Avengers: Age of Ultron Pitch Meeting

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**Avengers: Age of Ultron Pitch Meeting** is the twenty-first episode of the Pitch Meeting series on Screen Rant.

## Description

Step inside the pitch meeting that started it all. Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron was a guaranteed box office hit, but it's also burdened by being the next big junction point in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That means there are more than a few plot holes and story arcs in the movie that just don't quite make sense, in order to further expand the MCU into Phase 3 (and beyond).

## Cast

* Producer Guy - Ryan George
* Screenwriter Guy - Ryan George

## Notices

* This is the first Pitch Meeting to use the "Whoopsie" catchphrase.

**Producer Guy:** So you have a new *Avengers* script for me?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yes sir I do, and this one starts off with the Avengers doing some super awesome, uh, murders.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, it does?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, it's gonna be like ten solid minutes of the Avengers murdering, and cracking jokes, and murdering, and cracking jokes.

**Producer Guy:** That is so cool.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah!

**Producer Guy:** And how are the Avengers getting along without Tony?

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[confused]* Oh, well he's right there with them.

**Producer Guy:** *[confused]* Didn't he kind of retire at the end of *Iron Man 3*?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, that's right.

**Producer Guy:** So what explanation are we giving for his return?

**Screenwriter Guy:** None. Whatsoever.

**Producer Guy:** Huh. So what's the movie about?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well it's called *Age of Ultron*.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, ***Age** of Ultron*? So this takes place over several years?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, no, just a couple of days.

**Producer Guy:** Oh. Do you know what the word "age" means?

**Screenwriter Guy:** I do. Not. I do not.

**Producer Guy:** It's a tough word.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, sounds cool though. *Age of Ultron*.

**Producer Guy:** It does sound cool.

**Screenwriter Guy:** So anyway, using Loki's scepter, Iron Man wants to create an AI called Ultron that can achieve peace in our time.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, that's nice.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah but then Ultron understands his purpose as "Oh, I need to murder everyone".

**Producer Guy:** Whoopsie.

**Screenwriter Guy:** So Ultron attacks the Avengers while they're getting drunk and then escapes through the internet.

**Producer Guy:** He escapes through the internet?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah so now he has access to every system on Earth except nukes.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, that's cool. So what's his plan? Is he gonna like take down the electrical grid?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Nope.

**Producer Guy:** Something with the water supply?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Nuh-uh.

**Producer Guy:** Air traffic control?

**Screenwriter Guy:** No.

**Producer Guy:** All of the Avengers' super advanced technology?

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, those sound like good ideas, but what he really plans on doing is *making a city fly and throwing it down to Earth*.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, you'd think a genius AI would be able to think of a better plan than that.

**Screenwriter Guy:** You'd think so, but he's really into this city-throwing idea.

**Producer Guy:** Interesting.

**Screenwriter Guy:** So anyway, Ultron is this super scary, super intimidating robot-

**Producer Guy:** You should have him crack jokes like Loki.

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[brief stunned silence]* What?

**Producer Guy:** People love Loki.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah but why would a robot crack jokes?

**Producer Guy:** So he can be more like Loki!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Okay, but-

**Producer Guy:** People love Loki.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh, is this so you can sell Ultron toys to kids?

**Producer Guy:** *[slightly embarrassed]* Maybe. We sold a lot of Loki toys.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well, why didn't you say so? The movie's already a big commercial anyway.

**Producer Guy:** Ah, I love you so much.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh, stop.

**Producer Guy:** What kind of commercials are we talking?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well for example the Hulk listens to music to calm down, right?

**Producer Guy:** Okay.

**Screenwriter Guy:** On his wireless Beats by Dre headphones!

**Producer Guy:** Oh, awesome. That's a product.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Or like Hawkeye and Black Widow drive around, right?

**Producer Guy:** Yeah?

**Screenwriter Guy:** In a brand new state-of-the-art Audi!

**Producer Guy:** That's amazing. That's a product!

**Screenwriter Guy:** We also find out what Iron Man likes to wear *under* his *armor*.

**Producer Guy:** Uh-huh.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Any idea what brand he wears *under* his *armor*?

**Producer Guy:** No idea.

**Screenwriter Guy:** He wears Under Armour under his armor!

**Producer Guy:** You just blew my mind. That's a product!

**Screenwriter Guy:** And the movie's not just a commercial for products, it's also a commercial for movies!

**Producer Guy:** What other movies?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Our future movies!

**Producer Guy:** How'd you do that?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well we're introducing this character named Scarlet Witch that gives people visions.

**Producer Guy:** Okay.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And so she gives Thor a vision that's a setup for *Thor 3*.

**Producer Guy:** Wow.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And she gives a Tony a vision that's a setup for *Avengers 3*.

**Producer Guy:** I love it. So what else happens in the movie?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well after the Witch gives people a bunch of visions, she makes the Hulk go crazy and so Tony has to stop him.

**Producer Guy:** How does he manage that?

**Screenwriter Guy:** He developed this new super powerful Hulkbuster armor, and so they just… destroy a bunch of buildings.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, Tony has a suit upgrade, huh? I bet that'll come in handy against Ultron.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, no, he's only gonna use it once.

**Producer Guy:** Oh.

**Screenwriter Guy:** So anyway, then they all go hide out with Hawkeye's family.

**Producer Guy:** What happens there?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well Natasha and Bruce have a long conversation about how they should've showered together.

**Producer Guy:** *[confused]* What?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, they're in love now.

**Producer Guy:** Oh they are?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, I decided that would be a thing.

**Producer Guy:** Cute.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And then Thor peaces out 'cause he had a bad dream. And then Nick Fury secretly hides out in a barn to surprise Tony. Even though he meets with everyone minutes later and had no reason to hide.

**Producer Guy:** Dramatic entrance, I guess?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, let's go with that.

**Producer Guy:** And what does Thor go off and do?

**Screenwriter Guy:** He goes to take a bath with Erik Selvig.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, kinky.

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, he jumps into a dream puddle and learns about Infinity Stones.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, is that a commercial for-

**Screenwriter Guy:** Commercial for an upcoming movie, that's right.

**Producer Guy:** I love it.

**Screenwriter Guy:** So anyway, Ultron tries to put himself in a body-type thing but then the Avengers steal it.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, they do?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah and then Tony convinces Bruce that they have to do the exact same thing they did with Ultron again.

**Producer Guy:** He wants them to redo the thing that created a death robot?

**Screenwriter Guy:** That's right.

**Producer Guy:** God, is it gonna be hard to convince Bruce to do it?

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, super easy, barely an inconvenience.

**Producer Guy:** Really?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, he basically says that they're both monsters, and for some reason that convinces him.

**Producer Guy:** That was easy.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Anyway, so they do the thing again, but this time Thor hits it with some lightning and that creates a really nice dude named Vision somehow.

**Producer Guy:** It's crazy how science works, isn't it?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, I literally don't understand it.

**Producer Guy:** Me neither.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Also Ultron is gonna kidnap Black Widow.

**Producer Guy:** He's gonna kidnap her? Why wouldn't he just kill her?

**Screenwriter Guy:** I don't know; I guess to lure the Avengers over?

**Producer Guy:** Wouldn't they have gone anyway if Ultron is lifting a city into the sky?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, you'd hope so.

**Producer Guy:** So how does the movie end?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well you know how in the first *Avengers* we had them fighting like a generic army of aliens?

**Producer Guy:** Yeah?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well this time we're gonna switch things up a bit.

**Producer Guy:** Oh yeah?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Now it's gonna be a generic army of robots.

**Producer Guy:** Very cool.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Also one of the Avengers is gonna die.

**Producer Guy:** *[confused]* What? Which one?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Quicksilver.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, I don't even know who that is.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, we only introduce him in this movie. I'm not sure that he's actually an Avenger.

**Producer Guy:** How does he die?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well Hawkeye is about to get shot so Quicksilver uses his super speed to stand in front of the bullets.

**Producer Guy:** He has super speed?

**Screenwriter Guy:** That's right.

**Producer Guy:** Why doesn't he use that to get them out of the way instead of stepping in front of bullets?

**Screenwriter Guy:** I don't know. Plus there's a huge scene earlier where he moves a bunch of people out of the way of a moving train.

**Producer Guy:** So he dies.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah and also Tony, Thor and Vision are all hitting Ultron at the same time and he starts to die.

**Producer Guy:** Amazing.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And then they all stop and let him get away.

**Producer Guy:** Why?

**Screenwriter Guy:** I don't know, but Scarlet Witch kills him later.

**Producer Guy:** Well good.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And then in a mid-credits scene, we're gonna have Thanos show up.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, what does he do?

**Screenwriter Guy:** He puts on the Infinity Gauntlet and he's like "Fine, I'll do it myself.".

**Producer Guy:** *[confused]* What's he talking about?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Getting the Infinity Stones.

**Producer Guy:** Was Ultron trying to get him Infinity Stones?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Nope.

**Producer Guy:** So what's he talking about?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Getting the Infinity Stones.

**Producer Guy:** But that line doesn't make sense in the context of this movie.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, but he wants them.

**Producer Guy:** But what's he talking about?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Getting the Infinity Stones.

**Producer Guy:** Never mind.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Anyway so Tony retires from being Iron Man again.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, but he'll be back, right?

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, this time he's retiring for real. He's never putting that suit on again.

*[cut to headline: **Avengers: Infinity War Teaser Reveals Iron Man's New Suit Tech**]*