screenplay by John Hoberg &amp; Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh with story by Sohn, Hoberg &amp; Likkel and Hsueh. The film\u2019s original score was composed and conducted by Thomas Newman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/abe-friedtanzer\/\">Check out more of Abe Friedtanzer\u2019s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"hXzcyx9V0xw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elemental | Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hXzcyx9V0xw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Elemental<\/em> <\/strong>opens in theaters on Friday, June 16<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Pixar\u2019s new film Elemental follows a family of fire elements living in a city that wasn\u2019t built for them. Bernie (Ronnie Del Carmen) and Cinder (Shila Ommi) have traveled from their home in Fireland to try to make a new life for themselves, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1351,16285,15380,1732,16085,8290,16284,16283],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive Video Interview: Shila Ommi on Voicing Cinder Lumen in \u2018Elemental\u2019 | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shila Ommi discusses the opportunity to voice Cinder Lumen in Pixar&#039;s Elemental and her role in Apple TV+&#039;s Tehran.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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