While last week
Soul picked up the Academy Award for Best Feature Animation in Los Angeles, this weekend the film s prequel
22 vs Earth has allowed fans to learn a little more about how 22 became such an Earthaphobe.
The short film reunites Kevin Nolting (
Soul s lead editor) with Tina Fey s earth-hating 22. For good measure, the film also takes a light-hearted stab at solving the mystery of the meaning of life in the process.
The short
is Nolting s directorial debut. For him, 2
2 vs Earth was a simple case of being in the right place at the right time. “Traditionally these shorts go to the head of story on the film because the editor is usually still working on the movie when these things are made,” Nolting explains.
22 is one of the most memorable characters in Pixar’s
Soul and now 22 is getting an entire six-minute prequel short to further explore what 22 has against Earth in
22 vs Earth.
In
22 vs. Earth, a new short from Pixar Animation Studios, Tina Fey returns as the voice of the quick-witted and sarcastic 22. Set before the events of Academy Awards winner
Soul, 22 bucks the rules of The Great Before and refuses to go to Earth, enlisting five new souls to join her rebellion. But when the new souls’ activities lead to unexpected results, 22 discovers her subversive scheme might have unearthed a surprising revelation about the meaning of life.
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