The Emoji Movie Pitch Meeting

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**The Emoji Movie Pitch Meeting** is the third episode of the Pitch Meeting series on Screen Rant. It's the first non superhero movie to be the focus of a Pitch Meeting episode and is also the first animated movie to have a Pitch Meeting episode made about it.

## Cast

* Producer Guy - Ryan George
* Screenwriter Guy - Ryan George
* T.J. Miller's agent - Ryan George

## Quotes

* "Ooh, they like to poop" - Studio Executive Guy
* "I mean, I don't wanna toot my own horn, but... this is incredible, I did great" - Screenwriter Guy
* "The implication is that emojis have intercourse and reproduce, yeah" - Screenwriter Guy
* "I think it'll be fun for the movie to have a character that's an actual talking piece of sh\*t" - Screenwriter Guy
* "Hello, you've reached T.J. Miller's agent. Please say the title of your film after the beep and I can one-hundred percent guarantee that Mr Miller will star in it no questions asked" - T.J. Miller's agent

## Notices

* Producer Guy has T.J. Miller's agent's phone number

## Trivia

* This is the first Pitch Meeting episode to include a character other than Screenwriter Guy and Producer Guy
* This is the first Pitch Meeting episode to made about an animated movie
* This is the first Pitch Meeting episode to be made about a Sony Pictures Animation movie
* This is the first time a character from the Pitch Meeting series is seen with their phone
* This is one of the few Pitch Meetings where "Super easy, barely an inconvenience" is said by Producer Guy.

**Producer Guy:** You said you had a movie you wanted to pitch to me?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, you're gonna like this one. So what's something that's a part of every young person's life these days?

**Producer Guy:** I don't know.

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[holds up a poop emoji plushie]* Ah?

**Producer Guy:** Ohhh. They like to poop.

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[slightly deflated]* Yeah. But also, they use emojis. *[holds up the plushie again]*

**Producer Guy:** Ohhh.

**Screenwriter Guy:** You see where I'm going with this?

**Producer Guy:** No.

**Screenwriter Guy:** An emoji… movie.

**Producer Guy:** *[pleasantly surprised]* Oh that's good, 'cause they're super popular!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Very popular.

**Producer Guy:** So what's the story?

**Screenwriter Guy:** The what?

**Producer Guy:** The story! Like what's the movie about?

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[confused]* Oh, yeah… uh, yeah no I've- I've got a bit of that in here.

**Producer Guy:** Great.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, so the meh emoji doesn't wanna be a meh emoji, anymore, uh, honestly it doesn't matter so much.

**Producer Guy:** No?

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, honestly I think people are gonna be so pumped about seeing emojis they're not gonna care about story or character development or substance or anything like that.

**Producer Guy:** That's a good point.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah so basically we just have all the emojis living in a city called Textopolis.

**Producer Guy:** That is clever.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Right?

**Producer Guy:** Because it's like you took the word "metropolis"-

**Screenwriter Guy:** And I changed the beginning to "text"!

**Producer Guy:** Well if the other jokes in the movie are as funny as that I think we're in business.

**Screenwriter Guy:** They are. They're all at that exact same level of humor.

**Producer Guy:** You have other examples?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, there's a moment where there's monkey emojis with briefcases and they're like "We have business to attend to".

**Producer Guy:** Right.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And the meh emoji's like "What kind of business?".

**Producer Guy:** Uh-huh.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And so one of the monkeys says… … … "Monkey business".

**Producer Guy:** Oh my god, that is gold!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Because they're monkeys.

**Producer Guy:** They are!

**Screenwriter Guy:** I mean, I don't wanna toot my own horn, but… this is incredible, I did great.

**Producer Guy:** And can we include some like cool young people talk in the movie? I mean, I don't really know how young people talk these days.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh I do, and there's a ton of that in here, like "slay". "NBD". "#blessed".

**Producer Guy:** Good, that sounds like we're in touch with the youth.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Word.

**Producer Guy:** And what are some of the other characters?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well Meh's parents have their own little storyline.

**Producer Guy:** *[intrigued]* He has parents?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, they're also mehs.

**Producer Guy:** So if emojis can have children, that means that they can-

**Screenwriter Guy:** The implication is that emojis have intercourse and reproduce, yeah.

**Producer Guy:** Fascinating.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, really makes you picture it doesn't it?

**Producer Guy:** Yeah, it really does. *[makes a slightly disturbed face as he pictures it]*

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[smiles as he pictures it]*

**Producer Guy:** *[snaps out of it and clears throat]* So, any other important characters?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yes, there is a poop emoji.

**Producer Guy:** So like an animated piece of feces?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, I think it'd be fun for the movie to have a character that's an actual talking piece of sh*[bleep]*.

**Producer Guy:** And what's his role in the movie?

**Screenwriter Guy:** He's gonna make four or five poop-related puns.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, pretty important.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And also Meh becomes friends with the high five emoji.

**Producer Guy:** And what's he like?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a high five?

**Producer Guy:** *[confused]* Um…

**Screenwriter Guy:** He's British and has an eating disorder.

**Producer Guy:** Right, of course.

**Screenwriter Guy:** He eats so much candy he vomits several times.

**Producer Guy:** Just like a high five would, and actually that gives me an idea!

**Screenwriter Guy:** What's that?

**Producer Guy:** Maybe I can strike a deal with the creators of Candy Crush and have the characters go in their app!

**Screenwriter Guy:** I love it!

**Producer Guy:** That's gonna bring in a ton of money.

**Screenwriter Guy:** D'you think people will be bothered by the product placement?

**Producer Guy:** No, people love product placement!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh, well that's great 'cause I have literally nothing planned for the second act of the film.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, so they can just go from product placement to product placement.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Absolutely, as many as you can get.

**Producer Guy:** I can get *a lot*.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Perfect.

**Producer Guy:** So lets talk about casting for the main character.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Sure.

**Producer Guy:** Did you have anyone in mind for Meh?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well I mean, I have a dream actor that I'd like.

**Producer Guy:** Who's that?

**Screenwriter Guy:** It's a little nuts, I don't know if it's doable.

**Producer Guy:** Just shoot.

**Screenwriter Guy:** T. J. Miller?

**Producer Guy:** Oh.

**Screenwriter Guy:** It must be impossible to get him though, right?

**Producer Guy:** Actually super easy, barely an inconvenience.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Really?

**Producer Guy:** Check this out. *[makes a phone call]*

**T. J. Miller's Agent:** *[on answering machine]* Hello, you've reached T. J. Miller's agent. Please say the title of your film after the beep and I can 100% guarantee that Mr. Miller will star in it no questions asked. *[beeps]*

**Producer Guy:** *The Emoji Movie*. *[hangs up]* Done.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Wow.

**Producer Guy:** And this is really gonna blow your mind.

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[excited]* What?

**Producer Guy:** I think we might be able to get *Sir Patrick Stewart* in this.

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[surprised]* What? How?

**Producer Guy:** Well it's a kids' movie; he's a sweet old man-

**Screenwriter Guy:** Such a sweet man.

**Producer Guy:** I think if we just explain to him that this is what the kids are into he'll do it out of the kindness of his heart.

**Screenwriter Guy:** He would do it for the kids!

**Producer Guy:** I honestly think he would if he thought it could bring them some joy.

**Screenwriter Guy:** What a great man.

**Producer Guy:** Truly a saint.

**Screenwriter Guy:** What emoji should he play?

**Producer Guy:** I dunno, maybe the piece of shi-

*[cut to headline: **Sir Patrick Stewart Voicing Poop Emoji in The Emoji Movie**]*