The Divergent Series: Insurgent Pitch Meeting

Step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to The Divergent Series: Insurgent!

YA movies were all the rage in the early 2010s, but a strange thing happened where those young adults… aged? It seems like the even younger adults did not share the same enthusiasm for the genre, and nothing made that clearer than the drop-off that was seen in the Divergent series.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent definitely raises some questions. Like how is Tris so good at hair styling? How did the bad guys get that magic technology in the past 5 days? How do any conspiracies exist when truth serum is a thing? How does Janine lose when she’s mind-controlling an entire faction?

To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to The Divergent Series: Insurgent!

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[SageOfLimitlessHands]

"By only being used in one scene."

Best line ever

[azurehanyo]

I love how Screenwriter Guy slowly loses all confidence in himself during the course of the pitch.

[AverageDrafter]

Setting up that it was NOT a place holder line with the lip synced cut is some efficient comedy, especially since NOBODY saw this movie. Just fantastic work.

[timparks]

I will never watch these movies, but I will watch these pitch meetings multiple times.

[ToyMachine]

4:16 "they wanted to see if divergence would... Happen... And it did! So that's good. That's good."
...
"Well ya see, these people have more than one personality trait, and that's how ya... Stop wars"
> "Oh is it?"
"I mean, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah so...."

Man, this is some of the best comedic timing and delivery I've ever seen. Right on par with some of the greatest names in comedy, IMO.

God bless you, Ryan George. Keep it up man, you're destined for greatness.

[Naija_Ninja]

Having backlogged episodes to post even while taking care of your new born daughter is TIGHT!

[ericafurgiuele]

"I will not do that until several scenes have passed!" 😂 Putting this placeholder dialogue in all of my plays now

[Matthew_Midas]

“Why did they attack”
“Well cause we wanted an attack scene”

[Tortilla.Reform]

@4:20. The annoyed tone and furrowed brow of “how does that help the war??” Feels like a subtle break in character where we see Ryans frustration watching the movie initially hahah

[HellfireClub]

When the Pitch Meetings are better than the actual movies!

[goodnerarts]

"So it turns out those little metal thingies are also mind control devices."
"Sure, sure. Why not!?"

[elias.t]

I kinda admire you for not making a "colons are tight" joke in the beginning.

[redstrat]

'dystopian stylist skills' - you are a genius sir.

[ToddCarter]

Producer guy seems like he’s especially into this series. He’s really laying down the lore.

[xdecatron]

So here’s a thought for something slightly different. (Divergent, if you will)

What about a spinoff series where the pitches are rejected. You could pitch movies like the final Divergent film, Amazing Spider-Man 3, Superman Lives, stuff like that. Movies we know a lot about but that ultimately never got made

[shadyguy]

This raises an important question: is The Hunger Games the only Dystopian YA series adapted into movies that *doesn't* have a "this is actually all just a huge experiment for some reason" reveal?

[Daniel-]

The producer guy is supposed to be bad at his job, but I'm impressed at his ability to remember these character's names as I would end up just calling them Miles Teller and Kate Winslet

[amanzeihedioha]

Once again, congratulations on becoming a father, Mr. George!

[brianhawkins]

The “Revisited” series, especially the part where Ryan punches up the old scripts, gives me a whole new appreciation for how good these later Pitch Meetings are. Way to go.

[fireflyf]

"Welll, hooray for Four for that forceful foray!"
"What was that?"
"I'm not saying that again; my tongue almost fell off."
🤣🤣🤣