Pitch Meeting (2017)
Pitch Meeting
2017What if some of the worst movie-making decisions were made with the best intentions? Step inside the pitch meetings for some famous movies!
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Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire definitely raises some questions. Like is this movie a long montage? Why is everything slow-mo? When you join the squad, are you required to just stand silently in the background?
Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Wonder Woman! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older! Ever wonder how the pitch meeting that started it all went down? Check out this video to find out how Gal Gadot's accent lead to an island of Borat-ladies, or why Chris Pine's Steve Trevor was so non-challant about meeting gods. You might even learn how Diana Prince fighting Ares became one of the most ridiculous third acts we've seen in a while! Trust us, it's super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Blumhouse has made a name for themselves in the horror genre with massive box office hits on relatively low budgets. But as their output increases, sometimes we get some movies that just aren’t hit material. Take a movie that’s about a haunted pool, for example.
Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Jurassic World! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!
Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Fifty Shades of Grey! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!
Before the writers of Madame Web and Morbius graced the world with those cinematic experiences, they delivered Gods of Egypt, a movie that exists and was made and exists. Gods of Egypt definitely raises some questions. Like why is the God of Egypt Scottish? Why didn’t the other gods help Horus when they were all together, instead of being picked off individually later? What was the point of the entire second act? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Gods of Egypt!
Now that the original Ghostbusters are back on the big screen (after forty years and a failed reboot attempt) it’s time to revisit the classic movie that started it all. The original Ghostbusters definitely raises some questions. Like why didn’t the guys take their ghostly evidence somewhere else instead of starting a ghostbusting business? Why did they get a secretary before having any clients? Whatever happened to that library ghost? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Ghostbusters!
Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Fan4stic! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!
It’s been sequelized and animated and rebooted and sequelized again, and now Ghostbusters is BACK with another sequel before the animated reboot comes out! Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire definitely raises some questions. Like why are there so many characters? Why don’t they use their flying equipment against flying ghosts? Why is Winston keeping secrets? What exactly what Garraka’s plan? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire!
Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Thor: Ragnarok! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!
After more than a decade of studios trying to build cinematic universe after cinematic universe, one that has actually surprisingly stuck around is the Monsterverse, featuring increasingly insane movies where large things punch other large things. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire definitely raises some questions. Like why does this Trapper guy have the perfect equipment always lying right next to him? Why is there a podcaster and a child on this trip? How detailed were those hierogylphics?
Ghostbusters was a massive success in 1984, but it took more than half a decade for the world to get a second one! Why? I don’t know. That information is probably available on Google. Reasons, presumably. Ghostbusters 2 definitely raises some questions. Like did they just redo every beat of the first movie but slightly different? Is Venkman even a Ghostbuster or are we just following his love life? And most importantly, how did everyone forget that ghosts exist?!
Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to The Boss Baby! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!
Zack Snyder has been given rull reign by Netlix to do whatever he wants to do, and apparently what that is, is kinda Star Wars but with a lot more farming? Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargive rdefinitely raises some questions. Like how long would this movie be at normal speed? Why is there so much farming and so little character development? Why does she have a nickname that implies her enemies always survive her attacks? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver!
Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Spider-Man: Homecoming Pitch Meeting - Revisited!! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!
The Wachowski’s made history with their groundbreaking movie The Matrix back in 1999. But it seems like over the past 25 years they’ve never been able to recapture that magic, try as they may have. Jupiter Ascending rdefinitely raises some questions. Like why is Channing Tatum half a dog? Is Jupiter even interested in anything that’s happening? Why does this movie do the exact same scene twice, back-to-back and beat-for-beat? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Jupiter Ascending!
Who knew that Raiders of the Lost Ark would launch a franchise that would span four decades starring the same actor? Raiders of the Lost Ark definitely raises some questions. Like how tall is Indiana? Who’s setting up all these booby traps? How are the characters fast-travelling so efficiently whenever the scene ends? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Raiders of the Lost Ark!
The YA crazy took the world by storm for several years, only to die a quick and uncereminous death with the Divergent series, which saw it’s third part perform so badly that they never even finished making them. Allegiant definitely raises some questions. Like what’s up with Tris’ hair? How many section councils are there? Why is all their technology borderline magic? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Allegiant!
The original three Indiana Jones films are considered classics, and filmmakers have been trying to recreate the magic ever since. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom does still raise some questions though. Like why did Lao Che not just grab Indy while he had him? Why is Willie screaming so much? Is life with Indy that much safer for Short Round? Where’d all that water come from? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!
Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Seinfeld!! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!
Independence Day was one of the biggest action movies of the 90s and solidified Will Smith as a massive movie star. 20 years later, we got a sequel that was also a movie! Independence Day: Resurgence raises some questions. Like how is Okun running around after a 20-year coma? Why does President Whitmore want to die so badly? What is even going on in these action scenes? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Independence Day: Resurgence
Battlefield Earth is a movie that exists. John Travolta is in the movie and pushed really hard to get it made. It now exists. This is a movie that exists. Battlefield Earth raises some questions. Like why does this movie exist? How did this get made? Someone made this - why did they do that? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Battlefield Earth.
Disney is back at it again with some more Star Wars content! Bam bam bam! They don’t stop! This time, it’s called The Acolyte and it takes place in a galaxy far far away. The Acolyte definitely raises some questions. Like why doesn’t anyone communicate properly on this show? Why did that which turn into a monster to deliver good news? Why did that Sith take his pants off? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to The Acolyte.
Deadpool is back! And so is Wolverine! And now they’re at Disney! And they have so many cameo friends! Deadpool & Wolverine definitely raises some questions. Like how well does that Anchor Being concept actually hold up? Is this movie 90% cameos? How many fights are there were nobody is capable of getting hurt? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Deadpool & Wolverine.
Wesley Snipes and Ryan Reynolds recently shared the big screen with the ultra successful release of Deadpool & Wolverine. It’s been about 20 years since they last did that, and that first time did not go as well. Blade: Trinity definitely raises some questions. Like did Blade’s sense of smell stop working? Why does this Dracula look like he works at Hot Topic? Is listening to music while ripping off The Matrix such a good idea? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Blade: Trinity.
After almost 20 years, Jennifer Garner has returned to the big screen as Elektra in a throwback cameo for Deadpool & Wolverine. But what lead to her Daredevil spinoff bomb? Elektra definitely raises some questions. Like how much time are we going to silently spend next to a lake? How exactly do her precog powers work? Where is Matt Murdock and why isn’t she going to see him? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Elektra.
The Alien franchise started 45 years ago, which is a pretty big number. Multiple movies in, we now have the latest offering - Romulus. Sometimes these movies end with an “us” sound, you see. Alien Romulus definitely raises some questions. Like why is so easy to get off that planet? Why isn’t anyone else checking out this ship? Is that pregnant lady gonna be okay? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Alien: Romulus.
After Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom, Indy came back for The Last Crusade, the third and final movie in the series. They never made another one. It just wouldn’t make sense to do that. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade definitely raises some questions, like how crazy is it that Indy got all his iconic items in like a 15 minute period on the same day? Why didn’t Henry warn Indy about his nazi girlfriend? What’s up with all the bad decisions made during chase scenes? To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Before it was even popular to make an obscene number of superhero movie sequels with declining quality- Warner Bros was trailblazing with multiple Superman movies! Superman 3 definitely raises some questions, like why is Superman competing for screentime with this Gus Gorman guy so much? How is Gus so good at computers? What are 1980s computers capable of, exactly? DID SUPERMAN JUST FLICK A PEANUT?! To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Superman III.
Francis Ford Coppola has made some of the most beloved movies of all time, including The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. Now he’s created a movie he’s been aiming to make for multiple decades, and funded the entire thing himself. The result is the unchecked, unfiltered vision of a filmmaker, for better or worse. Check out the pitch meeting that led to Megalopolis!
Joker was kind of a surprise hit in 2019, becoming one of the most massive R-Rated movies of all time on a relatively small budget. Even though that movie was pretty self-contained, the market dictates that there MUST BE A SEQUEL. And here we are. There is one. It exists. And some choices were made. So check out the pitch meeting that led to Joker: Folie À Deux to find out how it all came together!
Because everything that was successful in the past needs to be brought for a second round, Tim Burton is back with a brand new Beetlejuice movie! And boy is this one full of storylines! From Beetlejuice’s ex-wife to a deceased cop going around doing nothing, this movie has a lot going on! So check out the pitch meeting that led to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to find out how it all came together!
tanley Kubrick’s The Shining is an iconic horror movie that traumatized entire generations specifically in terms of hotel, hallways and certain carpet patterns. Jack Nicholson was super creepy as the mean, father figure who morph into us a slightly more mean father figure there is also a scene with a bear costume, that is a scene that exists. So check out the pitch meeting that led to The Shining, to find out how it all came together!
Tom Hardy’s Venom was kind of a surprise hit, somehow convincing people to see a movie set in the Spider-Man world without giving them any Spider-Man. Naturally a sequel followed, and now a third movie has squeezed in to somehow make this a trilogy! All without ever seeing Spider-Man! So check out the pitch meeting that led to Venom: The Last Dance, to find out how it all came together!
With The Lord of Rings being one of the most celebrated film trilogies of all time, and The Hobbit trilogy being one that also exists, it was only natural that in this era of “everything must become a streaming show” we would get a LotR show. And here we are on season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - a show that exists. So check out the pitch meeting that led to The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, to find out how it all came together!
After three Superman movies of declining quality (and reception) - the gang got back together for one final ride in 1987 with Superman IV: The Quest For Peace - which is a movie that exists. It follows Clark as he once again memory-wipes kisses Lois Lane, flirts with his new boss, and fights a guy who was born out of his own hair, computers and the sun! So check out the pitch meeting that led to The Lord of the Rings: Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, to find out how it all came together!
What if some of the worst movie-making decisions were made with the best intentions? Step inside the pitch meetings for some famous movies!