Here’s a vote of assurance in Pixar’s next film: it’s not merely’barely going to be entering the festival circuit, but it’s been picked in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the prestigious honour of closing out Cannes. The legendary animation studio is gearing up to release Elemental, another creative outpouring from the minds behind some of the greatest movies of the last few decades – this time presenting a city of weather-individual , and the growing relationship between hot-headed Ember and wavey dude Wade.###The film, from director Peter Sohn – making his feature debut – will be hitting UK cinemas from 7 July (a date that’s shifted back just a smidge), while those lucky abundant’ample’plentiful to attend Cannes will acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure to see it on 27 May. It’s the fourth Pixar film to be selected in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Cannes, following Pete Docter’s Up, Inside Out, and Soul. “As we all emerge from our pandemic cocoons and come toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her in story rooms, animation dailies and impromptu brainstorming sessions, it’s a joy and honor to possess’own’nurse Pixar back on La Croisette,” Docter, head of Pixar, said in a statement. “Directed by the extraordinary storyteller Peter Sohn, Elemental is so funny, full of heart and, frankly, stunning to see. It was created in/with regard to’concerning’regarding audiences to undergo on the enormous’vast’massive’tremendous screen and I love that it’ll make its world premiere at Cannes.”###To mark the Cannes premiere, a new bit of art – drawn by Sohn – has been released, depicting Wade and Ember chilling on the croisette. “After years of crafting this story, creating and realising characters made of fire and water — effects in and of themselves — and establish ing a brilliant world that is so much a part of all of us, it’s an honor to share these characters and this film in its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival,” says the director. We’ll find out in just over a month’s time if Elemental proves another, ahem, high-water mark in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Pixar.