{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnobodyislistening.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fno-pressure-lp-ZsKw4e9g","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"No Pressure: LP","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1a4e944a-24b1-43e2-b926-420be75cce24/7600612c-555b-4b18-afd1-0062841f1336/nilttmp-new-yellow.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":" THOR: RAGNAROK\n\n\n\n\n Written by\n\n Eric Pearson and Craig Kyle & Christopher L. Yost\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 1 OMITTED 1\n\nA2 OMITTED A2\n\nA3 THE MARVEL LOGO. SMOLDERING, BEGINNING TO TURN ORANGE IN THE A3\n HEAT AS WE TILT UP TO SEE-\n\n -FIRE. NOTHING BUT FIRE.\n\n2 INT. TIGHT SPACE - INDETERMINATE TIME 2\n\n Dark and cramped. The soft red light of fire seeps through\n iron slats. Inside this cage is a man, bound by chains.\n\n It's THOR. His beard is long and his clothes are worn. That\n rough, grizzled look of a man who's spent years on the road.\n\n He awakens with a JOLT. Looks around.\n\n THOR\n Now I know what you're thinking.\n Oh no! Thor's in a cage. How did\n this happen?\n (then:)\n Well, sometimes you have to get\n captured just to get a straight\n answer out of somebody. It's a long\n story but basically I'm a bit of a\n hero. See, I spent some time on\n earth, fought some robots, saved\n the planet a couple of times. Then\n I went searching through the cosmos\n for some magic, colorful Infinity\n Stone things... didn't find any.\n That's when I came across a path of\n death and destruction which led me\n all the way here into this cage...\n where I met you.\n\n Reveal that he's talking to a weird alien skeleton in chains.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n How much longer do you think we'll\n be here?\n\n NOISE. Sounds of metal gears TURNING.\n\n Suddenly the bottom DROPS OUT! Thor PLUMMETS until - SHLINK!\n Chains CINCH and abruptly halt his descent. Thor dangles six\n feet off the ground. Pull back to reveal we are in-\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 2.\n\n\n3 INT. SURTUR'S LAIR - CONTINUOUS 3\n\n A cavernous space. The walls, floors, and ceilings are\n molten rock, which has creepy glimmers of fire within it.\n Stationed in the center is a volcanic rock throne, and\n sitting in that throne is a charred demonic skeleton.\n\n SURTUR (O.S.)\n Thor, Son of Odin.\n\n Thor's chain turns to reveal-\n\n -SURTUR on his throne. Eighteen-feet-tall, flesh made of\n fire, and demonic spiked horns on his skull.\n\n THOR\n Surtur. Son of a bitch...you're\n still alive! I thought my father\n killed you, like, half a million\n years ago.\n\n SURTUR\n I cannot die. Not until I fulfill\n my destiny and lay waste to your\n home.\n\n THOR\n You know, it's funny you should\n mention that because I've been\n having these terrible dreams of\n late. Asgard up in flames, falling\n to ruins, and you Surtur are at the\n center of all of them.\n\n SURTUR\n Then you have seen Ragnarok, the\n fall of Asgard. The great prophecy--\n\n THOR (O.S.)\n Hang on. Hang on.\n\n Reveal that Thor's chain is turning VERY SLOWLY.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n I'll be back around shortly. I\n really feel like we were connecting\n there.\n\n After a beat, Thor rotates around to face Surtur.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Okay, so, Ragnarok. Tell me about\n that. Walk me through it.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 3.\n\n\n SURTUR\n My time has come. When my crown is\n reunited with the Eternal Flame, I\n shall be restored to my full might.\n I will tower over the mountains and\n bury my sword deep in Asgard's--\n\n THOR\n Oh, hang on. Give it a second.\n\nOnce again, Thor is turning VERY SLOWLY.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n I swear I'm not even moving, it's\n just doing this on its own. I'm\n really sorry.\n (then:)\n Okay, let me get this straight.\n You're going to put your crown into\n the Eternal Flame, and then you'll\n suddenly grow as big as a house--\n\n SURTUR\n A mountain!\n\n THOR\n The Eternal Flame that Odin keeps\n locked away on Asgard?\n\nSurtur grins, evil.\n\n SURTUR\n Odin is not on Asgard. And your\n absence has left the throne\n defenseless.\n\nThat elicits a concerned look from Thor.\n\n THOR\n Okay, so where is it? This crown?\n\n SURTUR\n This is my Crown, the source of my\n power.\n\nSurtur points at the V-shaped horns on his head..\n\n THOR\n Oh, that's a crown? I thought it\n was a big eyebrow.\n\n SURTUR\n It's a crown.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 4.\n\n\n THOR\n Anyway, it sounds like all I have\n to do to stop Ragnarok is rip that\n thing off your head.\n\nSurtur stands up and approaches Thor, DRAGGING his sword.\n\n SURTUR\n But Ragnarok has already begun. You\n cannot stop it. I am Asgard's\n doom, and so are you. All will\n suffer, all will burn.\n\nSurtur steps forward and GRABS the chain above Thor's feet,\nholding it so he and Thor are face to face.\n\n THOR\n That's intense. To be honest,\n seeing you grow really big and set\n fire to a planet would be quite the\n spectacle. But it looks like I'm\n going to have to go with option B\n where I bust out of these chains,\n knock that tiara off your head, and\n stash it away in Asgard's vault.\n\n SURTUR\n You cannot stop Ragnarok. Why fight\n it?\n\nBehind his back, Thor opens his hand. Sending out the SOS.\n\n THOR\n Because that's what heroes do.\n\nNothing happens. Thor appears annoyed at himself.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Wait, sorry. I didn't time that\n right.\n (pause)\n And, now!\n\nBOOM! Thor's hammer Mjolnir CRASHES through the wall!\n\nThor BREAKS FREE from his chains, GRABS Mjolnir, spins, and\nflies a distance away. He FLINGS Mjolnir back at Surtur,\nsmashing the giant in the face. Mjolnir returns.\n\n SURTUR\n You have made a grave mistake,\n Odinson.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 5.\n\n\n THE WALLS COME ALIVE! A seemingly infinite swarm of FIRE\n DEMONS rally to Surtur's aid.\n\n THOR\n I make grave mistakes all the time.\n Everything seems to work out.\n\n In the shadows, a massive FIRE DRAGON ROARS.\n\n The fire demons SURGE FORWARD. Thor backs up, HAMMERING\n AWAY. He then leaps back, SPRINGBOARDS off the wall, and-\n\n -LANDS HARD, SLAMMING Mjolnir down. The resulting shockwave\n KNOCKS BACK THE LEGION OF FIRE DEMONS.\n\n The Fire Dragon STRAINS against a chain leash.\n\n Thor is now facing off with Surtur. Surtur thrusts his hands\n at Thor, generating a humongous PROJECTILE WALL OF FIRE!\n\n Thor SPINS Mjolnir so fast that it creates a kind of SHIELD.\n\n The God of Thunder and the Fire Giant engage in ferocious\n hand-to-hand combat. Each landing power shots, sending\n sparks of both fire and electricity into the air.\n\n Thor SLIPS behind Surtur and TAKES OUT his knees. Thor then\n LAUNCHES HIGH into the air and summons a HUGE LIGHTNING BOLT.\n Descending hard, he uses all his power to-\n\n -LOP SURTUR'S HEAD OFF OF HIS BODY! Surtur's body DEFLATES\n and COLLAPSES into a heap of charred bones.\n\n Thor straps the crowned skull to his back. He turns to find-\n\n -the army of Fire Demons regrouping as reinforcements flood\n in, filling the space to capacity. Recognizing the threat,\n Thor thrusts Mjolnir above his head.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Heimdall. I know it's been a while,\n but I could use a fast exit!\n\n Nothing. Thor just stands there as the Fire Demons advance.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n ...Heimdall?\n\n\n4 INT. THE OBSERVATORY - SAME 4\n\n Heimdall is nowhere to be found. Instead, we meet SKURGE.\n He's bald, strong, mean looking, a little eager to be liked.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 6.\n\n\n At the moment, Skurge is entertaining two ASGARDIAN WOMEN.\n\n SKURGE\n Heimdall was an idiot. This job\n should have made him rich. Now,\n the job ain't easy, but it does\n have its benefits. The Bi-Frost\n gives me access to everything the\n Nine Realms have to offer. I mean\n it's all mine for the taking.\n (beat)\n Behold...my stuff.\n\n Skurge has drawn their attention to a pile of weapons and\n treasures he has stashed off to the side.\n\n He hefts up two M-16 assault rifles, trying to play it cool.\n\n SKURGE (CONT'D)\n I'm particularly fond of these. I\n pulled `em out of a place on\n Midgard called Texas. I even named\n them. Des and Troy. You see, when\n you put them together...they\n destroy.\n\n\n5 INT. SURTUR'S LAIR - CONTINUOUS 5\n\n Having expected to have been Bi-Frosted out of there, Thor is\n OVERRUN BY THE GIANT WAVE OF FIRE DEMONS!\n\n The Fire Dragon BREAKS FREE of its chain.\n\n Realizing he's in trouble, Thor TAKES OFF, rocketing up to-\n\n\n6 EXT. MUSPELHEIM - CONTINUOUS 6\n\n Thor CRASHES out of the ground and LANDS on a craggy surface.\n Disoriented and singed from the fire demon onslaught.\n\n Thor's cloak is on fire, and he frantically PATS OUT the\n flames. He picks up Mjolnir, holds it up once more. Nothing.\n\n THOR\n Heimdall, come on.\n\n THE GROUND SHAKES! Like an earthquake. Thor backs up as the\n ground begins to give way all around him. And then-\n\n -THE FEARSOME FIRE DRAGON BURSTS OUT OF THE GROUND! The\n dragon opens its tremendous jaws for an ear-splitting roar...\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 7.\n\n\n ...but Thor STUFFS Mjolnir into its mouth and lets go.\n\n THUD! The hammer DROPS, pinning the beast down by its bottom\n jaw. It THRASHES and GROWLS, trying to break free.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Stay.\n (looks up to the sky:)\n I'm running short on--\n\n Thor notices that all around him the ground is CRUMBLING like\n a field of sinkholes giving way to more snarling Fire Demons!\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n -options.\n\n Thor calls for Mjolnir and TAKES OFF. The dragon SCREECHES!\n\n7 OMITTED 7\n\n8 OMITTED 8\n\n9 INT. THE OBSERVATORY - SAME 9\n\n Skurge continues showing off for the ladies.\n\n THOR (O.S.)\n Heimdall?\n\n Behind Skurge the Bi-Frost starts MOVING. One of the women\n notices the Bi-Frost glowing.\n\n ASGARDIAN WOMAN\n Skurge, is that important?\n\n Skurge turns and notices the Bi-Frost activity.\n\n SKURGE\n You girls are in for a treat.\n\n Angle on Heimdall's sword, which has been sloppily cast aside\n in another pile of \"stuff.\" Skurge hastily runs and grabs it.\n\n\n10 EXT. MUSPELHEIM - CONTINUOUS 10\n\n Thor is FLYING at top speed, but that dragon is right on his\n heels! The fire demons LAUNCH flaming projectiles from below!\n\n Thor looks back, genuinely nervous. The dragon is OPENING\n its jaws to swallow Thor whole when-\n\n -Suddenly Bi-Frost OPENS! The portal surrounds Thor and\n engulfs the dragon's head! In an instant, they're gone.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 8.\n\n\n MAIN TITLE\n\n\n11 INT. THE OBSERVATORY - MOMENTS LATER 11\n\n Skurge has plunged Heimdall's sword into Bi-Frost.\n\n BOOM! Thor EXPLODES out of the portal along with the severed\n head of the dragon! SPLAT! Blood and guts RAIN DOWN on\n Skurge and the two women, DRENCHING them with purple gore.\n\n The dragon's head SLIDES slowly across the floor, coming to\n rest right in front of the women who are frozen in shock.\n\n The women SHRIEK and rush out of the Observatory. Thor\n meanwhile is clean and staggering back to his feet. He looks\n up to Skurge, who is wiping dragon guts off of himself.\n\n SKURGE\n Girls!\n (beat)\n Well well, look who decided to pop\n in. Thanks for scaring away my\n company and drenching my workplace\n in brains.\n\n THOR\n Who are you?\n\n SKURGE\n Don't you remember? I'm Skurge.\n (Thor doesn't)\n We fought together on Vanaheim.\n\n THOR\n Right. Where's Heimdall?\n\n SKURGE\n That traitor. No one knows, he's a\n fugitive of the throne.\n\n THOR\n Traitor?\n\n SKURGE\n Yeah, you see, Odin charged\n Heimdall with negligence of duty,\n but he disappeared before the\n trial. Hard to catch a guy who can\n see everything in the Universe.\n\n Thor starts to say something, but then gives up. Instead he\n starts towards the exit... but Skurge stands in his way.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 9.\n\n\n THOR\n Sure.\n\n SKURGE\n Hold on. I'm supposed to announce\n your arrival.\n\n Thor SPINS UP Mjolnir and takes off in a blur. Skurge starts\n the loooong run down the Rainbow Bridge.\n\n12 OMITTED 12\n\nA13 EXT. THEATER ENTRANCE - DAY A13\n\n THOR arrives with Surtur's skull.\n\n There's a small crowd making its way through a threshold over\n which stands a monumental statue of Loki, arms out-stretched\n in the `savior' pose.\n\n Confused, Thor turns to a theater patron.\n\n THOR\n What the hell is that?\n\n\n13 EXT. ASGARD - ROYAL TERRACE - PATIO - MOMENTS LATER 13\n\n LOKI falls into frame, GASPING FOR BREATH... although it's\n not Loki. This is ACTOR LOKI and we're watching a STAGE PLAY.\n\n In the background, a single musician plays the haunting score\n from THOR: THE DARK WORLD on a pan flute.\n\n Suddenly, ACTOR THOR leans into shot, holding Actor Loki.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n Oh, brother. This is it. I take\n my leave.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n You fool, you didn't listen!\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n I'm sorry.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n Lady Sif! Get help!\n\n \"Sif\" awkwardly runs off. The \"Warriors Three\" watch sadly. A\n small choir JOINS IN as the music builds to a CRESCENDO.\n\n ACTOR SIF\n Somebody help!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 10.\n\n\nIn the middle of the audience we reveal ODIN, sitting upon a\nchaise lounge, sipping wine and thoroughly enjoying the show.\nUnseen, Thor arrives behind the audience and watches.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n Sorry for all I've done.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n It's all right. Hold on.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n I'm sorry I tried to rule Earth.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n They'd be lucky to have you.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n I'm sorry about that thing with the\n Tesseract. I just couldn't help\n myself.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n I know.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n I'm a trickster.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n So mischievous.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n Sorry about that time I turned you\n into a frog.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n It was a wonderful joke.\n\n ODIN\n (to no-one in particular)\n Twas indeed hilarious.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n You are the savior of Asgard.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n Tell my story.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n I will.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n Build a statue for me.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 11.\n\n\n ACTOR THOR\n We will build a big statue for you.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n With my helmet on, with the big\n bendy horns.\n\n ACTOR THOR\n I will tell Father what you did\n here today.\n\nOdin mouths Actor Loki's final line along with him.\n\n ACTOR LOKI\n I didn't do it for him.\n\nActor Loki then \"dies\".\n\n ACTOR THOR\n Noooooo!!!\n\nThe brothers freeze in a TABLEAU as ACTOR ODIN steps forward.\n\n ACTOR ODIN\n And so Loki died of his wounds,\n giving his life for ours. He\n fought back those disgusting dark\n elves. He brought peace to the\n realm.\n\nHe takes a 4-YEAR-OLD BOY, PAINTED BLUE, into his arms.\n\n ACTOR ODIN (CONT'D)\n Loki, my boy...`Twas many moons ago\n I found you on a frost-bitten\n battlefield.\n\nThor watches, incredulous. He then notices that a woman next\nto him is openly SOBBING at the play.\n\n ACTOR ODIN (CONT'D)\n On that day, I did not yet see in\n you Asgard's savior. No. You were\n merely a little blue baby icicle...\n that melted this old fool's heart.\n\nThe crowd erupts in rapturous applause. The players bow. Odin\nstands up, leading the crowd in this STANDING OVATION.\n\n ODIN\n Bravo! Bravo! Well done. Bravo.\n\n THOR\n Father.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 12.\n\n\nOdin sees Thor taking a knee. Curses under his breath:\n\n ODIN\n Oh, shit.\n (then, announcing)\n My son! Thor has returned!\n Greetings my boy.\n\nOdin goes through a weird internal transformation. His\nfluidity is replaced by a rigid and regal posture. He bats\naway his maiden and turns to Thor, who stands up.\n\n THOR\n It's an interesting play. What's\n it called?\n\n ODIN\n The Tragedy of Loki of Asgard. The\n people wanted to commemorate him.\n\n THOR\n Indeed they should.\n (provoking)\n I like that statue. A lot better\n looking than he was when he was\n alive, though. A little less\n weasely. Less greasy maybe.\n\nOdin sours, masking his agitation. Thor holds up the skull.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n You know what this is?\n\n ODIN (ADR)\n The skull of Surtur? That's a\n formidable weapon.\n\nThor approaches an E-Guard and hands it over.\n\n THOR\n Do me a favor. Lock this in a\n vault so it doesn't turn into a\n giant monster and destroy the whole\n planet.\n\n ODIN\n So it's back to Midgard for you, is\n it?\n\nThor starts YO-YOing Mjolnir, turns back to Odin.\n\n THOR\n Nope. I've been having this\n reocurring dream lately.\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 13.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Every night I see Asgard fall into\n ruins...\n\n ODIN\n That's just a silly dream... Signs\n of an overactive imagination.\n\n THOR\n Possibly... but then I decide to go\n out there and investigate. And\n what do I find, but the Nine Realms\n completely in chaos. Enemies of\n Asgard assembling, plotting our\n demise, all while you, Odin, the\n protector of those Nine Realms, are\n sitting here in your bathrobe,\n eating grapes.\n\n ODIN\n Well, it is best to respect our\n neighbors' freedom.\n\n THOR\n Of course, the freedom to be\n massacred.\n\n ODIN\n Yes, besides, I have been rather\n busy myself.\n\n THOR\n Watching theatre.\n\n ODIN\n Board meetings, and security\n council meetings...\n\n THOR\n You really going to make me do it?\n\n ODIN\n Do what?\n\nThor SPINS Mjolnir and then HURLS it off into the distance,\nGRABS Odin by the back of the neck.\n\nOdin's royal attendants GASP in shock. The Einherjar\nbodyguards rush Thor, but he KICKS them away.\n\n THOR\n You know that nothing will stop\n Mjolnir as it returns to my hand.\n\nMjolnir stops mid-air and starts ROCKETING BACK.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 14.\n\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Not even your face.\n\n ODIN\n You've gone quite mad. You'll be\n executed for this!\n\nMjolnir approaches at a terrifying speed as Odin struggles.\n\n THOR\n Then I'll see you on the other\n side...brother.\n\nThe jig is up. A shimmering illusion dissipates, revealing:\n\n LOKI\n Alright, I yield!\n\nThor DROPS Loki to the ground and catches Mjolnir. Loki\nlooks to Thor, hands up defensively. Skurge arrives on the\nscene, a little late to warn Loki.\n\n SKURGE\n Behold! Thor..Odinson.\n\n LOKI\n You had one job! Just the one.\n\n THOR\n Where's Odin?\n\n LOKI\n You just couldn't stay away, could\n you? Everything was fine without\n you. Asgard was prospering\n (gestures to the crowd)\n You've ruined everything. Ask\n them.\n\nThose who aren't freaked out are becoming gradually angrier.\n\nThor advances on Loki, who backs up onto the chaise lounge.\n\n THOR\n Where's father? Did you kill him?\n\n LOKI\n You had what you wanted, you had\n the independence you asked for!\n\nThor PRESSES Mjolnir onto Loki's chest.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 15.\n\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n Ow-ow-ow! Alright! I know exactly\n where he is.\n\n14 OMITTED 14\n\n15 OMITTED 15\n\n16 OMITTED 16\n\n17 EXT. SHADY ACRES NURSING HOME - MANHATTAN - DAY 17\n\n A NURSING HOME sign on a brick wall. Suddenly the wall\n crumbles out of shot, revealing a demolition site.\n\n Reveal Thor and Loki wearing street clothes. Thor carries an\n umbrella, Loki is dressed in a weird avant-garde suit.\n\n LOKI\n I swear, I left him right here.\n\n THOR\n Right here on the sidewalk? Or\n right there, where the building\n that's being demolished? Great\n planning.\n\n LOKI\n How was I supposed to know? Can't\n see into the future. I'm not a\n witch.\n\n THOR\n Then why do you dress like one?\n\n LOKI\n Hey.\n\n THOR\n I can't believe you're alive. I saw\n you die. I mourned you, I cried for\n you.\n\n LOKI\n I'm honored.\n\n COLLEGE GIRL 2\n Ask him.\n\n COLLEGE GIRL 1\n Hi. Would you mind taking a picture\n with us?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 16.\n\n\n THOR\n Sure.\n (to Loki:)\n Start figuring out where he is.\n\n COLLEGE GIRL 1\n Oh, my god.\n\n COLLEGE GIRL 2\n Sorry to hear that Jane dumped you.\n\n THOR\n She didn't dump me, you know. I\n dumped her. It was a mutual\n dumping.\n\n Thor notices something going on around Loki.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n What's this, what are you doing!?\n\n Loki looks down to see that the sidewalk has started to GLOW\n BENEATH HIM! A circle of ancient symbols.\n\n LOKI\n This... isn't me.\n\n WHOOMPF! Loki DROPS out of sight, vanishing through solid\n concrete! Thor sees a CARD on the sidewalk where Loki was.\n\n Thor pokes the business card.\n\n THOR\n Loki?\n\n He picks up the card. It reads:\n\n 177A Bleecker Street\n\n Thor picks up the card and - WHOOSH!\n\n\n18 EXT. SANCTUM SANTORUM - DAY 18\n\n Thor approaches 177A Bleecker Street.\n\n He knocks ONCE, TWICE, and then WHOOSH!\n\n\n19 INT. SANCTUM SANCTORUM UPSTAIRS PARLOR - CONTINUOUS 19\n\n Thor is suddenly inside Doctor Strange's lair!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 17.\n\n\n STRANGE (O.S.)\n Thor Odinson.\n\nFrom a dark corner we glimpse a shape - DOCTOR STRANGE.\nLevitating, he drifts towards Thor.\n\n STRANGE (CONT'D)\n God of Thunder.\n\nThor holds up the ratty umbrella, ready to defend himself.\n\n STRANGE (CONT'D)\n You can put down the umbrella.\n\nThor gives Strange a sideways look but then sets his umbrella\ndown. When he looks back up, the environment is furnished.\n\n THOR\n So earth has wizards now?\n\n STRANGE\n The preferred term is \"Master of\n the Mystic Arts.\"\n\n THOR\n Alright wizard, who are you? Why\n should I care?\n\n STRANGE\n My name is Doctor Stephen Strange\n and I have some questions for you.\n Take a seat.\n\nThor and Strange are now sitting in high-backed chairs.\n\n STRANGE (CONT'D)\n Tea?\n\nThor now has a cup of tea in his hand.\n\n THOR\n I don't drink tea.\n\n STRANGE\n What do you drink?\n\n THOR\n Not tea.\n\nThor now has a stein of beer in his hand. He drinks it\nthroughout the scene, but it always stays full.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 18.\n\n\n STRANGE\nSo I keep a watch list of\nindividuals and beings from other\nrealms that may be a threat to this\nworld. Your adopted brother Loki\nis one of these beings.\n\n THOR\nHe's a worthy inclusion.\n\n STRANGE\nThen why bring him here?\n\n THOR\nWe're looking for my father.\n\n STRANGE\nSo. If you were to tell you where\nOdin was, all parties concerned\nwould promptly return to Asgard?\n\n THOR\nPromptly.\n\n DR. STRANGE\nGreat. Then I'll help you.\n\n THOR\nIf you knew where he was, why\ndidn't you call me?\n\n DR. STRANGE\nI have to tell you, he was adamant\nthat he not be disturbed. Your\nfather said he had chosen to remain\nin exile.\n (beat)\nAnd you don't have a phone.\n\n THOR\nNo, I don't have a phone, but you\ncould have sent an electronic\nletter. It's called an email.\n\n STRANGE\nYeah, do you have a computer?\n\n THOR\nNo. What for?\n (beat)\nAnyway, my father is no longer in\nexile. So if you could tell me\nwhere he is, I can take him home.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 19.\n\n\n DR. STRANGE\n Gladly. He's in Norway.\n\n Strange stands up and suddenly they are standing by a book-\n case. Strange takes down an ancient book, flips through it.\n\n STRANGE\n I'm just seeing whether this\n incantation requires any Asgardian\n modifications.\n\n Thor reaches out to the bookcase to steady himself.\n\n STRANGE (CONT'D)\n Nope.\n\n Suddenly they are both across the room at Strange's work\n station. Because Thor was touching the bookcase, he has\n magically brought it across the room as well.\n\n STRANGE (CONT'D)\n Oh, we don't need that.\n\n Suddenly Thor is back across the room. Books fall off the\n shelf and Thor's beer spills.\n\n He is queasy and unsteady from the teleporting.\n\n THOR\n Will you stop doing that?\n\n STRANGE\n I need just one strand of your\n hair.\n\n THOR\n Let me explain something, my hair\n is not to be meddled wi-!\n\n Strange is behind Thor, he plucks a strand of hair.\n\n Strange extends the hair, infuses it with magic, does a few\n gestures that create a BRIGHT LIGHT and suddenly-\n\n\nA20 INT. SANCTUM SANCTORUM - FRONT STAIRCASE - CONTINUOUS A20\n\n Bottom of the stairs. Strange is standing. Thor is rolling\n down the stairs. A magic portal leading into a peaceful\n meadow has opened beside Strange.\n\n THOR\n We could have just walked.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 20.\n\n\n DR. STRANGE\n (re: the portal)\n He's waiting for you.\n\n THOR\n All right.\n\n STRANGE\n Don't forget your umbrella.\n\n THOR\n Yes.\n\nThor extends his arm and holds out his hand. Crashing noises\nare heard. Lots of crashing noises.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Sorry\n\nFinally the umbrella flies into his hand.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n I suppose I'll need my brother\n back.\n\n DR. STRANGE\n Yeah, right.\n\nSuddenly we hear SCREAMING.\n\nFrom above, LOKI drops out of a portal. He LANDS HARD on the\nfloor and then STAGGERS to his feet. On edge, confused.\n\n LOKI\n ...I have been falling...for thirty\n minutes!\n\n DR. STRANGE\n (to Thor:)\n You can handle him from here.\n\n THOR\n Yeah of course.\n (they shake hands)\n Thank you very much for your help.\n\n STRANGE\n Good luck.\n\n LOKI\n Handle me? Who are you?\n\n THOR\n Loki.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 21.\n\n\n Loki DRAWS a dagger, ready to attack Strange.\n\n LOKI\n ..you think you're some kind of\n sorcerer? Don't think for one\n minute, you second-rate...\n\n DR. STRANGE\n Bye-bye.\n\n Strange GESTURES with both hands and-\n\n -WHOOSH! PULLS the magic portal over them.\n\n Just like that, Thor and Loki are gone.\n\n20 OMITTED 20\n\n21 EXT. CLIFFS - DAY 21\n\n Beautiful, undisturbed nature. We hear the ocean nearby.\n\n LOKI lands on the ground, portal closes behind them.\n\n THOR\n Father?\n\n A lone figure stands at the other side of the meadow at the\n cliff's edge, waves CRASHING below.\n\n It is ODIN. He's dressed plainly in humble human clothes.\n The boys approach him quickly.\n\n ODIN\n Look at this place. It's beautiful.\n\n THOR\n Father, it's us.\n\n ODIN\n My sons. I've been waiting for\n you.\n\n Loki is surprised to hear Odin call him his son.\n\n THOR\n I know. We've come to take you\n home.\n\n ODIN\n Home, yes. Your mother, she calls\n me. Do you hear it?\n\n Thor fires a look at Loki, who holds up his hands in defense.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 22.\n\n\n THOR\n Loki, lift your magic.\n\nOdin turns to Loki, who stiffens. But Odin smiles.\n\n ODIN\n Took me quite a while to break free\n from your spell. Frigga would have\n been proud.\n\nLoki is moved by this gesture. He looks over to see Thor\nstaring at him, anger building.\n\nOdin puts a hand on Thor's shoulder, calming him.\n\n ODIN (CONT'D)\n Come and sit with me. I don't have\n much time.\n\nOdin sits, out of breath, weak. His sons sit beside him.\n\n THOR\n I know that we failed you, but we\n can make this right.\n\n ODIN\n I failed you.\n (beat)\n It is upon us...Ragnarok.\n\n THOR\n No, I've stopped Ragnarok. I put\n an end to Surtur.\n\n ODIN\n No. It has already begun. She's\n coming. My life was all that held\n her back, but my time has come. I\n cannot keep her away any longer.\n\n THOR\n Father, who are you talking about?\n\n ODIN\n The Goddess of Death. Hela. My\n first born.\n (faces Thor)\n Your sister.\n\nThat hits Thor hard. Loki can't believe what he's hearing.\n\n THOR\n ...what?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 23.\n\n\n ODIN\n Her violent appetites grew beyond\n my control. I couldn't stop her,\n so I imprisoned her. Locked her\n away. She draws her strength from\n Asgard...and once she gets there,\n her powers will be limitless.\n\n THOR\n Whatever she is, we can stop her.\n We can face her together.\n\n ODIN\n (takes Thor's hand)\n No we won't. I'm on a different\n path now. This you must face\n alone.\n\nOdin looks into Thor's eyes, struggling to breathe.\n\n ODIN (CONT'D)\n I love you my sons.\n\nFor the briefest of instances, father and sons share a quiet\nmoment together. Tears well in Thor's eyes.\n\n ODIN (CONT'D)\n Look at that.\n\nEthereal sun-rays stream down upon the ocean.\n\n ODIN (CONT'D)\n Remember this place. Home.\n\nA warm glow washes over Thor's face and he turns to see that-\n\n-ODIN IS DISSIPATING INTO STARDUST. THE ALLFATHER HAS DIED.\n\nA moment as the brothers separately mourn for Odin.\n\nThe sky above DARKENS and THE WIND PICKS UP.\n\nThor stands and turns toward Loki, his eyes burning with\nrage. Loki takes a step back.\n\n LOKI\n Brother.\n\nThor faces Loki. Electricity CRACKLES at Thor's hands.\n\n THOR\n This was your doing.\n\nCRACK! Behind them a black portal SPLITS OPEN!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 24.\n\n\nThor SLAMS DOWN his umbrella, transforming into his Asgardian\narmor (with Mjolnir). Loki changes into his armor as well.\n\nA piercing scream cuts the air as a figure is hurtled out of\nthe portal, crashing out of this dimensional rift is HELA.\n\nHela takes a second to consider her surroundings. Then:\n\n HELA\n So he's gone?\n (beat)\n That's a shame. I would've liked\n to have seen that.\n\nA tense moment as they stare each other down.\n\n THOR\n You must be Hela. I'm Thor, son of\n Odin.\n\n HELA\n Really, you don't look like him.\n\n LOKI\n Perhaps we can reach an\n arrangement.\n\n HELA\n You sound like him.\n\nLoki shifts nervously. Thor's grip tightens on Mjolnir.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Kneel.\n\n LOKI\n Beg your pardon?\n\nHela MANIFESTS a pitch black blade.\n\n HELA\n Kneel...before your Queen.\n\n THOR\n I don't think so.\n\nThor winds up and HURLS Mjolnir at Hela...\n\n- THUD - the mighty hammer comes to a cold stop, against\nHela's hand.\n\nThor is shocked. He stretches out his hands, trying to call\nMjolnir back to him.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 25.\n\n\n The hammer trembles in Hela's hand, like a mini game of tug-o-\n war. But ultimately Hela keeps possession.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n It's not possible.\n\n HELA\n Darling, you have no idea what's\n possible.\n\n HELA SHATTERS THOR'S HAMMER.\n\n The blast of Mjolnir's destruction sends a wave of energy\n through Thor and Loki who brace themselves against the\n impact.\n\n Thor is stupefied. In shock. He looks up to see Hela is\n running her hands back over her head to create the terrifying\n battle headdress.\n\n Loki's reaction is more panic. He stands and calls up:\n\n LOKI\n Bring us back!\n\n THOR\n No!!\n\n Hela CHARGES Thor and Loki as-\n\n -WHOOSH! The Bi-Frost envelopes all of them.\n\n\n22 INT. BI-FROST - CONTINUOUS 22\n\n Thor and Loki ZOOM UPWARDS, held inside this celestial beam\n warping them towards Asgard. Loki and Thor look down to\n see... Hela is in the Bi-Frost, behind them and CATCHING UP.\n\n Loki turns and throws TWO DAGGERS at her. They find their\n mark, stalling her for a second. But she PLOWS RIGHT THROUGH\n Loki, KNOCKING HIM OUT OF THE BI-FROST. Gone in an instant.\n\n THOR\n Loki!\n\n Hela projects a jet black grappling hook and GRABS HOLD of\n Thor. Drawing him to her, preparing to finish him off. Thor\n pulls up his legs, and KICKS Hela with both feet. This\n effectively dislodges him from her grasp but also...\n\n ...KNOCKS THOR OUT OF THE BI-FROST! Now both he and Loki are\n gone. If they aren't dead, then God knows where they went.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 26.\n\n\n23 INT. THE OBSERVATORY - CONTINUOUS 23\n\n VOLSTAGG has a grip on Heimdall's sword, manning Bi-Frost's\n controls. Behind him FANDRAL is overseeing Skurge, who is\n mopping up the dragon guts.\n\n BOOM! Hela emerges with thunderous impact. Fandral and\n Volstagg draw their weapons, preparing to engage.\n\n VOLSTAGG\n Who are you!? What have you done\n with Thor?\n\n Hela fires TWO BLACK DAGGERS, each one dropping its target to\n the ground. Hela then walks forward and-\n\n HELA\n I'm Hela.\n\n -BRUTALLY KILLS FANDRAL AND VOLSTAGG!\n\n Hela sees Skurge. Approaches calmly, a vision of death.\n\n With Hela only a few feet from him, Skurge cowers. Pause.\n\n SKURGE\n I'm just a janitor.\n\n Skurge ever-so-slightly peers up at her.\n\n HELA\n You look like a smart boy with good\n survival instincts. How would you\n like a job?\n\n Hela looks out upon Asgard as Skurge rises behind her.\n\n\n24 EXT. ASGARD - THE MOUNTAINS - SAME 24\n\n A mysterious HOODED FIGURE watches Hela's arrival at the\n Observatory and begins a steady descent towards the city.\n\n\n25 EXT. SAKAAR - THE WASTELAND SHORE - DAY 25\n\n SUPER WIDE: A sky full of WORMHOLES. Thor, only a spec at\n this distance, SHOOTS out of one of these wormholes. He HITS\n the surface, causing a CLOUD of dust.\n\n Find Thor on his back surrounded by strange colorful space\n wreckage. Looking up, Thor sees a large metal object falling\n from a different wormhole! He rolls out of the way. THUD!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 27.\n\n\nThor runs up a dune to get away from the shower of debris.\n\nThor reaches the top of the dune and finds himself looking\ndown on A BEACH in a strange WASTELAND. Camera scans a filthy\ndune littered with SPACE JUNK.\n\nOut across the OCEAN he notices A NIGHTMARE WORMHOLE - a\ngiant open cylinder of whirling smoke and lightning storms.\n\nA loud noise draws Thor's attention to a HUGE RECTANGULAR\n\"SCRAPPER\" SHIP hauling a crashed SPACE VESSEL out of the\nwater. Beneath the ship are various SCRAPPERS, masked\nhumanoids. The ship is BLASTING WEIRD ALIEN MUSIC.\n\nA Scrapper notices Thor, then signals to his crew.\n\n LEAD SCRAPPER\n Are you a fighter or are you food?\n\n THOR\n I'm just passing through.\n\n LEAD SCRAPPER\n It is food. On your knees.\n\nThor reaches out to summon Mjolnir. A reflex. Nothing.\n\nThe LEAD SCRAPPER levels a MAGNO-RIFLE at Thor and WHAP! A\nsolid metal projectile KNOCKS Thor flat on his back. More\nScrappers attack, throwing nets and firing more projectiles.\nThor tries to swat them away but they keep coming. The rest\nof the scrappers move in with iron bats and clubs.\n\nWHOOSH! A second ship arrives, landing nearby. It's cool,\nsleek, and dangerous, deserving of its name: WARSONG. It is\nalso BLASTING DIFFERENT WEIRD ALIEN MUSIC.\n\nThe FRONT of Warsong FLIPS OPEN and a GANGPLANK extends down\nto the ground. The scrappers stop and stare as we TRACK IN to\na HERO REVEAL of SCRAPPER #142 (S142 for short) - a beautiful\nand ruthless asskicker.\n\nS142 lifts a half-empty bottle to her lips and CHUGS it. She\nfinishes the bottle and smashes it on the side of her ship.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n He's MINE.\n\nShe walks down the gangplank... before veering off course and\nFALLING straight off into a pile of TRASH. She's PLASTERED.\n\nThe Scrappers shrug and start hauling Thor away.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 28.\n\n\n SCRAPPER #142 (CONT'D)\n Wait!\n\nS142 staggers to her feet, takes a deep breath. She holds on\nto a piece of junk as support - some dead beast. Thor\ncontinues to struggle with his captors, tangled in nets.\n\n SCRAPPER #142 (CONT'D)\n Wait! He's mine. So if you want\n him, you go through me.\n\nThe Scrappers start brandishing their weapons.\n\n SCRAPPER\n But we've already got him.\n\nS142 CLANGS her metal gauntlets together which activate.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n Alright then I guess I go through\n you.\n\n LEAD SCRAPPER\n More food.\n\nShe holds out her fists as if she's operating machinery...\n\n...Warsong WHIRS to life. S142 clenches her fists and we hear\na horrible SCREECHING NOISE as Warsong OPENS FIRE.\n\nShe sweeps her arms out in an arc, the spray of gunfire\nlasting THREE SECONDS. She bangs her fists again, sending the\nship into IDLE MODE. The Scrappers are now little more than\ntiny pieces of litter covering the beach.\n\nThor is fixated on this beautiful murderer approaching. One\nfinal HUGE Scrapper comes at her with a bat. S142 casually\nGRABS this Scrapper and HURLS him up into the air behind her.\n\n THOR\n Thank you.\n\nFrom her belt S142 FLICKS a small glowing disc which LODGES\ninto Thor's NECK. Far in the background, the Scrapper she\nthrew finally HITS the ground with a loud THUD.\n\nShe holds up a fob device and presses the button - the disc\nblinks and Thor is filled with the pain of a thousand\nscreaming squirrels. He hits the ground, stunned.\n\nS142 DRAGS Thor towards her ship.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 29.\n\n\n30 INT. WARSONG SHIP - DAY 30\n\n Thor's face SMUSHED up against glass. His eyes are open.\n\n Thor's POV - THE CAPITAL - an eclectic city composed of\n salvaged items from all over the universe.\n\n Thor is lying in a sort of small GLASS HOLDING CELL beneath\n Warsong's COCKPIT. He looks up to see S142 piloting the ship.\n\n Thor's eyes lock in on her belt, specifically the fob device\n she used to activate the Obedience Disk/debilitate him.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n This is Scrapper 142. I need\n clearance and an audience with the\n boss. I've got something special.\n\n THOR\n Hey! Where are you taking me?\n\n S142 ignores him, takes a swig from the bottle, and then\n nonchalantly UNCLIPS the fob from her belt.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Answer me! Hey! I am Thor, son of\n Odin. I need to get back to\n Asgard.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n Many apologies, your majesty.\n\n S142 ZAPS him and guides her ship towards a COLOSSAL TOWER.\n\n\n26 EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF ASGARD - DAY 26\n\n CLOSE ON: Hela, headdress retracted, hair down, her beautiful\n face fully visible. We do not see who she is talking to.\n\n HELA\n It's come to my attention that you\n don't know who I am.\n\n REVEAL THE ARMIES OF ASGARD FACING DOWN HELA.\n\n Standing in front is HOGUN, sword and shield out.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n I am Hela, Odin's first born,\n Commander of the legions of Asgard,\n the rightful heir to the throne,\n and the Goddess of Death.\n (pause for effect)\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 30.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n My father is dead. As are the\n princes. You're welcome.\n (then:)\n We were once the seat of absolute\n power in the Cosmos. Our supremacy\n was unchallenged, yet Odin stopped\n at Nine Realms. Our destiny is to\n rule over all others. And I am\n here to restore that power. Kneel\n before me...and rise into the ranks\n of my great conquest.\n\n THE E-GUARDS GET INTO ATTACK FORMATION.\n\n HOGUN\n Whoever you are... whatever you've\n done, surrender now! Or we will\n show you know mercy.\n\n HELA\n Whoever I am? Did you listen to a\n word I said?\n\n HOGUN\n This is your last warning!\n\n HELA\n I thought you'd be happy to see me.\n\n Hela forms her headdress.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Fine.\n\n The Asgardian archers LOOSE DOZENS OF ARROWS, but-\n\n -Hela advances confidently, DESTROYS the SHIPS and SOARS INTO\n THE EINHERJAR! In a symphony of spectacular terror, Hela\n proceeds to DECIMATE the entire regiment. A tornado of\n carnage, a legendary massacre.\n\n\n27 EXT. BELOW THE RAINBOW BRIDGE - SAME 27\n\n While Hela slaughters up above, we tilt up from a boat,\n moored at the base of the Observatory, to see the mysterious\n figure from earlier is now SCALING the rocks towards the top.\n\n\n28 INT. THE OBSERVATORY - CONTINUOUS 28\n\n Now silhouetted in the entrance way, the figure scans the\n Observatory. His gaze falls on-\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 31.\n\n\n -Bi-Frost's controls. Specifically Heimdall's sword.\n\n\n29 EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF ASGARD - CONTINUOUS 29\n\n It's eerily quiet. CLOSE on Hela scanning the battlefield.\n 100+ slain Einherjar at her feet.\n\n ANGLE on Skurge as he steps forward - awe, admiration, fear.\n\n HELA\n Oh, I've missed this. Still, it's\n a shame. Good soldiers dying for\n nothing...all because they couldn't\n see the future. Sad.\n (then she sees:)\n Oh! Look, still alive.\n\n Reveal Hogun, severely injured but staggering to his feet,\n resilient.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Change of heart?\n\n Hogun draws a dagger as a last ditch attack.\n\n HOGUN\n Go back to whatever cave you crept\n out of you evil demoness!\n\n Hela IMPALES Hogun on a spike. She turns to Skurge.\n\n HELA\n Let's go see my palace.\n\n Skurge stares at Hogun before following Hela towards the\n palace.\n\n31 OMITTED 31\n\n\nA32 INT. DARK TUNNEL - DAY A32\n\n THOR, strapped to the chair, suddenly finds himself slowly\n moving forward. After a beat-\n\n -the walls LIGHT UP and a SOOTHING VOICE speaks to him.\n\n SOOTHING VOICE (V.O.)\n Fear not, for you are found. You\n are home, and there is no going\n back. No one leaves this place.\n\n Thor STRUGGLES against his restraints.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 32.\n\n\n SOOTHING VOICE (V.O.)\n But what is this place? The answer\n in Sakaar.\n\nThe tunnel walls show images of Sakaar's place in the Cosmos.\n\n SOOTHING VOICE (V.O.)\n Surrounded by cosmic gateways,\n Sakaar lives on the edge of the\n known and unknown.\n\nImages of the wormholes that cover Sakaar's atmosphere.\n\n SOOTHING VOICE (V.O.)\n It is the collection point for all\n lost and unloved things. Like you.\n But here on Sakaar, you are\n significant. You are valuable.\n Here, you are loved.\n\n THOR\n What...the hell?\n\n SOOTHING VOICE (V.O.)\n And no one loves you more than the\n Grandmaster.\n\nImages of the Grandmaster, in silhouette, arriving on Sakaar.\n\n SOOTHING VOICE (V.O.)\n He is the original. The first\n lost, and the first found. The\n creator of Sakaar and the father of\n the Contest of Champions.\n\nImages of the arena where aliens battle to the death.\n\n SOOTHING VOICE (V.O.)\n Where once you were nothing, now\n you are something. You are the\n property of the Grandmaster.\n (then:)\n Congratulations! You will meet the\n Grandmaster in five seconds.\n\nImages around the tunnel begin speeding up. Chaos, violence,\nand confusion mixed in with Grandmaster's face.\n\nThor, already bewildered, looks on the verge of panic.\n\n SOOTHING VOICE (V.O.)\n Prepare yourself. Prepare\n yourself. You are now meeting the\n Grandmaster.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 33.\n\n\n Thor SCREAMS!\n\n\n32 INT. GRANDMASTER'S CHAMBERS - CONTINUOUS 32\n\n Suddenly Thor is somewhere else, surrounded weirdos and\n insanely dressed palace guards.\n\n His scream dies down self-consciously.\n\n A musical beat PLAYS in the background.\n\n THE GRANDMASTER, a tall mysterious man in golden robes. He is\n looking right at us. He doesn't know what to make of us. He's\n curious, thrilled, revolted, and titillated.\n\n Pulling back we see TOPAZ, his trusty guard, at his side. Two\n GOLDEN LADIES loiter off to the side. Other strange guests\n can be seen in the background. Grandmaster just stares.\n\n S142 stands beside Grandmaster. Finally:\n\n GRANDMASTER\n He's wonderful.\n (then:)\n It is a he?\n\n Reveal S142 standing beside Thor.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n It's a he.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Yeah. I love when you come to visit\n 142, you bring me the best stuff.\n (to Topaz:)\n Whenever we get to talking, Topaz,\n about Scrapper 142...what do I\n always say? \"She is the...\" and it\n starts with a B.\n\n TOPAZ\n Trash.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n No, not trash. Were you waiting\n just to call her that? It doesn't\n start with a \"B.\"\n\n TOPAZ\n Booze hag.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 34.\n\n\n GRANDMASTER\n I'm so sorry. No, \"best.\" I was\n thinking about \"best.\"\n (to S142:)\n Because I always say you're the\n best. She brought me my precious\n beloved Champion, you know.\n\n TOPAZ\n You say that every time she's here.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n What have you brought today? Tell\n me.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n A contender.\n\n THOR\n A what?\n\n GRANDMASTER\n I need to go closer. I want a\n closer look at this. Can you take\n us closer? Thank you.\n\nGrandmaster advances on Thor. Examining him closely and\nstrangely. Then:\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n Pay this lady.\n\n THOR\n Just wait a damn minute. I'm not\n for sale.\n\nUsing all his might, Thor breaks out of his shackles, but-\n\n-S142 ZAPS him again. Paralyzed by superheated veins.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Man. He is a fighter.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n I'd take 10 million.\n\n TOPAZ\n Tell her she's dreaming.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n For heaven's sake, transfer the\n units.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 35.\n\n\nTopaz transfers S142 the units. Without sympathy or ceremony,\nS142 exits.\n\n THOR\n You'll pay for this!\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n No, I got paid for this.\n\nThor claws at the obedience disk, trying to RIP IT OUT.\n\nHe gets some separation from his skin, but the disk is\ncausing him even more pain. Thor eventually has to let go.\nGrandmaster holds up HIS OWN fob device and uses it like a\nwand to guide Thor's HOVER CHAIR, which follows Grandmaster\naround as he speaks.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Here's what I wanna know. Who are\n you?\n\n THOR\n I am the God of THUNDER!!!\n\nThor THRUSTS his arms into the air but only a tiny bit of\nstatic electricity POPS within Thor's hands.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Wow. I didn't hear any thunder,\n but out of your fingers, was that\n like...sparkles?\n\n TOPAZ\n We located your cousin.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Oh good!\n (to Thor:)\n Yeah, come on. I think you're gonna\n like this.\n\nGrandmaster moves Thor's chair to another section where-\n\n-COUSIN CARLO is waiting. He's strapped to a chair like\nThor, and he is terrified.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n There he is. Hey, cuz. We almost\n couldn't find you. What, have you\n been hiding?\n\nCousin Carlo looks at Thor, cowering in fear.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 36.\n\n\n THOR\n Hi.\n\nCarlo only further weeps.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n So...\n\n COUSIN CARLO\n Please. I'm sorry.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Carlo... I pardon you.\n\n COUSIN CARLO\n Thank you. Thank you.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n You're officially pardoned...from\n life.\n\nGrandmaster casually takes Topaz's Sakaarian Guard staff and\nJABS it into his cousin's mid-section-\n\n-CAUSING ALL OF HIS FLESH TO MELT OFF HIS SKELETON!\n\nCarlo SHRIEKS IN PAIN before his vocal cords melt. Thor\nlooks on, in shock.\n\n THOR\n Oh, my god!\n\nLiquid Carlo spreads towards Grandmaster.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n I'm stepping in it. I'm stepping\n in it. Look out!\n\n THOR\n (repulsed)\n Oh, the smell.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n What does it smell like?\n\n TOPAZ\n Burnt toast.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n What happened to my manners? I\n haven't properly introduced myself.\n Come on. Follow me.\n\nGrandmaster gives Topaz back her staff.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 37.\n\n\nGrandmaster and Thor arrive at a space where A GROUP OF\nMUSICIANS PLAY STRANGE INSTRUMENTS (the source of the music\nthus far). Grandmaster joins them, still speaking to Thor.\n\nGrandmaster begins PLAYING a strange piano-like contraption,\nriffing a melody over the existing music.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n My name is Grandmaster. I preside\n over a little harlequinade called\n the Contest of Champions. People\n come from far and wide to\n unwillingly participate in it. And\n you, my friend, might just be part\n of the new cast. What do you say\n to that?\n\n THOR\n We're not friends, and I don't give\n a shit about your games! I'm going\n back to Asgard!\n\n GRANDMASTER\n (amused)\n Ass-gard?\n (then:)\n One, two, three, four.\n\nGrandmaster really gets into his PLAYING. Grandmaster's\nguards and VIP guests start MOVING TO THE MUSIC.\n\nThor takes a moment to look around at this bizarre spectacle\nunfolding around him. In doing so, he zeroes in on one\nparticular group of VIPS, specifically...\n\n...LOKI! He's lounging and dressed in Sakaarian garb.\n\n LOKI\n There was a wormhole in space and\n time beneath me. At that moment, I\n let go.\n\n THOR\n Loki!? Loki! Over here!\n\nLoki notices Thor. Blanches a little. Sidles closer so as\nto speak to Thor without looking like he's speaking to Thor.\n\n LOKI\n Excuse me one second.\n\n THOR\n Loki!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 38.\n\n\nLoki hustles over to Thor, SHUSHING him.\n\n LOKI\n What? You're alive?\n\n THOR\n Yes, of course I'm alive.\n\n LOKI\n What are you doing here?\n\n THOR\n What do you mean, what am I doing?\n I'm stuck in this stupid chair.\n Where's your chair?\n\n LOKI\n I didn't get a chair.\n\n THOR\n Get me out of this one.\n\n LOKI\n I can't.\n\n THOR\n What?\n\n LOKI\n I've made friends with this man.\n He's called the Grandmaster.\n\n THOR\n Oh, he's crazy!\n\n LOKI\n I've gained his favor.. The Bi-\n Frost brought me out here weeks\n ago.\n\n THOR\n Weeks ago? I just got here.\n\nSuddenly Grandmaster is right next to them.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n What are you whispering about?\n\nBoth Thor and Loki react, startled.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n Time works real different around\n these parts.\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 39.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n On any other world, I'd be like,\n millions of years old. But here on\n Sakaar...\n\nGrandmaster beholds himself. Then turns to Loki. A truly\nuncomfortable silence.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n In any case, you know this... You\n call yourself Lord of Thunder?\n\n THOR\n God of Thunder. Tell him.\n\n LOKI\n I've never met this man in my life.\n\n THOR\n He's my brother.\n\n LOKI\n Adopted.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Is he any kind of a fighter?\n\nLoki shrugs, gives the universal gesture for \"so-so.\"\n\n THOR\n You take this thing out of my neck\n and I'll show you.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Now listen to that. He's\n threatening me. Hey, Sparkles,\n here's the deal. If you wanna get\n back to Ass-place, Assberg...\n\n THOR\n Asgard.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Any contender who defeats my\n champion, their freedom they shall\n win.\n\n THOR\n Fine. Then point me in the\n direction of whoever's ass I have\n to kick.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n That's what I call, contender!\n Direction would be this way, Lord.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 40.\n\n\n THOR\n Loki!\n\n Guards arrive. They haul Thor up and escort him out.\n\n33 OMITTED 33\n\n34 INT. THE ARENA - GLADIATOR CELLS - NIGHT 34\n\n Thor is shoved into a spacious cell where other alien\n prisoners are lurking in the back.\n\n The thick cell door SLAMS SHUT behind Thor. Thor gets up and\n immediately begins THROWING his shoulder into the door. The\n door doesn't budge, not even a little.\n\n Behind him, KORG, a hulking Kronan rock alien, speaks up.\n\n KORG\n Hey! Take it easy man!\n (Thor looks back)\n Over here. The pile of rocks\n waving at you. Yeah I'm actually a\n thing, I'm a being. Allow me to\n introduce myself, my name is Korg.\n I'm kind of like the leader in\n here. I'm made of rocks, as you\n can see, but don't let that\n intimidate you. You don't need to\n be afraid unless you're made of\n scissors.\n (GIGGLES to himself)\n Just a little rock-paper-scissor\n joke for you. This is my very good\n friend over here, Miek. He's an\n insect and has knives for hands.\n\n MIEK, a slug alien inside a robot exoskeleton, says hello by\n doing some karate moves.\n\n THOR\n You're a Kronan, aren't you?\n\n KORG\n That I am.\n\n THOR\n How'd you end up in here?\n\n KORG\n Well, I tried to start a revolution\n but didn't print enough pamphlets,\n so hardly anyone turned up.\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 41.\n\n KORG (CONT'D)\n Except for my mom and her\n boyfriiend, who I hate. As\n punishment, I was forced to be in\n here and become a gladiator. Bit\n of a promotional disaster.\n (secretive)\n But I'm actually organizing another\n revolution. I don't know if you'd\n be interested in something like\n that. Do you reckon you'd be\n interested?\n\nThor tries to run ahead down the circle and loops back around\nbehind Korg.\n\n THOR\n How did you...\n\n KORG\n Yeah, no. This whole thing is a\n circle. But not a real circle,\n more like a freaky circle.\n\n THOR\n This doesn't make any sense.\n\n KORG\n No, nothing makes sense here. The\n only thing that does make sense, is\n that nothing makes sense.\n\n THOR\n Has anyone here fought the\n Grandmaster's Champion?\n\n KORG\n Doug has. Doug!\n (realizes)\n Oh, right, Doug's dead. That's\n right. Everyone who fights the\n Grandmaster's champion perishes.\n\n THOR\n What about you? You're made of\n rocks.\n\n KORG\n Perishable rocks.\n (a pebble FALLS OFF)\n There you go. Another one gone.\n Yeah, no, I just do the smaller\n fights, warm up the crowd and\n whatnot. Wait. You're not gonna\n face him, are you?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 42.\n\n\n THOR\n Yes I am. Fight him, win, and get\n the hell out of this place.\n\n KORG\n That's exactly what Doug used to\n say. See you later, new Doug.\n\n Korg walks away and approaches Miek.\n\n\nA35 EXT. ASGARD - STREETS - SUNSET A35\n\n The streets of Asgard are cold and silent, save for the\n occasional distant sounds and screams of a city under siege.\n\n35 OMITTED 35\n\nA36 INT. THRONE ROOM - CONTINUOUS A36\n\n Moving down the throne room corridor we see-\n\n -SEVERAL DEAD EINHERJAR GUARDS.\n\n One guy is still alive, desperately trying to crawl away.\n\n SHLNK! A black blade finishes him off.\n\n Reveal HELA and SKURGE looking down at the carnage.\n\n Hela directs her attention to FRESCOS ON THE CEILING. Like\n the Sistine Chapel, except these depict Asgard's shining\n influence on the Nine Realms. Bountiful harvests, shepherds\n with full flocks, common folk throwing parades for Asgard's\n army, etc.\n\n HELA\n Does no one remember me?\n (awaiting an answer)\n Has no one been taught our history?\n Look at these lies. Goblets and\n garden parties? Peace treaties?\n\n Hela leads them towards the throne.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Odin... proud to have it... ashamed\n of how he got it.\n\n Hela FIRES SPIKES into the ceiling, RIPPING DOWN plaster.\n\n Beneath the surface are older Frescos. These ones are far\n more dark and sinister.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 43.\n\n\n Soldiers in battle. Blood. A giant war wolf. Young Odin\n and young Hela. Slaves building the palace.\n\n Skurge is at least somewhat disturbed by this.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n We were unstoppable. I was his\n weapon in the conquest that built\n Asgard's empire. One by one, the\n realms became ours.\n\n Hela turns from the murals to address Skurge.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n But then, simply because my\n ambition outgrew his...he banished\n me, caged me, locked me away like\n an animal. Before that, Asgard's\n warriors were honored, their bodies\n buried as heroes beneath this very\n place.\n\n Hela beckons Skurge to follow her.\n\n\nB36 INT. ODIN'S VAULT - CONTINUOUS B36\n\n Hela enters the vault and descends the stairs towards the\n magical items.\n\n SKURGE\n Odin's treasures.\n\n SKURGE follows her. Hela walks towards the Infinity Gauntlet.\n\n HELA\n Fake.\n\n Hela KNOCKS the gauntlet off its pedestal.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Most of the stuff in here is fake.\n\n Next: The Casket of Ancient Winter.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Or weak.\n\n Next: Surtur's skull.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Smaller than I thought it would be.\n\n Next: The Tesseract. She hesitates:\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 44.\n\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n That's not bad?\n (notices:)\n But this... The Eternal Flame.\n\n THE ETERNAL FLAME flickers in its chalice.\n\n Hela DIGS HER HAND INTO THE ETERNAL FLAME. She pulls her\n hand out now cupping GREEN FIRE, like a torch.\n\n Hela approaches a large circular RUNE ETCHING on the floor.\n\n Hela manifests a huge CLAW HAMMER. She SMASHES THROUGH THE\n RUNES ON THE FLOOR, creating a gaping chasm.\n\n She looks at Skurge.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Want to see what true power looks\n like?\n\n Hela looks down into the darkness below.\n\n With her hand aflame, Hela JUMPS down into the chasm!\n\n\nC36 INT. HIDDEN ASGARDIAN CATACOMBS - DAY C36\n\n Hela LANDS like a bad ass.\n\n Dust settles. The light of Hela's hand torch reveals a stone\n crypt. An ornate burial place for the heroes of Old Asgard.\n\n We can see countless rotted skeletons in badass ancient\n Asgardian armor. Hela's regiment.\n\n Among them, A MASSIVE WOLF'S SKELETON. TERRIFYING AND\n MONSTROUS, COLOSSAL CHAINS AROUND THE BONES OF ITS PAWS.\n FENRIS.\n\n Hela approaches Fenris' skeleton.\n\n HELA\n Fenris. My darling, what have they\n done to you?\n\n She lifts her flaming hand above her head. She slams her hand\n into the ground.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n With the Eternal Flame, you are\n reborn!\n\n The fire spreads out, covering Fenris and Hela's old army.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 45.\n\n\n As the fire covers the skeletons, they SHUDDER TO LIFE.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n I've missed you. I've missed you\n all.\n\n HELA'S BUTCHERS, rise up before their commander.\n\n ABOVE: Skurge looks down, worried.\n\n BELOW: A sinister light returns to Fenris's eyes as he\n stands proudly before his master, allowing her to pet the fur\n of his terrifying face.\n\n\nC36A INT. THE ARENA - GLADIATOR CELLS - NIGHT C36A\n\n Thor sits against the wall. Quietly praying.\n\n THOR\n Odin, I bid you take your place in\n the halls of Valhalla...\n (then:)\n Where the brave shall live forever.\n Nor shall we mourn but rejoice-\n\n THOR (CONT'D) LOKI (O.S.)\n -for those that have died the -for those that have died the\n glorious death. glorious death.\n\n Reveal Loki standing across the cell. Thor gives him a hard\n look.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n It hurts, doesn't it? Being lied\n to. Being told you're one thing and\n then learning it's all a fiction.\n\n Thor picks up some stones that have fallen from Korg's leg\n and casually starts throwing them through Loki's illusion.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n You didn't think I'd really come\n and see you, did you? This place\n is disgusting.\n\n Thor throws another stone through Loki.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n Does this mean you don't want my\n help?\n\n Thor throws another stone through Loki.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 46.\n\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n Look, I couldn't jeopardize my\n position with Grandmaster, it took\n me time to win his trust. He's a\n lunatic, but he can be amenable.\n\nThor throws another stone through Loki. Disinterested.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n What I'm telling you is, you could\n join me at the Grandmaster's side.\n Perhaps, in time, an accident\n befalls the Grandmaster, and\n then...\n\nLoki gestures: \"we take over.\"\n\nThor throws another stone through Loki. Bored.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n You're not seriously thinking of\n going back, are you? Our sister\n destroyed your hammer like a piece\n of glass. She's stronger than both\n of us. She's stronger than you.\n You don't stand a chance. Do you\n understand what I'm saying to you?\n\nThor just scowls.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n Fine. I guess I'll just have to go\n it alone. Like I've always done.\n (Thor smirks)\n Would you say something?\n\nNow out of stones, Thor looks around the floor for more.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n Say something!\n\nThor finally looks right at Loki, speaks fast and curt:\n\n THOR\n What would you like me to say? You\n faked your own death, you stole the\n throne, stripped Odin of his power,\n stranded him on Earth...\n (on Loki:)\n -to die, releasing the Goddess of\n Death.\n (back to Thor:)\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 47.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Have I said enough, or do you do\n you want me to go further back than\n the past two days?\n\n Loki's eyes burn. Thor stares coldly at him. Loki tries to\n compose himself.\n\n LOKI\n You know, I haven't seen this\n Beloved Champion he talks of, but\n I've heard he's astonishingly\n savage. I've placed a large wager\n against you tomorrow. Don't let me\n down.\n\n Loki SHIMMERS, and his illusion vanishes. Korg runs in to\n try to kick him.\n\n KORG\n Piss off, ghost!\n (then:)\n He's freaking gone.\n\n\n40 INT. THE ARENA - RECEIVING AREA 40\n\n Thor, Korg, and a gaggle of other prisoners/fighters have\n been led from their cells to a PRE-FIGHT HOLDING AREA.\n\n Korg and Thor are by the weapons rack.\n\n KORG\n Yuck! There's Still someone's hair\n and blood all over this. Guys, can\n you clean up the weapons once you\n finish your fight? Disgusting\n slobs.\n (then:)\n Thor...wanna use a big wooden fork?\n\n THOR\n No.\n\n KORG\n Yeah, not really useful unless\n you're fighting off three vampires\n that were huddled together.\n\n THOR\n I really wish I had my hammer.\n\n KORG\n Hammer?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 48.\n\n\n THOR\n Quite unique. It was made from\n this special metal from the heart\n of a dying star. And when I spun\n it really, really fast it gave me\n the ability to fly.\n\n KORG\n You rode a hammer?\n\n THOR\n No, I didn't ride the hammer.\n\n KORG\n The hammer rode you on your back?\n\n THOR\n No. I used to spin it really fast,\n and it would pull me off the...\n\n KORG\n Oh my God. The hammer pulled you\n off?\n\n THOR\n The ground. It would pull me off\n the ground, up into the air, and I\n would fly. Every time I threw it,\n it would always come back to me.\n\n KORG\n Sounds like you had a pretty\n special and intimate relationship\n wiht this hammer and that losing it\n was almost comparable to losing a\n loved one.\n\n THOR\n That's a nice way of putting it.\n\nThor spots S142 dealing at the bar. He's once again eyeing\nthe fob device clipped to her belt. Scowls.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n I said they're mine.\n\n THOR\n See her, the one that put me in\n here.\n\n KORG\n Yeah, Scrapper 142. She's strong.\n And she drinks a lot.\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 49.\n\n KORG (CONT'D)\n Gotta watch out for those\n Asgardians, man. They are hard to\n perish.\n\n THOR\n Asgardian?\n\nThor breaks away from the line and runs to S142.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Hey! Hey!\n\nS142 holds up the fob.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Do not zap me with that thing. I\n just wanna talk. Asgard is in\n danger.\n\nThor then notices a series of PATTERNED SCARS, or BRANDS, on\nher forearms. It's a moment of recognition and disbelief.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n My God, you're a Valkyrie. I used\n to wanna be a Valkyrie when I was\n younger...until I found out that\n you were all women. There's\n nothing wrong with women, of\n course. I love women. Sometimes a\n little too much. Not in a creepy\n way, just more of a respectful\n appreciation. I think it's great\n that there is an elite force of\n women warriors. It's about time.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n Are you done?\n\n WARDEN (O.S.)\n Lord of Thunder, you're up.\n\n THOR\n Please, help me. I need your help.\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n Bye.\n\n THOR\n Fine, then you must be a traitor or\n a coward because the Valkyrie are\n sworn to protect the throne.\n\nS142 finally turns her attention to Thor, intense.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 50.\n\n\n SCRAPPER #142\n Listen closely, your majesty. This\n is Sakaar, not Asgard. And I'm a\n scrapper, not a Valkyrie.\n\n Guards swarm Thor, dragging him back\n\n WARDEN (O.S.)\n Bring him in for processing!\n\n VALKYRIE\n And no one escapes this place. So\n you're gonna die anyway.\n\n Despite her denial, Thor has clearly hit a nerve. And from\n now on we will refer to Scrapper #142 as VALKYRIE.\n\n Valkyrie takes her booze and walks away. Thor is dragged\n away, passing Korg and the other prisoners.\n\n\n40A INT. PROCESSING ROOM - DAY 40A\n\n Thor is strapped to a chair. Reveal a weird alien BARBER\n (Stan Lee cameo) holding up some rusty shears.\n\n STAN LEE\n Now, don't you move. My hands\n ain't as steady as they used to be.\n\n THOR\n By Odin's beard, you shall not cut\n my hair... lest you feel the wrath\n of the might Thor.\n\n Barber activates a menacing CUTTING TOOL. Thor freaks out.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Please. Please, kind sir, do not\n cut my hair! No!\n\n\n40B INT. THE ARENA - NIGHT 40B\n\n Hundreds of thousands of spectators packed into the stadium\n seats. Dozens of starships are parked above the arena.\n\n Find THE GRANDMASTER'S LUXURY SUITE, a VIP box attached to\n the fighting area. The Golden Ladies are in attendance.\n\n Loki lounges in the suite, taking wagers on the fight card.\n\n Grandmaster walks out into the center of the arena. Suddenly-\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 51.\n\n\n-THE GRANDMASTER GROWS TO 60-FEET TALL! This enlarged\nprojection of Grandmaster addresses the audience.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Wow! Look at all of you. What a\n show, WHAT-A-NIGHT! Who's having\n fun? Please, I'm your host. Big\n round of applause for all of our\n undercard competitors... who died\n so gruesomely. Good sports. What a\n show! What a night! This is what\n you've come for and so have I.\n (applause)\n And now, without further ado...\n it's main event time!!\n (INSANE APPLAUSE)\n Making his first appearance, though\n he looks quite promising, got a\n couple of tricks up his sleeve.\n I'll say no more, see what you\n think. Ladies and gentlemen...\n (LAUGHTER from the crowd)\n I give to you...Lord of Thunder!\n\nEnter Thor. Gladiator Thor. Shaved head, trimmed beard,\nminimalist armor, covered in weapons. Two swords on his\nback, giant mace in one hand, spiked shield in the other.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n Watch out for his fingers. They\n make sparks.\n\nThor looks up at the throngs of SCREAMING FANS. And then...\n\n...puts on his helmet. A badass gladiator variation of his\nclassic winged helm. Thor is ready to rumble.\n\nABOVE: Find Valkyrie in her Warsong ship, parked amongst the\nother tailgaters. She POPS open a bottle of booze. Drinks.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n Okay, this is it. Let's get ready\n to welcome this guy. Here he comes.\n He is a creature. What can we say\n about him? Well, he's unique.\n There's none like him. I feel a\n special connection with him.\n\nSuddenly the floor beneath Thor's feet LOWERS. A slow,\ntension-building GRIND as he sees-\n\n-A DOOR across the arena. Bigger and bigger.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 52.\n\n\nThe entire crowd is on its feet. Palpable anticipation. The\nspotlights change to bright stadium lights.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n He's undefeated. HE'S THE\n REIGNING...HE'S THE DEFENDING...\n Ladies and gentlemen... I give\n you...\n\nKA-BOOM! EXPLODING through a door is the Champion...\n\n...THE INCREDIBLE HULK! He wears an armored shoulder guard\nand a Spartan helmet. He carries a warhammer in one hand and\na battleaxe in the other. Hulk POUNDS his chest and ROARS,\nfurther energizing an already frenzied crowd.\n\nMeanwhile, the sight of Hulk makes Thor's arms drop to his\nsides along with his jaw dropping to the ground. And then-\n\n-Thor LAUGHS his ass off. Like, \"that's my buddy over there!\"\n\n THOR\n Yes!\n\nIN THE VIP BOX: Loki goes ghost white. Traumatic memories of\nbeing Hulk-smashed flood his brain. Gone is all his joy.\n\n LOKI\n I have to get off this planet.\n\nLoki tries to exit, but the Grandmaster stops him.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Hey, hey, hey! Where are you going?\n\nGrandmaster plops Loki down in the front row, right against\nthe glass. Loki casually tries to hide his face in his hand.\n\nIN THE ARENA:\n\n THOR\n Hey! We know each other. He's a\n friend from work.\n (to Hulk:)\n Where have you been? Everybody\n thought you were dead. So much has\n happened since I last saw you. I\n lost my hammer. Like, yesterday,\n so that's still pretty fresh.\n (then:)\n Loki! Loki's alive. Can you\n believe it? He's up there.\n (waves to Loki:)\n Loki! Look who it is!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 53.\n\n\nLoki is petrified.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Banner, I never thought I would say\n this, but I'm happy to see you.\n\nIN THE ARENA: Hulk is still eyeballing Thor while the\ncapacity crowd CHANTS insanely for \"HULK! HULK! HULK!\"\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Banner. Hey, Banner!\n\nHulk's face grimaces and contorts, suppressing puny Banner.\n\n HULK\n NO BANNER! ONLY HULK!\n\nHulk CHARGES at Thor. Insanely fast.\n\n THOR\n What are you doing? It's me.\n\nThor DODGES the first few attacks, but then Hulk SHATTERS his\nshield and sends Thor FLYING.\n\nThor draws a sword and STABS it into the ground to slow his\nmomentum. Draws the other sword and faces off against Hulk.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Banner, we're friends. This is\n crazy. I don't want to hurt you!\n\nThey engage again. Hulk KICKS Thor, sending him SLAMMING\ninto the wall.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Here we go.\n\nThor jumps down just in time to avoid Hulk's warhammer, which\nHITS so hard that it remains lodged in the wall.\n\nWith Hulk charging again, Thor RIPS the warhammer out of the\nwall and WALLOPS Hulk with it.\n\nHulk goes CRASHING alongside the arena. He ends up sprawled\nout in a pile of rubble, slightly dazed.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n What?\n\nABOVE: Val is watching through a set of high-tech\nbinoculars. She reacts to Thor, reluctantly impressed.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 54.\n\n\nThor advances on Hulk with all the swagger. He takes off his\nhelmet and CALLS OUT to Hulk, provoking him.\n\n THOR\n Hey, big guy. The sun's getting\n real low.\n\nHulk takes off his helmet. Scowling. Teeth GRINDING.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n That's it. The sun's going down.\n I won't hurt you anymore. No one\n will.\n\nWHOOSH! Thor is suddenly dragged out of frame. Hulk has\nThor by the leg and is WHIPPING him against the arena floor.\nOver and over and over again.\n\nIN THE VIP BOX: Loki's whole mood shifts. The joy returns to\nhis face, like \"everything will be alright!\" Loki LAUGHS.\n\n LOKI\n Yes! That's how it feels!\n (to Grandmaster:)\n I'm just a huge fan of the sport.\n\nThor is SMASHED into the floor face first.\n\nHulk ROARS and RUSHES Thor with his axe.\n\n THOR\n All right. Screw it.\n\nCLANG! The giant weapons CLASH! Now Thor and Hulk are\nfighting warhammer versus battleaxe...\n\n...and Thor is winning! He's getting the better of these\nexchanges, using Hulk's aggression against him. Thor\ncontinually KNOCKS and/or TRIPS Hulk off his feet while\nevading all of Hulk's best attacks.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n I know you're in there, Banner.\n I'll get you out!\n\nOne particular vicious blow DISARMS Hulk, and Thor BREAKS\nHulk's axe with the warhammer. Thor then BASHES Hulk in the\nchest, KNOCKING him to the ground.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n What's the matter with you? You're\n embarrassing me! I told them we\n were friends!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 55.\n\n\nGROWLING, Hulk stands up and HITS Thor with a straight jab\nthat sends Thor TUMBLING across the arena. Hulk immediately\nLEAPS after him and LANDS ON Thor!\n\nHulk is now on top of Thor as they slide across the arena,\njust PUMMELING him with punches. Left-right-left-right.\nThor's head snaps back and forth.\n\nIn the carnage, Thor sees VISIONS OF ODIN. Then-\n\n-his eyes GLOW WHITE WITH ELECTRICITY. Like an instinctual\ndefense mechanism, Thor suddenly KNOCKS HULK BACK WITH A\nBURST OF LIGHTNING!\n\nSeething with electricity, Thor springs to his feet and then\nBLASTS HULK WITH A MASSIVE LIGHTNING PUNCH! Hulk is LAUNCHED\nBACKWARDS and Thor hits the ground HARD.\n\n CROWD\n Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!\n\n KORG\n Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!\n\nThe crowd gets hushed. They've never seen this before.\n\nIN THE VIP BOX: Grandmaster is pissed. Loki is amazed.\n\nHulk and Thor stagger to their feet. Thor looks at himself,\na little surprised. There are still small charges of\nlightning CRACKLING through his veins.\n\nMeanwhile, Hulk RUMBLES towards Thor and they're at it again,\nclose-quarters boxing. Thor is winning the exchanges,\nlanding BRUTAL PUNCHES to Hulk's body. And then suddenly-\n\n-BZZZ! The Grandmaster ZAPS him with the Obedience Disk fob!\nThor drops, totally caught off guard!\n\nHulk plants his feet and JUMPS! He ZOOMS UP, rocketing out\nof the arena, up-up-up into the sky! At the apex of his jump\nHulk clenches his fist and begins a missile-like descent.\n\nVal sees this from her ship and decides to take off, like\n\"This fight is over, time to beat traffic.\"\n\n KORG (CONT'D)\n Another day, another Doug.\n\nDown below, Thor groggily turns over. He does so just in\ntime to see Hulk coming at him like an atom bomb!\n\nNo time to avoid it. KA-BOOM!!! Right before impact Thor's\neyes go lightning white. Hulk HITS Thor like a meteor.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 56.\n\n\n The impact knocks Thor unconscious and we CUT TO BLACK.\n Linger on darkness for a few beats...and then:\n\n\n36 INT. THRONE ROOM - SUNSET 36\n\n Hela sits on the throne trying to get comfortable, headdress\n & cowl off. Skurge stands at the foot of the throne.\n\n HELA\n What is that noise?\n\n SKURGE\n The common folk aren't exactly\n falling in line. There's a\n resistance trying to knock down the\n front gates.\n\n Hela sends her BUTCHER TROOPS to deal with it.\n\n HELA\n Tell me about yourself, Skurge.\n\n SKURGE\n Well, me dad was a stonemason, me\n mum was-\n\n HELA\n (interrupts)\n I'll just stop you there. What I\n meant was what is your ambition?\n\n SKURGE\n I just want a chance to prove\n myself.\n\n HELA\n Recognition.\n (then:)\n When I was young every great King\n had an executioner. Not just to\n execute people, but also to execute\n their vision. But mainly to\n execute people. Still a great\n honor.\n (beat)\n I was Odin's executioner.\n\n Hela holds out her hand and uses her powers to FORM A DOUBLE-\n SIDED OBSIDIAN AXE, which she offers to Skurge.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n And you will be my executioner.\n Let's begin our conquest.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 57.\n\n\n37 OMITTED 37\n\n\n41 OMITTED 41\n\n\n42 OMITTED 42\n\n\n44 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - DAY 44\n\n Hela and Skurge arrive at the Observatory, army in tow.\n\n HELA\n Skurge, where's the sword?\n\n Reveal that the Bi-Frost sword is missing.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n That sword is the key to opening\n the Bi-Frost.\n\n Hela thinks, seething.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n These people you mentioned, the\n ones who aren't falling into line.\n Round them up.\n\n\n45 OMITTED 45\n\nAA46 OMITTED AA46\n\nAB46 OMITTED AB46\n\n46 EXT. ASGARD - MOUNTAIN CREEK - DAY 46\n\n\nA46 OMITTED A46\n\n SPLASH! Boots running across the shallow water. We meet a\n family of refugees from the city. FATHER, MOTHER, SON (14),\n and young daughter (8). They're RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES.\n\n Hot on their heels are a pair of Hela's sinister Butchers,\n hunting like a pack of wolves.\n\n After scrambling through a grove of trees the family make\n their way through a narrow pass. The Butchers are hot on\n their heels, their growls getting louder behind them when -\n BAM! The son runs right into a tall, immovable object...\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 58.\n\n\n HEIMDALL! No regal armor, no golden helm. This Heimdall has a\n thick beard and is wrapped in a cloak. The rest of the family\n arrive, desperation.\n\n HEIMDALL\n Excuse me.\n\n In one swift motion Heimdall draws the BI-FROST SWORD, steps\n forward and SLASHES through the Butchers, ending them.\n\n He then turns to the family, gestures for them to follow him.\n\n HEIMDALL (CONT'D)\n Sorry about that. These bloody\n things are everywhere. Come on.\n\n47 OMITTED 47\n\n48 EXT. ASGARD - MOUNTAIN RAVINE - DAY 48\n\n Heimdall approaches the steep face of the mountain. Carved\n into the rock is YGGDRASIL, the world tree. Heimdall kneels,\n whispers a few words under his breath, and... A HUGE SECTION\n OF THE MOUNTAIN FACE VANISHES IN A SHIMMERING ILLUSION!\n\n\n49 INT. STRONGHOLD - DAY 49\n\n It's busy with activity - hundreds of Asgardians who fled the\n city after Hela's invasion are living here. Men, women, and\n children. Strong and weak, young and old.\n\n Heimdall turns to the family, even manages a smile.\n\n HEIMDALL\n You'll be safe here.\n\n They enter the stronghold. As the doors SHUT we go to-\n\n50 OMITTED 50\n\n\nA51 OMITTED A51\n\n\n51 INT. HULK'S WARRIOR SUITE - DAY 51\n\n Thor's eyes POP OPEN. He's lying in a heap on the ground,\n still dirty, bruised, and beat up.\n\n Thor is being tended to by TWO SAKAARIAN GLADIATOR NURSES who\n are swabbing his wounds. This freaks him out, which results\n in startled thrashing. That freaks out the two Gladiator\n nurses, which results in them RUNNING AWAY.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 59.\n\n\nThor starts to get up, but then winces. He moves slowly.\n\nHe's in a GIANT ROOM with stark graphic patterns on the\nwalls. With a few achy grimaces, Thor stands up and wanders\naround. There's furniture, large cushions, and a sleeping\narea enclosed by the SKULL of a giant beast.\n\nNOISE behind him. Thor follows the noise to find-\n\nHulk having eased himself into a large steaming JACUZZI. Thor\nlooks at him quizzically. Hulk isn't angry. He's RELAXED,\nbut he's not turning into Banner.\n\n THOR\n Are we cool?\n\nHulk grunts. I guess so.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n It's Hulk in a hot tub.\n (then:)\n How long have you been like that?\n\n HULK\n Like what?\n\n THOR\n Like this. Big, green, ...stupid.\n\n HULK\n Hulk always Hulk.\n\nThor takes this in, and then walks over to a window that\nlooks out across the city. Does some spatial math, realizes:\nThor looks back out the window.\n\nHe sees a ramshackle SPACESHIP taking off and ROCKETING\nskyward. Higher and higher, it's going for a wormhole when-\n\n-BOOM! One of Grandmaster's Palace Patrol ships, more modern\nand heavy duty, BLOWS it out of the sky.\n\nOn Thor, wheels turning. He turns to Hulk.\n\n THOR\n How'd you get here?\n\n HULK\n Winning.\n\n THOR\n You mean cheating?\n (re: Obedience Disk)\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 60.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Were they wearing one of these when\n you won? How'd you arrive here?\n\n HULK\n Quinjet.\n\nHulk mimes a plane landing in the water.\n\n THOR\n Yes. Where is the Quinjet now?\n\nHulk stands up, and exits the hot tub, naked.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n That's naked. He's very naked.\n It's in my brain now.\n\nHulk points out the window.\n\n HULK\n Quinjet.\n\nThor sees the Quinjet in a massive alien junkyard.\n\n THOR\n Yes! I'm getting us out of here.\n This is a terrible, awful place.\n You're gonna love Asgard. It's\n big. It's golden. Shiny.\n\nHulk sits on his bed, eating a pumpkin.\n\n HULK\n Hulk stay.\n\n THOR\n No, no, no. My people need me to\n get back to Asgard. We must\n prevent Ragnarok.\n\n HULK\n Rag-na-ruh?\n\n THOR\n The prophesied death of my home\n world, the end of days, it's the\n end of-\n (Hulk's blank stare)\n If you help me get back to Asgard,\n I can help you get back to Earth.\n\n HULK\n Earth hate Hulk.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 61.\n\n\n THOR\n Earth loves Hulk. They love you.\n You're of the Avengers. One of the\n team, one of our friends. This is\n what friends do. They support each\n other.\n\n HULK\n You're Banner's friend.\n\n THOR\n I'm not Banner's friend. I prefer\n you.\n\n HULK\n Banner's friend.\n\n THOR\n I don't even like Banner.\n (bad impersonation)\n \"I'm into numbers and science and\n stuff.\"\n\n HULK\n Thor go. Hulk Stay.\n\n THOR\n Fine. Stay here. Stupid place.\n It's hideous, by the way. The red,\n the white. Just pick a color.\n\nThor heads for the exit, a wide open door.\n\n HULK\n Smash you.\n\n THOR\n You didn't smash anything. I won\n that fight\n\n HULK\n I smashed you.\n\n THOR\n Yeah, sure, sure.\n\n HULK\n Baby Arms.\n\n THOR\n What?\n\n HULK\n Baby.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 62.\n\n\n THOR\n Moron! You big child.\n\n Thor heads to the open entrance. Hulk smiles, anticipating.\n\n HULK\n Thor go!\n\n THOR\n I am going.\n\n ZAP! Thor's jolted back by the obedience disk. There are\n perimeter sensors in the doorway.\n\n Hulk CHUCKLES at Thor as he hits the floor. Points.\n\n HULK\n Thor go again!\n (then:)\n Thor home.\n\n TIME CUT:\n\n Thor slumps against the wall, head sagging.\n\n Hulk grabs his giant battleaxe. He's armored up.\n\n HULK (CONT'D)\n Hulk trains.\n\n THOR\n That's great. Have fun.\n\n Hulk exits. Thor watches him go. Then, at the end of the\n hallway Hulk meets up with Valkyrie! They begin play-\n fighting, a clearly friendly rapport.\n\n Thor can't believe it. He runs to the entrance, but by the\n time he reaches the perimeter sensors they are gone.\n\n Thor sighs. Walks over to the window. Looks up through a\n wormhole, stars twinkling on the other end of it.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\nA57 Heimdall, I know you can see me. A57\n\n Thor continues his plea at the window.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n I need you to help me. Help me\n see.\n\n Pause. Then Thor's eyes go golden like Heimdall's! The\n stars in the wormhole begin to WARP OVER THOR AND-\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 63.\n\n\nAA57 INT. STREETS OF ASGARD - SAME AA57\n\n Thor suddenly finds himself in Asgard. Disoriented at first,\n Thor turns to see Heimdall hiding in the shadows.\n\n Heimdall harshly SHUSHES Thor and gestures for him to get up\n against the wall. Thor complies. Sees the refugees.\n\n After a beat a roving patrol of Hela's Butchers creep by\n through the street. They don't spot our heroes. Pause.\n\n Heimdall turns to Thor, speaks only in hushed whispers.\n\n HEIMDALL\n I see you. But you are far away.\n\n THOR\n What's going on here?\n\n HEIMDALL\n Come see for yourself.\n\n Without warning, Heimdall leads the family out of the alley\n and DASHES down the street. Thor follows...\n\n ...but then stops. Looks around to see THE OCCUPIED CITY OF\n ASGARD, emitting a smoky aura of chaos. A chilling sight.\n\n Down the street, Heimdall gestures for the family to slow\n down. He sees something. Ushers them into an alcove.\n\n Thor joins them just in time to avoid being seen by another\n roving patrol of Hela's Butchers. Heimdall again motions for\n Thor to \"shh\" until the threat has passed. Then:\n\n HEIMDALL (CONT'D)\n I'm providing refuge in a\n stronghold build by our ancestors.\n But if the garrison falls our only\n escape will is Bi-Frost.\n\n THOR\n You're talking about evacuating\n Asgard?\n\n HEIMDALL\n We won't last long if we stay.\n\n Thor LOOKS OUT on a ravaged Asgard, heartsick.\n\n Hold on the devastated Realm as:\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 64.\n\n\n HEIMDALL (O.S.) (CONT'D)\n She draws her power from Asgard and\n grows stronger everyday.\n\nBack to Thor and Heimdall.\n\n HEIMDALL (CONT'D)\n Come on.\n\nAs Heimdall quickly leads refugees down a safe pathway:\n\n HEIMDALL (V.O.) (CONT'D)\n Hela is ravenous. If I let her\n leave, she'll consume the Nine\n Realms and all the cosmos.\n\nTurns back to Thor, approaches him.\n\n HEIMDALL (CONT'D)\n We need you.\n\n THOR\n I'm working on it, but I don't even\n really know where the hell I am.\n\nTwo packs of Butchers arrive simultaneously. Spot Heimdall.\n\n HEIMDALL\n You're on a planet surrounded by\n doorways. Go through one.\n\n THOR\n Which one?\n\nHeimdall RIPS into the attacking Butchers, CUTTING them down.\n\n HEIMDALL\n The big one!\n\nWHOOSH! SUDDENLY THOR'S GONE! BLACK.\n\nAfter slashing through the Butchers, Heimdall moves towards\nthe house where he hid the family... and then abruptly stops.\n\nHeimdall turns slightly. He sees something.\n\nBINOCULARS POV: Heimdall looking right at us, the Bi-Frost\nsword visible in his hand.\n\nReveal Skurge on a palace tower balcony, surveilling the city\nwith Asgardian E-noculars. Skurge lowers the E-noculars.\n\nThere is conflict on his face. He knows that he should report\nthis to Hela immediately...yet he doesn't spring into action.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 65.\n\n\n57 INT. HULK'S WARRIOR SUITE - NIGHT 57\n\n Thor absentmindedly fidgets with his Obedience Disk.\n\n THUD! THUD! THUD! ...resonates around the room. Hulk steps\n up to Thor, looking inquisitively down at him.\n\n HULK\n Thor sad.\n\n THOR\n Shut up.\n\n Hulk HITS Thor, bullying him into opening up.\n\n HULK\n THOR SAD!!!\n\n Thor hops up, YELLS in Hulk's face. Paces around.\n\n THOR\n I'm not sad, you idiot. I'm pissed\n off! Angry. I lost my father. I\n lost my hammer.\n\n THUD! THUD! He turns to see Hulk punching his pillow.\n\n Hulk stops. Stares.\n\n HULK\n Whining and crying. Cry like baby.\n\n THOR\n You're not even listening.\n\n Thor KICKS a random helmet.\n\n HULK\n Don't kick stuff.\n\n THOR\n You're being a really bad friend.\n\n HULK\n You bad friend!\n\n THOR\n You know what we call you?\n\n HULK\n No.\n\n THOR\n We call you the stupid Avenger.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 66.\n\n\n HULK\n You're tiny Avenger!\n\nHulk throws a shield that nearly decapitates Thor.\n\n THOR\n What, are you crazy?\n\n HULK\n Yes.\n\n THOR\n You know what? Earth does hate you.\n\nHulk gets sad. Wanders over to his bed to mope.\n\nThor realizes he went to far. Joins Hulk on the bed.\n\n HULK\n No.\n\n THOR\n I'm sorry I said those things.\n You're not the stupid Avenger.\n Nobody calls you the stupid\n Avenger.\n\n HULK\n It's okay.\n\n THOR\n You just can't go around throwing\n shields at people. Could have\n killed me.\n\n HULK\n I know. I'm sorry. I just get so\n angry all the time. Hulk always,\n always angry.\n\n THOR\n I know. We're the same, you and I.\n We're just a couple of hot-headed\n fools.\n\n HULK\n Yeah, same. Hulk like fire, Thor\n like water.\n\n THOR\n We're kind of both like fire.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 67.\n\n\n HULK\n But Hulk like real fire. Hulk like\n raging fire. Thor like smoldering\n fire.\n\n THOR\n Hulk, I need you to do something\n for me.\n\nTIME CUT: Morning.\n\nBA-BOOM! BA-BOOM! BA-BOOM!\n\nWe follow Two Palace Guards as they enter Hulk's Suite.\n\nHulk is throwing a LARGE BALL against the far wall. It's so\nhard it makes dents in the wall. Hulk stops and turns.\n\nReveal that the guards are escorting Valkyrie. They leave...\nValkyrie and Hulk face off.\n\n HULK\n Angry girl!\n\nVal bounds forward and gives The Incredible Hulk a big hug.\nHulk laughs and then begins playfully roughhousing with Val.\n\n VALKYRIE\n What's going on? What do you...?\n\nHulk steps away, allowing Valkyrie to see Thor. Her smile\ndisappears. She stares at Hulk, so annoyed. Hulk mopes a\nlittle. Like, \"I done bad.\" Turns back to Thor:\n\n VALKYRIE (CONT'D)\n You're so thick-headed that you\n can't tell when someone's hiding\n all the way across the universe and\n wants to be left alone?\n\n THOR\n We need to talk.\n\n VALKYRIE\n No, you want to talk to me.\n\nValkyrie turns to leave.\n\n THOR\n (to Hulk:)\n I need her to stay.\n\nValkyrie is at the exit when the UPPER JAWBONE of Hulk's\nmassive skull bed CRASHES into frame, BLOCKING the doorway.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 68.\n\n\nVal shoots an annoyed sneer at Hulk. Hulk SNORTS back.\n\n HULK\n Stay! Please?\n\nValkyrie looks him up and down. Obedience Disks to the max.\n\nHulk begins BOUNCING his ball against the wall again.\n\nValkyrie walks over to Hulk's bar, picks up an UNOPENED\nBOTTLE of liquor. Hulk snorts, disapprovingly. Val puts it\ndown and finds something cheaper, she pops the cork.\n\n VALKYRIE\n All right. Here's the deal. I'll\n listen to you till this is empty.\n\nShe TIPS BACK the bottle and starts CHUGGING.\n\n THOR\n Asgard is in danger and people are\n dying. We need to get back there. I\n need your help...wow.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Finished. Bye.\n\nShe has indeed finished. She goes to leave.\n\n THOR\n Odin is dead.\n\nValkyrie stops short (the BALL BANGING noise continues). Her\nsilence speaks volumes. Thor has a realization.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Hela, the Goddess of Death has\n invaded Asgard.\n\n VALKYRIE\n If Hela's back then Asgard is\n already lost.\n\n THOR\n I'm going to stop her.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Alone?\n\n THOR\n Nope. I'm putting together a team.\n It's me, you, and the big guy.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 69.\n\n\n HULK\n No team. Only Hulk.\n\n THOR\n It's me and you.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I think it's only you.\n\n THOR\n Wait. Just listen. The Valkyrie\n are legend, elite warriors of\n Asgard. You are sworn to defend\n the throne.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I'm not getting dragged into\n another one of Odin's family\n squabbles.\n\n THOR\n What's that supposed to mean?\n\n VALKYRIE\n Your sister. Her power comes from\n Asgard, same as yours.\n\nHulk's ball rolls into frame. An off screen GRUNT. Val\npicks it up and tosses it back to Hulk.\n\n VALKYRIE (CONT'D)\n When it grew beyond Odin's control,\n she massacred everyone in the\n palace and tried to seize the\n throne. When she tried to escape\n her banishment, he sent the\n Valkyrie in to fight her back. I\n only survived because...\n (trails off, brooding)\n Look, I already faced her once back\n when I believed in the throne, and\n it cost me everything. THAT'S\n what's wrong with Asgard. The\n throne, the secrets, the whole\n golden sham.\n\nPause. Thor moves towards Valkyrie, goes to put a comforting\nhand on her shoulder.\n\n THOR\n I agree.\n\nVal SNATCHES his hand. They are close, face to face.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 70.\n\n\n VALKYRIE\n Don't get familiar.\n\n THOR\n I agree. That's why I turned down\n the throne. But this isn't about\n the crown. This is about the\n people. They're dying and they're\n you're people, too.\n\nVal SHOVES him away. Thor stumbles back.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Forget it. I have.\n\n THOR\n (nods, understanding)\n Okay.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Okay.\n\n THOR\n Good. Great.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Great.\n\n THOR\n Thank you.\n\n VALKYRIE\n For what?\n\n THOR\n For this.\n\nReveal that Thor has lifted the fob device off Val's belt!\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Didn't see that did you?\n\nThor presses the button and ALL THE OBEDIENCE DISKS EMBEDDED\nIN HIS NECK AND BELT POWER DOWN! Confident smirk.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n There... that's better. You know,\n go ahead. Stay here and get drunk\n and enslave people for that\n lunatic. Keep drinking. Keep\n hiding.\n (beat)\n But me...\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 71.\n\n\n Thor gestures for Hulk to toss him the ball. Hulk does.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n I choose to run toward my problems\n and not away from them. Because\n that's what...\n\n Thor HURLS IT at the MAIN WINDOW - It bounces off, hitting\n Thor in the face. He stands, facing Valkyrie.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Because that's what heroes do.\n\n Thor then SMASHES THROUGH THE WINDOW! Hulk STANDS...\n\n HULK\n Friend Stay!\n\n\n60 EXT. GRANDMASTER'S PALACE - DAY 60\n\n Thor is sliding down the SIDE of the GRANDMASTER'S TOWER.\n\n He LAUNCHES HIMSELF OFF THE BUILDING and hurtles downward,\n LANDING casually on the street below. Finally free.\n\n\n61 EXT. THE STREETS OF SAKAAR - CONTINUOUS 61\n\n Thor is HAULING ASS.\n\n Never slowing down, Thor keeps the top of the arena in sight.\n\n A few blocks back: Hulk is in pursuit. He's BUMPING people,\n SWATTING vehicles out of the way, just being a menace.\n\n On Sakaar, the citizens APPLAUD for him! Even when Hulk\n DEMOLISHES a man's food cart, the man CHEERS Hulk on!\n\n\n62 EXT. MASSIVE ALIEN JUNKYARD - CONTINUOUS 62\n\n Thor SPRINTS in. Looks around. Man, this place is big.\n\n He RUNS down aisles of crushed and stripped spacecrafts, a\n giant smelter, and then into what looks like a used car lot.\n\n And then he sees it. The Quinjet!\n\n\n63 INT. QUINJET - CONTINUOUS 63\n\n Thor enters and rushes to the controls.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 72.\n\n\n THOR\n All right. Come on.\n\nHe is pressing buttons and flipping switches. After a beat-\n\n-the flight deck POWERS UP! Thor places his hand on a pad\nwhich SCANS his handprint. Lights up green.\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Voice verification required.\n\n THOR\n Thor.\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Access denied.\n\n THOR\n Thor, son of Odin.\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Access denied.\n\n THOR\n God of Thunder.\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Access denied.\n\n THOR\n Strongest Avenger.\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Access denied.\n\n THOR\n Strongest Avenger!\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Access denied.\n\n THOR\n Damn you, Stark.\n (rolls his eyes)\n Point Break.\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Welcome, Point Break.\n\nCAH-RUNCH! Hulk BARGES IN through the Quinjet door!\n\nThe Hulk approaches, scowling. Any metal that stands in his\nway PEELS BACK. Frantic, Thor turns to the Quinjet's console.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 73.\n\n\n HULK\n Friend stay!\n\n THOR\n No, no, no!\n\nAs Hulk enters, he DESTROYS the hull of the Quinjet.\n\n HULK\n Stay!\n\n THOR\n Stop! Stop breaking everything!\n\n HULK\n Don't go!\n\nThor triggers a message on the flight console.\n\n NATASHA (V.O.)\n Nice work, big guy. We don't know\n where Ultron's headed, but you're\n going very high, very fast.\n\nHulk stops short. His whole demeanor changes.\n\nThor steps out of the way so that Hulk can see a recorded\nmessage from NATASHA ROMANOFF on the console.\n\n NATASHA (V.O.)\n ...So, I need you to turn this bird\n around, okay? We can't track you in\n stealth mode...\n\nHulk is now right up against the console screen.\n\n NATASHA (V.O.)\n ...So I need you to help me out.\n Okay? I need you to...\n\n HULK\n No! No, Banner!\n\nHulk CONVULSES. Drops to his hands and knees. His whole\nbody warping. Hulk ROARS and GRABS at his face, SHAKING his\nhead, trying to fight this back. But he can't help it...\n\n...HE'S TRANSFORMING BACK INTO BRUCE BANNER! The transition\nis rough and chaotic, it's as if Banner is fighting to get\nout of the Hulk. Throughout the process, Hulk SMASHES back\nand forth, further WRECKING the Quinjet.\n\nAnd then, calm.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 74.\n\n\nThor rushes to Banner's side to help ease the transition.\n\n THOR\n Banner. Hey, hey, hey. You all\n right, Banner? Sun's going down.\n Sun's going down. That's it,\n breathe. I won't hurt you. Sun's\n going down.\n\n BANNER\n ...Thor?\n\n THOR\n Yeah.\n\nBanner is groggy, disoriented. Thoughts, memories, and\nobservations begin to flood his brain randomly.\n\n BANNER\n What happened to your hair?\n\n THOR\n Some creepy old man cut it off.\n\n BANNER\n It looks good.\n\n THOR\n Thanks.\n\n BANNER\n Where are we? How's Nat?\n\n THOR\n Nat is good, I'm sure.\n\n BANNER\n And what about Sokovia?\n\n THOR\n Sokovia?\n\n BANNER\n The city, Sokovia. Did we save it?\n\n THOR\n Banner, listen.\n\n BANNER\n What?\n\n THOR\n Sokovia. Ultron. That was two\n years ago.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 75.\n\n\n BANNER\n What are you saying? I've been Hulk\n for two years?\n\n THOR\n I'm afraid so.\n\nBanner's eyes BULGE. Trying to process this information.\n\n BANNER\n What the hell happened?\n\nBanner rushes to his feet. Thor follows.\n\n THOR\n Banner, there's something you\n should know...\n\nBanner goes to the flight console.\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Voice Activation required.\n\n BANNER\n Banner.\n\n QUINJET (V.O.)\n Welccome, Strongest Avenger.\n\n THOR\n (puzzled)\n What?\n\n BANNER\n Ship's log...\n\nTHE SHIP'S LOG POPS UP ON SCREEN.\n\nFROM BEHIND THE DISPLAY (within the monitor looking out) we\nsee fragmented images of the Hulk's trip through deep space.\n\nWe see the angry green giant thrash around in zero gravity.\n\nWe see Hulk closer to the camera now, looking stressed and\ncar sick.\n\nTHROW FOCUS to see Banner's face watching the video, Hulk's\nfreaked out face is super-imposed over Banner's freaked out\nface.\n\n BANNER (CONT'D)\n Thor, where are we?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 76.\n\n\n THOR\n Yeah, about that.\n\nBanner hears:\n\n GRANDMASTER (O.S.)\n It's bad news, bad news today.\n\nBanner rushes over to the windshield. Through it he sees-\n\n-Grandmaster, his hologram projection towering over the city.\n\n GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)\n Sakaar, hear ye. Attention please.\n I have some bad news. My beloved,\n exalted Champion has turned up\n missing. Take to the streets.\n Celebrate my champion.\n\n BANNER\n Who's that?\n\n THOR\n He kind of runs the place. You\n actually lived in his house.\n\nBack to Banner. A distant, confused stare.\n\n BANNER\n I did?\n\n THOR\n Yeah. Quite a lot's happened. You\n and I had a fight recently.\n\n BANNER\n Did I win?\n\n THOR\n No, I won. Easily.\n\n BANNER\n Doesn't sound right.\n\n THOR\n Well, it's true.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n It seems that that criminally\n seductive Lord of Thunder has\n stolen him away.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 77.\n\n\n THOR\n Seductive GOD of Thunder. We need\n to move.\n\n BANNER\n Oh, no. This is bad. This is\n really, really bad. Thor, I think\n I'm freaking out.\n\n THOR\n No, no, no. Don't freak out.\n You're okay. Put these on.\n\n Thor tosses Banner some clothes. Banner looks at them.\n\n BANNER\n These are Tony's clothes.\n\n THOR\n I know, come on.\n\n BANNER\n Is he here?\n\n THOR\n No, he's not here. But listen.\n Just stay calm, okay? The sun's\n going down. The sun's getting\n really low. Sun's going down.\n\n\n67 INT. GRANDMASTER'S CHAMBERS - DAY 67\n\n Loki and Valkyrie are brought before Grandmaster, who has at\n least tripled the amount of bodyguards around him.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n I'm upset! I'm very upset. You\n know what I like about being upset?\n Blame. Right now, that's the\n mindset that I'm in. And you know\n who I'm blaming?\n\n LOKI\n Grandmaster, I-\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Hey! Don't interrupt me!\n\n Topaz hands the melt stick to the grandmaster.\n\n TOPAZ\n Here you go.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 78.\n\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Why are you handing me the melt\n stick? He was interrupting. That's\n not a capital violation.\n (refocuses)\n My precious champion has come up\n missing and its all because of that\n Lord of Thunder. It's all because\n of him.\n (to Loki)\n YOUR brother. Whatever the story\n is. Adopted, or complicated. I'm\n sure there's a big history.\n (to Valkyrie)\n And YOUR contender.\n\n LOKI\n My dear friend, if you were to give\n me twelve hours I could bring them\n both back to you.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I can do it in two.\n\n LOKI\n I could do it in one.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n You know what? I woke up this\n morning thinking about a public\n execution. But for now, I'll\n settle for this sweet little \"who's\n gonna get him first?\" So you're on\n the clock.\n\n\n64 INT. GRANDMASTER'S PALACE - DAY 64\n\n Valkyrie exits in a hurry. Loki follows her.\n\n LOKI\n What have you done!?\n\n Val reverses position, putting Loki up against the wall.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I don't answer to you, lackey.\n\n LOKI\n It's Loki. And you will answer to\n the Grandmaster.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 79.\n\n\n Loki moves to reverse position again, but Val BREAKS AWAY,\n drawing her TWO BLADES. In response, Loki UNSHEATHES two\n long Sakaarian daggers. They eye each other, and then-\n\n -FIGHT! A fast-paced and deadly battle of knives. After a\n few exchanges, Val connects a BIG SHOT that SLAMS Loki into\n the wall. He scowls.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n Why would you help my brother\n escape with that green fool?\n\n VALKYRIE\n I don't help anyone.\n\n Loki trails off. He sees her wrist markings. A realization.\n\n LOKI\n You're a Valkyrie. I thought the\n Valkyrie all died gruesome deaths?\n\n Now Val ATTACKS Loki! She gets him up against the wall, her\n blade against his throat. She looks ready to kill him.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Choose your next words wisely.\n\n LOKI\n Terribly sorry. Must be a very\n painful memory...\n\n Quick as a rattlesnake, Loki GRABS Val's head and CASTS an\n illusion. Val's eyes CLOUD OVER with darkness as we go to:\n\n\n65 EXT. HELA'S DIMENSION - FLASHBACK 65\n\n A barren black void of death.\n\n The VALKYRIE, in old school Asgardian armor, charge through\n the DIMENSIONAL RIFT, an open portal to Asgard and the Nine\n Realms. Val witnesses these events as moments frozen in time.\n\n - Reveal Hela in all her glory, black lightning everywhere.\n\n - Dozens of Valkyrie falling through the dark space.\n\n - The Valkyrie's winged horses lay dead on the battlefield.\n\n - Through the open portal we can see the throne of Asgard.\n\n - Hela advancing on the final few Valkyrie - one is Val,\n frozen in fear, shell-shocked.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 80.\n\n\n - Hela FIRING black weapons at Val...\n\n - One of Val's sisters DIVING IN at the last second, SHOVING\n VAL back through the PORTAL and taking the fatal hit!\n\n - Val lands hard in the Throne room.\n\n - Val scrambling to her feet and trying to re-enter the rift\n but it's too late. It closes, the last image she sees is Hela\n dealing the final killer blow to her doomed Valkyrie sisters.\n\n\n66 EXT. GRANDMASTER'S PALACE - CONTINUOUS 66\n\n We find Val on her knees in front of Loki, trembling from\n this visceral memory that she's tried so hard to suppress.\n\n She turns on Loki, raging, and knocks him out.\n\n\n69 EXT. SAKAAR - STOOP - DAY 69\n\n BANNER sits, groaning, head in his hands. THOR is beside\n him, rubbing his back and on the lookout for threats.\n\n THOR\n The sun's going down. It's getting\n really low. The sun's going down.\n It's getting real low.\n\n BANNER\n Would you stop saying that!?\n\n THOR\n I just need you to stay calm.\n\n BANNER\n Calm!? I'm on an alien planet!\n\n THOR\n It's just a planet. You've been on\n a planet before.\n\n BANNER\n Yeah! One!\n\n THOR\n Now you've been on two. That's a\n good thing. It's a new experience.\n\n BANNER\n My neurons, they're firing faster\n than my brain can handle the\n information.\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 81.\n\n BANNER (CONT'D)\nThe whole thing is totally\ndifferent this time.\n (beat)\nIn the past, I always felt like\nHulk and I each had a hand on the\nwheel, but this time it's like he\nhad the keys and I was locked in\nthe trunk.\n\n THOR\nAlright, well, you're back now,\nthat's all that matters.\n\n BANNER\nNo, it's not what matters. What\nI'm trying to tell you, is that if\nI turn into the Hulk again, Banner\nmay never come back. And we're\nstranded on a planet that is\ndesigned to stress me out.\n\n THOR\nWe're not stranded, I'm gonna\nfigure out a way to get us home.\n\n BANNER\nThank you.\n\n THOR\nNot your home, though. Asgard.\n\n BANNER\nWhat?\n\n THOR\nListen, my people are in great\ndanger. You and I, we have to\nfight this really powerful being\nwho also happens to be my sister.\n\n BANNER\nOkay, that is so wrong on so\nmany... I don't wanna fight your\nsister. That's a family issue.\n\n THOR\nNo, she's an evil being.\n\n BANNER\nI don't care what she is. I'm not\nfighting any more beings. I'm sick\nof it. I just told you.\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 82.\n\n BANNER (CONT'D)\n If I turn into the Hulk, I am never\n gonna come back again. And you\n don't care.\n\n THOR\n No, no. I'm putting together the\n team. The Hulk is the fire.\n\n BANNER\n Wait, you're just using me to get\n to the Hulk.\n\n THOR\n What? No!\n\n BANNER\n It's gross. You don't care about\n me. You're not my friend.\n\n THOR\n No! I don't even like the Hulk.\n He's all like... \"smash, smash,\n smash.\" I prefer you.\n\n BANNER\n Thanks.\n\n THOR\n But if I'm being honest, when it\n comes to fighting evil beings, he\n is very powerful and useful.\n\n BANNER\n Yeah, Banner's powerful and useful,\n too.\n\n THOR\n Is he though?\n\n BANNER\n How many PhDs does Hulk have?\n Zero. How many PhDs does Banner\n have? Seven.\n\n THOR\n Fine, you don't have to fight\n anyone. But we're in danger here,\n so we have to move.\n\nThor grabs a towel from the ground next to him. He puts the\ntowel over his head.\n\n BANNER\n What are you doing with that?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 83.\n\n\n THOR\n I need a disguise. I'm a fugitive.\n\n BANNER\n I need a disguise.\n\n THOR\n You are the disguise.\n\nBanner finds a pair of Stark's sunglasses in his jacket.\n\n BANNER\n I'll be Tony Stark.\n\n THOR\n What?\n\n BANNER\n Yeah. Tony and the gypsy.\n\n THOR\n No, no you're not Tony. You're\n Bruce Banner.\n\n BANNER\n Then why did you dress me up like\n Tony?\n\n THOR\n Because you were naked.\n\n BANNER\n Okay, I'll give you that.\n\nThey stand up. Banner adjusts his crotch.\n\n THOR\n What are you doing? Stop doing\n that!\n\n BANNER\n Tony wears his pants super tight!\n\n THOR\n Why are you being so weird?\n\n BANNER\n I don't know. Maybe the fact that I\n was trapped for two years inside of\n a monster made me a little weird.\n\nBanner flashes green. Thor calms him down.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 84.\n\n\n THOR\n Hey. It's okay. You're good.\n Calm down. Come on. Listen, we're\n gonna go to Asgard and you're not\n gonna have to think about the Hulk\n ever again. All right?\n\n BANNER\n All right.\n\n WHAP! Banner gets nailed in the face with green paint.\n\n Caught off guard, Thor and Banner are swept off into-\n\n\n69A EXT. PARADE OF VICTORS - CONTINUOUS 69A\n\n It's a massive street festival where revelers dance and cheer\n while throwing powdered paint at each other... in celebration\n of Hulk! Green EVERYWHERE!\n\n Inside the parade it is total chaos. Thor searches for Banner\n as he's PELTED with green powder. Pandemonium. In the crowd\n Thor sees a pack of SCRAPPERS on the hunt for the reward.\n\n Thor spots Banner. He surges forward, GRABS Banner, and\n pulls him into another alley, but sees-\n\n -Valkyrie is approaching from down the alley!\n\n THOR\n This is bad. Banner! Banner!\n\n Thor pulls Banner back into the crowd. Thor briefly turns to\n see that he is no longer holding Banner's - it's the arm of a\n SMALL ALIEN who squeals in fright.\n\n Thor sees Banner across the crowd.\n\n Thor MUSCLES his way through the madness, knocking rowdy fans\n aside. He reaches Banner and holds him protectively,\n awkwardly trying to rub his shoulders.\n\n One of the aliens Thor knocked aside turns out to be a\n MASSIVE SCRAPPER. He rears up, turning on Thor and Banner.\n\n WHAM! From out of nowhere, Valkyrie CLOCKS this Scrapper\n with a brass knuckle right cross. The Scrapper DROPS.\n\n Thor looks at Val while clutching Banner like a child.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Hi.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 85.\n\n\n VALKYRIE\n Hi.\n\n THOR\n I was gonna do that.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Yeah, well, I did it first.\n\n THOR\n That's good. What are you doing\n here?\n\n VALKYRIE\n What are you doing here? I thought\n you were leaving.\n\n THOR\n I got sidetracked.\n\n VALKYRIE\n What's with the...\n\n THOR\n It's my disguise.\n\n VALKYRIE\n But I can see your face.\n\n THOR\n (covers his face)\n Not when I do this, you can't.\n (then:)\n Your hair looks nice. I like what\n you did with it. Change it? Washed\n it maybe?\n\n Valkyrie just rolls her eyes, takes Thor by the arm.\n\n BANNER\n (to Thor:)\n What are those things on her eyes?\n Are those the people that she's\n killed? She's so beautiful and\n strong...\n\n\n69B EXT. SAKAARIAN STREET - MOMENTS LATER 69B\n\n Valkyrie escorts Thor and Banner through the street.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Who is this guy?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 86.\n\n\n THOR\n He's a friend.\n\n BANNER\n Who? Me? I'm Bruce.\n\n As Val leads them into Sakaarian apartment building.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I feel like I know you.\n\n BANNER\n I feel like I know you too.\n\n\nA72 OMITTED A72\n\n72 OMITTED 72\n\nA73 INT. SAKAARIAN BUILDING - HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS A73\n\n Continue down the hallway.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Look, I've spent years in a haze\n trying to forget my past. Sakaaar\n seemed like the best place to drink\n and forget and to die one day.\n\n THOR\n I was thinking that you drink too\n much, and that probably was going\n to kill you.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I don't plan to stop drinking, but\n I don't want to forget. I can't\n turn away anymore. So, if I'm\n donna to die, well... it may as\n well be driving my sword through\n the heart of that murderous hag.\n\n THOR\n Good.\n\n They arrive at a door. Before they enter:\n\n VALKYRIE\n Yeah. So I'm saying that I wanna\n be on the team. Has it got a name?\n\n THOR\n Yeah, it's called the Revengers.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 87.\n\n\n VALKYRIE\n Revengers?\n\n THOR\n Because I'm getting revenge.\n You're getting revenge.\n (to Banner:)\n Do you want revenge?\n\n BANNER\n I'm undecided.\n\n THOR\n Okay.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Also, I've got a peace offering.\n\n\n73 INT. VALKYRIE'S APARTMENT - DAY 73\n\n Valkyrie opens the front door, revealing-\n\n -Loki! He is as restrained as anyone could be, sitting in\n the middle of the apartment with a dozen chains around him.\n\n LOKIE\n Surprise.\n\n Thor TOSSES a bottle. It BOUNCES off of Loki's head.\n\n LOKI\n OW!\n\n THOR\n Just had to be sure.\n\n LOKI\n Hello, Bruce.\n\n BANNER\n So, last time I saw you, you were\n trying to kill everybody. Where\n are you at these days?\n\n LOKI\n It varies from moment to moment.\n\n Val's apartment is a shithole. Bottles everywhere, blood-\n spattered clothes in the corner, a knife in the wall, etc.\n\n Banner gives Thor a look like \"she might be crazy.\" Thor\n responds with a \"No, she's cool\" gesture.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 88.\n\n\nVal lays something on the bed. Unwraps it to reveal AN OLD\nASGARDIAN SWORD. Thor's eyes go wide as she sharpens it.\n\n THOR\n Is that... a Dragonfang?\n\n VALKYRIE\n It is.\n\n THOR\n My God. This is the famed sword of\n the Valkyrie.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Sakaar and Asgard are about as far\n apart as any two known systems.\n Our best bet is a wormhole just\n outside the city limits.\n\nA nice clean wormhole outside the city.\n\n VALKYRIE (CONT'D)\n Refuel on Xandar and be back in\n Asgard in around 18 months.\n\n THOR\n Nope. We're going through that one.\n\nThor points at the nightmare tornado wormhole over the ocean.\n\n VALKYRIE\n The Devil's Anus?\n\n BANNER\n Wait, whose anus are we going\n through?\n\n THOR\n For the record, I didn't know it\n was called that when I picked it.\n\n BANNER\n That looks like a collapsing\n neutron star inside of an Einstein-\n Rosen Bridge.\n\n VALKYRIE\n We need another ship. That would\n tear mine to pieces.\n\n THOR\n She's right. We need one that can\n withstand the geodetic strain from\n the singularity.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 89.\n\n\nBanner gives Thor a quizzical look.\n\n BANNER\n And has an offline power steering\n system that could also function\n without the on-board computer.\n\n VALKYRIE\n And we need one with cup holders,\n because we're gonna die. So,\n drinks!\n\n BANNER\n Do I know you? I feel like I know\n you.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I feel like I know you, too. It's\n weird.\n\n THOR\n (to Banner:)\n What do you say, doctor? Uncharted\n metagalactic travel through a\n volatile cosmic gateway. Talk about\n an adventure.\n\nThor and Banner high five as Val stares at them blankly.\n\n BANNER THOR (CONT'D)\nWe need a ship. Need a ship.\n\n VALKYRIE\n There are one or two ships,\n absolute top-of-the-line models--\n\n LOKI\n I don't mean to impose, but the\n Grandmaster has a great many ships.\n I may eve have stolen the access\n codes to his security system.\n\nAll eyes turn to Loki. Valkyrie throws her bottle at him. It\nsmashes above his head.\n\n VALKYRIE\n And suddenly you're overcome with\n an urge to do the right thing.\n\n LOKI\n Heavens, no. I've run out of favor\n with the Grandmaster.\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 90.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n And in exchange for codes and\n access to a ship I'm asking for\n safe passage...through the anus.\n\n THOR\n You're telling us you can get us\n access into the garage without\n setting off any alarms?\n\n LOKI\n Yes, brother. I can.\n\n BANNER\n Okay, can I just... A quick FYI, I\n was just talking to him just a\n couple minutes ago and he was\n totally ready to kill any of us.\n\n VALKYRIE\n He did try to kill me.\n\n THOR\n Yes, me too. On many, many\n occasions. There was one time when\n we were children, he transformed\n himself into a snake, and he knows\n that I love snakes. So, I went to\n pick up the snake to admire it and\n he transformed back into himself\n and he was like, \"Yeah, it's me!\"\n And he stabbed me. We were eight\n at the time.\n\nLoki suppresses a smile.\n\n VALKYRIE\n If we're boosting a ship, we're\n gonna need to draw some guards away\n from the palace.\n\n LOKI\n Why not set the beast loose?\n\n THOR\n Shut up.\n\n VALKYRIE\n You guys have a beast?\n\n THOR\n No, there's no beast. He's just\n being stupid. We're going to start\n a revolution.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 91.\n\n\n BANNER\n Revolution?\n\n THOR\n I'll explain later.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Who's this guy again?\n\n THOR\n I'll explain later.\n\n\n74 OMITTED 74\n\n\n75 INT. THE ARENA - GLADIATOR CELLS - MOMENTS LATER 75\n\n Korg sits with his cell mates. He's talking to Miek.\n\n KORG\n Is that some sort of protoplasm,\n all the stuff that's coming out of\n you? Or are they eggs? Looks like\n eggs.\n\n Suddenly his Obedience Disk POWERS DOWN. No longer glowing.\n\n As Korg stands up, Valkyrie appears at the door to his cell.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I'm looking for Korg.\n\n KORG\n Who's asking? I know you're\n asking. Is anyone else asking, or\n is it just you?\n\n Valkyrie tosses him a high-tech rifle.\n\n VALKYRIE\n The Lord of Thunder sends his best.\n\n KORG\n My revolution has begun...\n\n\n76 INT. GRANDMASTER'S CHAMBERS - DAY 76\n\n Grandmaster speaks with Topaz who now wears battle armor.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Revolution? How did this happen?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 92.\n\n\n TOPAZ\n Don't know. But the Arena's\n mainframe for the Obedience Disks\n have been deactivated and the\n slaves have armed themselves.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Oh! I don't like that word!\n\n TOPAZ\n Mainframe?\n\n GRANDMASTER\n No. Why would I not like\n \"mainframe?\" No, the \"S\" word.\n\n TOPAZ\n Sorry, the \"prisoners with jobs\"\n have armed themselves.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Okay, that's better.\n\n CHA-CHNK! SOUNDS OF MACHINERY as the whole space starts\n moving. A different angle reveals that we are in-\n\n\nA77 EXT. THE STATESMAN - CONTINUOUS A77\n\n Grandmaster's chambers are actually the oversized cockpit of\n a A HUGE RIOT CONTROL SHIP (The Statesman) that can dock\n itself indefinitely within the palace!\n\n The Statesman has DISLODGED from the palace and is now\n flanked by six smaller Sakaarian peace-keeping ships, all\n headed towards the city where RIOTING can be heard.\n\n\n77 INT. GRANDMASTER'S PALACE - GROUND LEVEL - CONTINUOUS 77\n\n Thor waits as Loki enters codes to a door's security panel.\n\n THOR\n Hey, so listen, we should talk.\n\n LOKI\n I disagree. Open communication was\n never our family's forte.\n\n THOR\n You have no idea. I've had quite\n the revelation since we spoke last.\n\n The door opens, revealing a bunch of guards.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 93.\n\n\n Thor and Loki heft up two Sakaarian guns.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Hello!\n\n LOKI\n Hi!\n\n Thor and Loki BLAST all the guards, moving to another door.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n Odin brought us together, it's\n almost poetic that his death should\n split us apart. We might as well\n be strangers now. \"Two sons of the\n crown\" set adrift.\n\n A guard tries to ambush Loki through the door. Thor TAKES\n OUT the guard.\n\n THOR\n Thought you didn't want to talk\n about it?\n\n\n79 INT. GRANDMASTER'S PALACE - ELEVATOR - CONTINUOUS 79\n\n Thor and Loki are going up.\n\n LOKI\n Here's the thing. I'm probably\n better off staying here on Sakaar.\n\n THOR\n That's exactly what I was thinking.\n\n LOKI\n ...Did you just agree with me?\n\n THOR\n This place is perfect for you. It's\n savage, chaotic, lawless. Brother,\n you're going to do GREAT here.\n\n LOKI\n Do you truly think so little of me?\n\n Thor pauses, considers his brother. Then:\n\n THOR\n Loki, I thought the world of you.\n I thought we were gonna fight side\n by side forever. But, at the end of\n the day, you're you, I'm me...\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 94.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n I don't know, maybe there's still\n good in you, but let's be honest,\n our paths diverged a long time ago.\n\nLoki is wounded by Thor's willingness to discard him. Masks\nhis feelings with:\n\n LOKI\n It's probably for the best that we\n never see one another again.\n\nBeat. Thor pats Loki affectionately on the shoulder.\n\nHold on Loki. Did Thor just get through to him?\n\n THOR\n That's what you always wanted.\n\nBeat. Then:\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Hey, let's do \"Get Help.\"\n\n LOKI\n What?\n\n THOR\n \"Get Help.\"\n\n LOKI\n No.\n\n THOR\n Come on, you love it.\n\n LOKI\n I hate it.\n\n THOR\n It's great. IT works every time.\n\n LOKI\n It's humiliating.\n\n THOR\n Do you have a better plan?\n\n LOKI\n No.\n\n THOR\n We're doing it.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 95.\n\n\n LOKI\n We are not doing \"Get Help.\"\n\n\n80 OMITTED 80\n\n\n82 INT. GRANDMASTER'S PRIVATE GARAGE - CONTINUOUS 82\n\n Multi-tiered platforms with dozens of cool spaceships.\n\n The elevator doors open. Thor supports Loki's weight with\n Loki faking a fatal injury.\n\n THOR\n Get help! Please! My brother, he's\n dying.\n\n A small group of Sakaarian guards turn toward Thor and Loki.\n One guard aims his gun at them.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Get help! Help him!\n\n Thor picked up Loki and flings him at the guards, knocking\n them down like bowling pins. Loki stands up and Thor steps\n to Loki's side.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Classic.\n\n LOKI\n I still hate it. It's humiliating.\n\n THOR\n Not for me, it's not.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Which one's the ship she told us to\n get?\n\n LOKI\n (points)\n The Commodore.\n\n The COMMODORE starship. Brand new, solidly built, sleek.\n\n As they walk towards it a DUPLICATE LOKI FORMS and LAGS\n BEHIND. The Loki walking with Thor is an illusion.\n\n LOKI (CONT'D)\n Though I feel it won't make much of\n a difference...\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 96.\n\n\n We follow the real Loki as he slinks away towards the\n security system panel. He activates the panel and brings up a\n screen that will set off all the alarms palace-wide!\n\n THOR (O.S.)\n Oh, Loki.\n\n Loki turns to see Thor looking not at all surprised.\n\n LOKI\n I know I've betrayed you many times\n before, but this time it's truly\n nothing personal. The reward for\n your capture will set me up nicely.\n\n He triggers the alarm.\n\n\n82B INT. GRANDMASTER'S PRIVATE GARAGE - CONTINUOUS 82B\n\n THOR\n Never one for sentiment, were you?\n\n LOKI\n Easier to let it burn.\n\n But then Loki sees Thor holding up a fob device. Loki\n realizes that Thor affixed an Obedience Disk on him in that\n heart-to-heart moment.\n\n THOR\n I agree.\n\n BZZZT! Thor ZAPS Loki and HOLDS DOWN the button. Loki HITS\n the ground, WRITHING in pain. Thor approaches. Pause.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Oh brother, you're becoming\n predictable. I trust you, you\n betray me. Round and round in\n circles we go.\n\n Thor continues to \"think about it\" for a beat while Loki\n convulses in agony on the floor. Finally, Thor kneels down:\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n See, Loki, life is about, it's\n about growth. It's about change.\n But you seem to just wanna stay the\n same. I guess what I'm trying to\n say is that you'll always be the\n God of Mischief, but you could be\n more. I'll just put this over here\n for you.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 97.\n\n\n Thor places the fob on top of the security panel, so close\n but so far from Loki's paralyzed reach.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Anyway, I got places to be so good\n luck.\n\n\n82C INT. COMMODORE SHIP - MOMENTS LATER 82C\n\n Thor is seen in the cockpit.\n\n THOR\n All right, I can figure this out.\n It's just another spaceship.\n\n\n83 EXT. GRANDMASTER'S PALACE - MOMENTS LATER 83\n\n The massive garage doors OPEN. This sets off BLARING ALARMS\n to alert the palace of this unauthorized departure.\n\n The Commodore ship LIFTS OFF from the garage. In the cockpit\n Thor pushes forward on the throttle. The ship ZOOMS ahead.\n\n GRANDMASTER\n Loyal Sakaarians, Lord of Thunder\n has stolen my ship and my favorite\n champion. Sakaarians, take to the\n skies. Bring him down. Do not let\n him leave this planet.\n\n BELOW: Pilots hastily RUSH to their Palace Patrol ships so\n as to pursue the Commodore.\n\n The first two ships out of the garage SWOOP AROUND behind\n Thor. The Patrol ships are LOCKING weapons on Thor when-\n\n -BOOM-BOOM! They are both blown out of the sky by-\n\n\n84 INT. WARSONG SHIP - SAME 84\n\n Val is all focus, flying and FIRING. Banner sits shotgun.\n\n BANNER\n Good shot!\n\n\n85 EXT. SAKAAR - DAY 85\n\n Thor's ship and Val's ship now ZIP through the city in\n tandem. On the horizon we can see-\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 98.\n\n\n -the Statesman, the enlarged Grandmaster, and his Riot\n Control team raining down hell on the revolting prisoners.\n\n\n86 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS 86\n\n Thor in the pilot's seat. Val comes in over the radio.\n\n VALKYRIE (V.O.)\n Open the doors.\n\n Thor looks over the console. FLIPS a switch.\n\n\n87 INT. WARSONG SHIP - CONTINUOUS 87\n\n Valkyrie STEERS down, dropping altitude. Her whole ship\n spins upside down, yet her cockpit is still right-side up.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I hope that you're tougher than you\n look.\n\n BANNER\n Why?\n\n Val MAXES OUT the throttle. The ship ACCELERATES. When\n she's under Thor's ship, Val presses-\n\n -THE EJECT BUTTON! Banner is LAUNCHED OUT OF THE SHIP!\n\n\n88 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS 88\n\n Thor at the controls. We hear an incoming scream of\n increasing volume. \"aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!\"\n\n THUNK! Banner is SHOT UP into the ship. ROUGH LANDING.\n\n Banner casually lifts his arm up and gives a THUMBS UP.\n\n CLUNK! CLUNK! CLUNK! CLUNK! The ship is being fired upon by\n another pursuit vehicle. Banner joins Thor.\n\n BANNER\n Shouldn't we be shooting back or\n something?\n\n THOR\n Yes, we should.\n (into the radio:)\n Where are the guns on this ship?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 99.\n\n\n VALKYRIE (V.O.)\n There aren't any. It's a leisure\n vessel.\n\n THOR / BANNER\n WHAT?!\n\n VALKYRIE\n Grandmaster uses it for his good\n times, orgies and stuff.\n\n Thor and Banner look around. The CEILING has MIRRORS ON IT\n and the floor is covered in a Sakaarian PERSIAN RUG.\n\n BANNER\n Did she just say the Grandmaster\n uses it for orgies?\n\n THOR\n Yeah. Don't touch anything.\n\n CLUNK! CLUNK! CLUNK! More fire from behind.\n\n\nA89 INT. WARSONG SHIP - THE SAME A89\n\n Val's ship is hit. She rotates the cockpit to face BACKWARDS\n and opens fire, taking out the attacking chase-ship.\n\n But now in Val's cockpit... Sparks. Smoke. Alarms.\n\n In the distance Val clocks the Grandmaster's Riot Ship\n raining terror down on the masses. A look of determination as\n she pops the HATCH above - her ship is now a convertible.\n\n\n89 EXT. SAKAAR - CONTINUOUS 89\n\n Meanwhile, Warsong ZOOMS out from under Thor's ship, still\n ACCELERATING. Val has turned her ship into a missile, and\n its trajectory is the Grandmaster's Riot Control Ship!\n\n Grandmaster is still taunting his former captives below when-\n\n -KA-BOOM! Warsong SLAMS into the Statesman, specifically the\n Grandmaster's projection! Enlarged Grandmaster stumbles,\n struggling to maintain his balance.\n\n Warsong EXPLODES while the Statesman is knocked off kilter\n and goes down for a hard landing in the market!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 100.\n\n\n90 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS 90\n\n Thor and Banner witness the fiery explosion of Val's kamikaze\n flight path!\n\n THOR\n No!\n\n Thor experiences a brief instant of heartbreak/devastation...\n\n ...but then notices a spec coming out of the explosion.\n\n THWACK! Val hits the ship's windshield and grabs hold!\n Residual smoke wafting off of her.\n\n\n91 OMITTED 91\n\n92 EXT. SAKAAR - THE WASTELANDS - CONTINUOUS 92\n\n Thor pilots the ship out of the city into the Wastelands as\n six Sakaarian fighter ships race after them in formation.\n\n The following dogfight will proceed across the Wastelands and\n then out over the Sakaarian Ocean.\n\n\n93 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS 93\n\n Val is still on the windshield. GUNFIRE! One of the\n pursuing ships WINGS the Commodore, causing it to LURCH.\n\n THOR\n Get inside!\n\n VALKYRIE\n In a minute!\n\n Val pulls herself up and then RUNS DOWN THE ROOF OF THE SHIP!\n\n Thor and Banner follow the THUMPING of her footsteps.\n\n\n94 EXT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS 94\n\n In full sprint, Val LEAPS OFF and-\n\n -LANDS HARD on the lead Sakaarian ship! Val begins TEARING\n into the enemy ship with her bare hands!\n\n\n95 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS 95\n\n Thor and Banner exchange a look. Pause.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 101.\n\n\n THOR\n I should probably go and help.\n\n Thor abruptly exits, leaving Banner at the ship's controls.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Here, take the wheel.\n\n BANNER\n No. I don't know how to fly one of\n these.\n\n THOR\n You're a scientist. Use one of\n your PhDs.\n\n BANNER\n None of them are for flying alien\n spaceships!\n\n\n96 EXT. THE SAKAARIAN OCEAN - CONTINUOUS 96\n\n Thor LEAPS into the middle of this high-speed dogfight!\n\n These two superhuman Asgardians begin jumping between their\n pursuer's ships, taking out guns, engines, and pilots with\n their bare hands. It's spectacular and epic.\n\n Thor RIPS out an engine block and uses it to crush a pilot.\n\n Val DRAGS her blades down the entire underbelly of a ship\n before BACKFLIPPING to another.\n\n Back and forth they go, even passing each other mid-flight a\n few times. One by one the Sakaarian ships GO DOWN.\n\n\nA97 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - SAME A97\n\n Banner is frantically STEERING the ship, doing his best to\n dodge all the incoming fire. He peels away and is followed\n by Topaz, who is in her own chase-ship.\n\n Banner notices a button with a little explosion icon.\n\n BANNER\n Okay, come on. There's gotta be a\n gun on this thing. That looks like\n a gun.\n\n Banner PRESSES the button.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 102.\n\n\n The ship's lighting changes, like a disco effect. Weird dance\n music BLASTS over the PA, followed by Grandmaster's voice.\n\n GRANDMASTER (V.O.)\n It's MY BIRTHDAY! It's MY BIRTHDAY!\n It's MY BIRTHDAY.\n\n Banner is so confused. Then we hear FIREWORKS.\n\n\nB97 EXT. THE SAKAARIAN OCEAN - CONTINUOUS B97\n\n MASSIVE PLUMES of powder paint SHOOT OUT of the ship followed\n by a huge colorful fireworks display. And then a\n rainforest's worth of confetti is dumped from the hull!\n\n Topaz is suddenly in the middle of a party smoke screen! She\n tries to fly her way through all the fireworks and streamers,\n but ultimately she hits a HARD CRASH LANDING in the ocean.\n\n BANNER\n Yeah!\n\n Meanwhile, Thor and Val land together on the one remaining\n Sakaarian ship. Val leaks a smile to Thor.\n\n Thor YANKS OFF the cockpit cover, Val TOSSES the pilot, and\n together they PUSH FORWARD on the throttle.\n\n The ship SPEEDS FORWARD. Just then Banner pulls the Commodore\n back on the scene, hovering above them.\n\n They LEAP UP towards the Commodore's open doors as the ship\n CRASHES and EXPLODES behind them!\n\n\n97B INT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS 97B\n\n Thor and Valkyrie join Banner in the cockpit.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Guys, we're coming up on the\n Devil's Anus!\n\n\n97F INT. GRANDMASTER'S GARAGE - DAY 97F\n\n KORG and MIEK enter, leading a group of gladiator rebels.\n\n Korg sees and then points to the SUPERCRUISER.\n\n KORG\n There she is. Our ticket out of\n here. Hey, what's this?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 103.\n\n\n The OBEDIENCE DISK FOB on the ground. He picks it up.\n\n Korg then notices LOKI, TWITCHING and CONVULSING on the\n ground. He's barely made any progress towards the fob.\n\n Loki locks eyes with Korg, a desperate and furious plea.\n\n Korg looks at Loki, then at the fob, then back to Loki.\n\n Loki gives Korg a maniacal, pleading look.\n\n Korg gets it. He deactivates the obedience disk.\n\n Loki stands, dusts himself off.\n\n LOKI\n Thank you.\n\n KORG\n Hey man, we're about to jump on\n that ginormous spaceship. You\n wanna come?\n\n LOKI\n You do seem like you're in\n desperate need of leadership.\n\n KORG\n Why thank you.\n\n\nA98 OMITTED A98\n\nB98 OMITTED B98\n\n\n98 EXT. THE DEVIL'S ANUS WORMHOLE - CONTINUOUS 98\n\n VALKYRIE\n Here we go!\n\n The Commodore ship is swallowed up by the towering nightmare\n that is the Devil's Anus wormhole.\n\n The ship's onboard computer SHORTS OUT. Darkness in the\n cabin. All around them the hull CREAKS. Under strain.\n\n The commodore heads toward the end of the wormhole. Debris\n flies past the camera.\n\n Thor, Val, and Banner all look like they are in extreme pain,\n as there's great concern the ship could be torn apart.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 104.\n\n\n98A EXT. ASGARD - PLAZA - DAY 98A\n\n SKURGE ADDRESSES A CROWD OF ASGARDIANS. HELA BEHIND HIM\n leaning against FENRIS, her GIANT WOLF.\n\n SKURGE\n Asgardians, some misguided soul has\n stolen the Bifrost sword. Tell us\n where it is, or there will be\n consequences. Bad ones.\n\n We are now in the smoking ruins of Asgard. 100+ Asgardians\n have been forced to line in a large piazza, all exhausted,\n all scared. Patrolling the perimeter are Hela's Butchers.\n\n SKURGE (CONT'D)\n Well?\n\n Hela points to an Asgardian woman off camera.\n\n HELA\n You.\n\n Hela's butchers approach the crowd and find the Asgardian\n woman. Skurge closes his eyes and looks downward.\n\n ASGARDIAN CITIZENS\n No! Stop!\n\n Hela's butchers pull the Asgardian woman to the steps. They\n shove her and she falls tot he floor. The woman is on her\n hands and knees as Skurge turns to her. She trembles as\n Skurge holds his battle axe with both hands.\n\n HELA\n Well? Executioner?\n\n ASGARDIAN MAN\n Wait! I know where the sword is.\n\n\n99 EXT. THE DEVIL'S ANUS WORMHOLE - DAY 99\n\n The Commodore nears the end of the wormhole and is-\n\n -SPIT OUT into the calmness of outer space.\n\n100 OMITTED 100\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 105.\n\n\n101 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS 101\n\n Banner, Thor, and Valkyrie are all unconscious. Banner wakes\n up and looks outside, the stars reflected in the windshield.\n Thor and Valkyrie wake up. Outside they see-\n\n -THE REALM OF ASGARD, a flat city in the middle of an island\n floating in space.\n\n VALKYRIE\n (mixed emotions)\n I never thought I'd be back here.\n\n The ship descends into the clouds above Asgard.\n\n BANNER\n I thought it'd be nicer. I mean,\n not that it's not nice. It's just,\n it's on fire.\n\n THE SHIP CLEARS THE CLOUDS TO REVEAL-\n\n -ASGARD IN RUINS. A DEVASTATED GHOST TOWN. FIRES, WRECKED\n BUILDINGS, DEAD SOLDIERS. IT LOOKS LIKE ALL HOPE IS LOST.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Here, up here in the mountains.\n\n A projected map on the console shows the mountain where the\n stronghold is located. There is a red dot in the mountain,\n indicating where the Asgardian citizens are.\n\n VALKYRIE (CONT'D)\n Heat signatures. People clustered\n together. Hela's coming for them.\n\n THOR\n Okay, drop me off at the palace and\n I'll draw her away.\n\n VALKYRIE\n And get yourself killed?\n\n THOR\n The people trapped down there are\n all that matters. While I'm\n dealing with Hela, I need you two\n to help get everyone off Asgard.\n\n BANNER\n How the hell are we supposed to do\n that?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 106.\n\n\n THOR\n I have a man on the ground.\n\n\n101A INT. ASGARD/STRONGHOLD - DAY 101A\n\n Heimdall looks to the Asgardian Citizens.\n\n HEIMDALL\n Asgard. She's here.\n\n\n109 EXT. PALACE - PLAZA - DAY 109\n\n Valkyrie is helping Thor load a MASSIVE ASGARDIAN BLASTER\n into the side of the Commodore.\n\n THOR\n Now the ship has guns.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I'll take it from here.\n\n Thor produces a bundle of FABRIC WITH GOLD AND WHITE PLATING.\n\n THOR\n I found this in the armory.\n\n Val immediately recognizes its significance. She doesn't\n want to be affected by this gesture, but can't help it.\n\n They share a look as the Commodore lifts off into the air.\n Before she's out of earshot, Val calls down:\n\n VALKYRIE\n \"Your majesty.\" Don't die. You\n know what I mean.\n\n The Commodore flies away, leaving Thor on the balcony.\n\n\n109A INT. THRONE ROOM - CONTINUOUS 109A\n\n Thor's footsteps ECHO through the empty space. He sees the\n items from the vault scattered beside the throne.\n\n Thor sees a chunk of plaster from the dismantled fresco. He\n picks it up and sees that this piece of fresco bears a\n portion of his own face. Thor then looks up, off camera.\n\n His eyes go wide. He looks up at the ceiling where his\n painting used to be and finds the original which depicts Odin\n and Hela conquering the nine realms, with Hela's butchers all\n around them. Hela holds Mjolnir.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 107.\n\n\n106 OMITTED 106\n\n\n107 EXT. ASGARD - MOUNTAIN RAVINE - DAY 107\n\n Hela, cowl & headdress on, stands with Skurge outside of the\n mountain stronghold where Heimdall is hiding the refugees.\n Hela raises her arms and FIRES LONG THIN BLACK LANCES, which\n BURROW into crevices on the mountainside. From here, we TILT\n UP, looking straight at the sky.\n\n With the lances in place, Hela bears down. Summoning all her\n focus and energy, she begins to VIBRATE this manifestation of\n her powers, PUNCTURING crevices and splitting rock apart.\n\n The whole mountain begins to RUMBLE.\n\n108 OMITTED 108\n\n\n110 EXT. ASGARD - MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD - SAME 110\n\n CRACK! Hela RIPS OPEN THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN!\n\n There is an avalanche of rock and debris. The mountain\n around the doors completely destroyed, the doors fall across\n the ravine, creating a bridge for Hela and Skurge. Hela\n waits patiently for the dust to settle and sees-\n\n -an empty stronghold. No sign of Heimdall or the refugees.\n\n\n111 EXT. SECRET MOUNTAIN PATH - SAME 111\n\n Heimdall leads the migration of refugees out the other side\n of the mountain onto a secluded mountain path.\n\n HEIMDALL\n We must keep moving! Go to the\n Bifrost!\n\n\n112 INT. COMMODORE - DUSK 112\n\n Banner flies the Commodore out across the city.\n\n Val puts on her gloves, cuff on her forearm, boots, and\n breastplate. She grabs her dragonfang sword and puts it at\n her side. Val mans the Blaster, and we see that she's changed\n into the CLASSIC WHITE & GOLD VALKYRIE ARMOR (Thor's gift).\n Bad ass.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 108.\n\n\n113 EXT. MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD - DUSK 113\n\n Hela is about to throttle Skurge when-\n\n -A LOUD GONG SOUND. It's coming from far away, but the deep\n note resonates across the land. GONG-GONG-GONG-GONG!\n\n Hela looks to the Palace, her eyes narrowing with rage.\n\n\n114 INT. THRONE ROOM - CONTINUOUS 114\n\n Find Thor on the throne holding GUNGNIR - THE KING'S SPEAR,\n Odin's signature spear. SLAMMING the butt of it on the\n ground. GONG...GONG...\n\n Hela steps into the throne room. Headdress & cowl off.\n\n Thor stops the GONGING when he sees Hela.\n\n THOR\n Sister.\n\n Smiling, Hela gradually crosses the huge space towards Thor.\n\n HELA\n You're still alive.\n\n THOR\n I love what you've done with the\n place. Redecorating, I see.\n\n HELA\n It seems our father's solution to\n every problem was to cover it up.\n\n THOR\n Or to cast it out.\n (then:)\n He told you you were worthy. He\n said the same thing to me.\n\n Angle on Hela in the frescos, fighting with Mjolnir.\n\n HELA\n You see, you never knew him, not at\n his best.\n (nostalgic sigh)\n Odin and I drowned entire\n civilizations in blood and tears.\n Where do you think all this gold\n came from? And then one day he\n decided to become a benevolent\n king.\n (MORE)\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 109.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n To foster peace, to protect life.\n (with teeth)\n To have you.\n\n THOR\n I understand why you're angry. And\n you are my sister, and technically\n have a claim to the throne. And\n believe me, I would love for\n someone else to rule. But it can't\n be you. You're just...the worst.\n\n Hela puts on her headdress.\n\n HELA\n Okay, get up. You're in my seat.\n\n THOR\n (standing up)\n You know, Father once told me that\n a wise king never seeks out war.\n\n HELA\n But must always be ready for it.\n\n They CHARGE each other.\n\n\n115 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - SAME 115\n\n Heimdall leads the refugees out onto the bridge.\n\n But then he stops. Sensing something.\n\n At the far end of the bridge is FENRIS! The massive war wolf\n is guarding the observatory!\n\n HEIMDALL\n Go back!\n\n The refugees turn to retreat. Fenris CHARGES!\n\n GUNFIRE FROM ABOVE!\n\n The Commodore swoops onto the scene, Valkyrie manning the\n blaster and FIRING on Fenris, who stops his charge.\n\n As the refugees retreat, they come to a stop because...\n\n ...SKURGE IS LEADING AN ARMY OF BUTCHERS BEHIND THEM!\n\n Heimdall and the refugees are now trapped on the bridge\n between Fenris and Skurge!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 110.\n\n\n116 INT. THRONE ROOM - CONTINUOUS 116\n\n Hela and Thor fight, Hela wielding twin black blades.\n\n They CLASH and Thor BLOCKS an attack with Gungnir. They are\n face to face, Hela glaring at Thor.\n\n HELA\n To be honest, I expected more.\n\n Hela DISARMS him, sending Gungnir CLATTERING across the room.\n Hela strikes out sending Thor FLYING hard into a wall.\n\n\n117 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - SAME 117\n\n Hela's butchers stand behind Skurge.\n\n SKURGE\n Heimdall! The sword!\n\n The Butcher army CHARGES\n\n Val and Banner hold the remaining Butchers off with GUNFIRE.\n\n Heimdall is looking toward the palace, concern for Thor. But\n his attention soon goes back to protecting the mass of\n humanity behind him. He looks out to the Observatory\n\n HEIMDALL\n We must cross now! To Bi-Frost!\n\n Heimdall leads the refugees out onto the bridge.\n\n\n118 INT. THRONE ROOM - CONTINUOUS 118\n\n Hela PINS thor against the wall.\n\n HELA\n Here's the difference between us.\n I'm Odin's firstborn, the rightful\n heir, the savior of Asgard.\n (beat)\n And you're nothing.\n\n Hela PROJECTS a large spiked lance, Thor barely rolls out of\n the way before it PUNCTURES the wall.\n\n Thor HEADBUTTS Hela. It does nothing. Hela responds with her\n own HEADBUTT. It does a lot.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 111.\n\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n So simple. Even a blind man could\n see it.\n\n Hela RAKES a black-clawed hand across Thor's face. In doing\n so, she RIPS OUT ONE OF HIS EYES!\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n Now you remind me of Dad.\n\n\n119 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - SAME 119\n\n Asgardians CLASH with Hela's Butchers.\n\n Valkyrie keeps raining down fire on Fenris, but it is doing\n no real damage. Just pissing the wolf off.\n\n Fenris shakes off the bullets and resumes CHARGING.\n\n Heimdall sees Fenris charging and steps out in front of the\n refugees with his sword, preparing for the worst.\n\n\n120 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - SAME 120\n\n Valkyrie gives up shooting.\n\n VALKYRIE\n This stupid dog won't die!\n\n Banner looks down at the carnage below. Makes a decision.\n\n He gets up and heads for the bay doors.\n\n BANNER\n Everything's going to be okay. I\n got this. You want to know who I\n am?\n\n VALKYRIE\n What the hell are you talking\n about?\n\n BANNER\n You'll see.\n\n Banner LEAPS out of the ship!\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 112.\n\n\n121 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS 121\n\n Banner soars through the air. It's an awe-inspiring image as\n we follow Banner's trajectory downwards. His face is\n determined, arms churning, ready to Hulk out...\n\n ...except it doesn't happen. Worry washes over his face.\n\n SPLAT! Banner FACEPLANTS on the bridge, seeming to break\n every bone in his body. He looks dead.\n\n Pause. Fenris SNIFFS him curiously. We notice one vein on\n Banner's neck PUMPING GREEN. Then-\n\n -Banner suddenly EXPLODES UP as THE INCREDIBLE HULK, UPPER-\n CUTTING Fenris in the jaw! Hulk is now in a wrestling match\n with a beast four times his size - the two of them go\n TUMBLING into the water below.\n\n\n122 EXT. PALACE BALCONY - SAME 122\n\n Hela has Thor by the throat. She lifts him up to look over\n the balcony's ledge.\n\n HELA\n You see? No one's going anywhere.\n (then:)\n I'll get that sword even if I have\n to kill every single one of them to\n do it.\n\n Thor looks down. Distraught. Heartsick.\n\n\n123 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS 123\n\n Val pilots the Commodore towards the battle on the city side\n of the bridge. Skurge's battlion of Butchers surge forward-\n\n -BOOM! Val LANDS the Commodore on top of them, SKIDDING\n across the bridge, CRUSHING the front line of the Butchers,\n and KNOCKING Skurge aside. The impact triggers the party\n function, setting off PARTY MUSIC and a FIREWORKS DISPLAY.\n\n Val emerges from the ship in full battle mode. Behind her,\n the Commodore FIREWORKS provide a spectacular HERO BACKDROP.\n She draws DRAGONFANG and smiles as Butchers begin swarming\n towards her. She is where she needs to be.\n\n Meanwhile, the Asgardians huddle together, packed so tight\n that some begin to fall off the side of the bridge, loved\n ones grabbing them and pulling them back up. There's no hope.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 113.\n\n\nHeimdall FIGHTS off Butchers, but gets KNOCKED DOWN. Just as\nit looks like he's about to take a killing blow-\n\n-BAM! The Butcher is BLASTED.\n\nKorg steps into frame, holding the blaster!\n\n KORG\n Hey man. I'm Korg. This is Miek.\n\nMiek steps into frame, waving.\n\n KORG (CONT'D)\n We're going to jump on that\n spaceship and get out of here.\n Want to come?\n\nHeimdall is beyond confused, but then... a LOUD NOISE. Hela\nlooks down to see-\n\n-EMERGING FROM THE THICK LOW-HANGING FOG IS LOKI! Resplendent\nin horns, arms spread wide, seeming to float towards the\nbridge like a mythical angel of mercy.\n\n LOKI\n Your savior is here!\n\nThe fog dissipates around him, revealing that Loki's standing\non THE GRANDMASTER'S SUPERCRUISER! For reasons that will\nbecome clear, we will henceforth call this ship THE ARK.\n\nAnd Loki is not alone. He's brought along all the prisoners\nfrom the Contest of Champions. Armed with gladiator weapons.\nThe Ark slows to a stop at the middle of bridge.\n\nABOVE: Even with Hela's hand on his throat, Thor can't help\nbut smile at the sight of Loki. Hela however sneers.\n\n HELA\n That little shit.\n\nBELOW: Loki and the Sakaarian gladiators JUMP OFF the Ark and\nonto the bridge, joining the fight against Hela's forces.\n\n LOKI\n Did you miss me? Everybody on that\n ship, now.\n\nThe Asgardian refugees begin POURING onto the ark. The only\nway onto the Ark is a narrow plankway, so there is an\nimmediate bottleneck effect - thousands of frightened people\nall pushing for a chance at salvation. It's mayhem.\n\nLoki walks through the crowd to Heimdall.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 114.\n\n\n HEIMDALL\n Welcome home. I saw you coming.\n\n LOKI\n Of course you did.\n\n Loki joins Heimdall and the gladiators in fending off Hela's\n encroaching minions.\n\n\n124 OMITTED 124\n\n\n125 OMITTED 125\n\n\n126 EXT. PALACE BALCONY - SAME 126\n\n Hela is perturbed, but not enraged. She turns her gaze back\n to Thor for a final farewell.\n\n HELA\n A valiant effort, but you never\n stood a chance.\n\n Thor looks up from his friends protecting his people as they\n frenziedly board to Ark to-\n\n -the twilight stars coming out over Asgard. There's a\n glimmering of stardust in the sky.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n You see? I'm not a queen, or a\n monster.\n\n FLASH: PUSH IN ON ODIN AT THE CLIFFS.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n I'm the Goddess of Death.\n\n FLASH: PUSH IN ON ODIN AT THE CLIFFS.\n\n HELA (CONT'D)\n What were you the God of again?\n\n As Hela digs two blades into his chest, Thor SCREAMS...\n\n And everything goes SILENT. SKY. We PAN DOWN to-\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 115.\n\n\n126A EXT. CLIFFS - DAY 126A\n\n - where we find Thor (dressed and injured as he was on the\n balcony), back in the sweeping fields where we met Hela for\n the first time.\n\n ODIN (O.S.)\n Even when you had two eyes you were\n only seeing half the picture.\n\n Thor turns to see his father, sitting where we last saw him.\n Thor falls to his knees.\n\n THOR\n She's too strong. Without my\n hammer I cannot--\n\n ODIN\n Are you Thor, God of Hammers?\n\n Thor looks up, meeting his gaze.\n\n ODIN (CONT'D)\n That hammer helped you control your\n power, focus it. But it was never\n the source of your strength.\n\n Odin stands, as does Thor.\n\n THOR\n It's too late. She's already taken\n Asgard.\n\n ODIN\n Asgard is not a place. Never has\n been.\n (gestures around him)\n This could be Asgard. It is\n wherever our people stand. And\n right now those people need you.\n\n Odin turns to go.\n\n THOR\n I'm not as strong as you.\n\n ODIN\n No. You're stronger.\n\n As Odin turns to leave, a SHADOW in the shape of HELA'S\n HEADDRESS falls across him. He looks up and we are...\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 116.\n\n\n126B EXT. PALACE BALCONY - CONTINUOUS 126B\n\n Thor looks up to the sky.\n\n She digs the blades deeper into Thor's chest. He groans in\n pain. Everything DARKENS as BLACK CLOUDS gather overhead.\n\n HELA\n Tell me brother, what were you the\n God of again...?\n\n CLOSE ON Thor's clenched fist, small arcs of electricity\n forming.\n\n -THE LOUDEST CRACK OF THUNDER YOU'VE EVER HEARD! In an\n instant, Thor and Hela are ENGULFED in a bolt of lightning!!\n\n KA-BOOM! Hela is BLASTED OUT of the lightning and sent\n CRASHING into the streets of Asgard. Her costume is\n tattered, the black extensions of her power hanging off her\n body in some places. She appears to be unconscious!\n\n All around Asgard, EVERYONE looks up at this massive strike.\n\n\n127 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE (OBSERVATORY SIDE) - CONTINUOUS 127\n\n BOOM! Thor LANDS HARD on his feet. Muscles swollen, veins\n pulsing with electricity. A living storm.\n\n Thor DIVES INTO THE FRAY. He moves like a bolt of lightning,\n SURGING through the army of Butchers in quick SLASHING JOLTS.\n\n\n128 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE (CITY SIDE) - SAME 128\n\n Valkyrie CHARGES into the ocean of Butchers. Wielding\n Dragonfang, backlit by the POPS of fireworks.\n\n\n129 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE (HERO SHOT) - CONTINUOUS 129\n\n Moving across the entire epic battle.\n\n On the city side, Valkyrie CUTS A SWATHE through the\n relentless onslaught of Butchers. Heavy damage.\n\n At the middle of the bridge, Heimdall helps load the fleeing\n Asgardians onto the Ark.\n\n Within the melee are Loki, Korg and the Sakaarians. Loki\n SLASHES through Butchers wielding his two long daggers.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 117.\n\n\n In the water below, Hulk and Fenris WRESTLE in an colossal\n clash of FISTS, CLAWS, and TEETH.\n\n Beyond that, Thor is wielding electrified weapons and\n BLASTING entire packs of Butchers off the bridge!\n\n Lost in the chaos is Skurge, who sees the tides turning. He\n throws down his axe and blends into the crowd.\n\n130 OMITTED 130\n\n131 OMITTED 131\n\n132 EXT. ASGARD - WATER BELOW - CONTINUOUS 132\n\n Fenris has Hulk in his mouth, underwater. Trying to drown\n the green goliath!\n\n Fenris' teeth PUNCTURE Hulk's skin. He BELLOWS, THRASHING.\n\n Hulk winds up and SLAMS Fenris in the snout!\n\n Fenris snaps back, revealing that-\n\n -THEY'VE REACHED THE REALM'S EDGE!\n\n Fenris is knocked off, plummeting off of Asgard into space.\n\n Hulk grabs hold of the slippery rocks, desperately trying to\n climb back as water pours down on him.\n\n\nA133 OMITTED A133\n\n\n133 EXT. THE ARK - SAME 133\n\n Asgardians continue RUSHING onto the ship.\n\n In the crowd we find Skurge! He's thrown a cloak over\n himself and is sneaking in amongst the refugees.\n\n134 OMITTED 134\n\n135 OMITTED 135\n\n\n136 OMITTED 136\n\n\n137 OMITTED 137\n\n138 OMITTED 138\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 118.\n\n\n139 OMITTED 139\n\nA140 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS A140\n\n Our heroes have drastically thinned down the herd of\n Butchers.\n\n It's pandemonium. The Ark's engines are deafening, but you\n can still hear the sound of terrified people SCREAMING.\n\n Thor helps Loki to his feet.\n\n THOR\n You're late.\n\n LOKI\n You're missing an eye.\n\n Valkyrie finishes off a handful of enemies, but then notices\n something. She WHISTLES to get the others' attention.\n\n VALKYRIE\n This isn't over.\n\n All around the bridge, our heroes look to see-\n\n -Hela arriving at the far side of bridge. She is seething\n with power, a vision of death.\n\n Having just come out of this huge battle, they are all weary\n and nursing injuries. Loki and Val are hurting worse than\n Thor.\n\n Hela walks towards them. Menacing and deliberate.\n\n Thor, Loki, and Val step forward to protect the Asgardians.\n They huddle together.\n\n THOR\n I think we should disband the\n Revengers.\n\n LOKI\n Hit her with a lightning blast.\n\n THOR\n I just hit her with the biggest\n lightning blast in the history of\n lightning. It did nothing.\n\n VALKYRIE\n We need to hold her off until\n everybody's on board.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 119.\n\n\nThor looks at the people boarding behind him.\n\n THOR\n It won't end there. The longer\n Hela's on Asgard the more powerful\n she grows. She'll hunt us down.\n We need to stop her here and now.\n\n VALKYRIE\n What's our move?\n\n LOKI\n I'm not doing \"Get help.\"\n\nThor sees Hela approaching. He sees the palace behind her. He\ncomes to a realization.\n\n THOR\n Asgard's not a place, it's a\n people.\n (then)\n This was never about stopping\n Ragnarok...it was about causing\n Ragnarok.\n (to Loki:)\n Go to the vault. Surtur's crown.\n It's the only way.\n\n LOKI\n (impressed)\n Bold move, brother. Even for me.\n\nLoki runs off, leaving Thor and Val to deal with Hela.\n\n THOR\n Shall we?\n\n VALKYRIE\n After you.\n\nThor ATTACKS. They CLASH, kicking off this monumental\nconfrontation. Hela manifests pitch black weapons to attack\nThor, but Thor is conjuring powerful bolts of electricity\nwith the same speed and ferocity.\n\nJust as Thor is surging with newfound lightning powers,\nHela's powers seem to be enhanced as well.\n\nThe battle is relentless and fast-paced. Thor is holding his\nown against Hela. Maybe they can win this thing.\n\nAfter several fearsome exchanges, Hela PUNCTURES his shoulder\nand then DARTS past him with startling speed.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 120.\n\n\n Undeterred, Thor RUSHES Hela again. Valkyrie joins in,\n forcing Hela to fight them both.\n\n\nBB140 EXT. THE ARK - SAME BB140\n\n While the Asgardians still scramble to get on board above-\n\n -find the Commodore ship, swooping down below the bridge.\n\n\nBC140 INT. COMMODORE SHIP - CONTINUOUS BC140\n\n Find Loki in the pilot's seat.\n\n LOKI\n This is madness.\n\n The ship ACCELERATES towards the palace of Asgard.\n\n\nBD140 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS BD140\n\n Thor continues FIGHTING Hela while Valkyrie BLOCKS Hela's\n attempts to spear the Asgardians from afar.\n\n Hela isn't landing any fatal blows, but she's carving Thor up\n and making steady progress towards the Ark.\n\n However, the Asgardian refugees finally make it aboard. An\n injured Heimdall, Korg, and Miek are the last to get on.\n\n Thor and Heimdall make eye contact. Thor calls out:\n\n THOR\n GO! GO NOW!\n\n As the Ark's engines begin to POWER UP-\n\n -Hela HARPOONS Thor. He goes down, grimacing in pain.\n\n Hela begins to CONJURE AN ENORMOUS MANIFESTATION OF HER\n POWERS, A GIANT BLACK SPIKE FROM THE BEDROCK OF ASGARD THAT\n STABS THE ARK AND PREVENTS IT FROM LEAVING!\n\n Butchers begin to scramble up onto the Ark!\n\nB140 OMITTED B140\n\nBE140 EXT. ARK - CONTINUOUS BE140\n\n The refugees REACT IN TERROR as the Butchers begin CLIMBING\n from the bridge to the Ark. In the frightened crowd we find-\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 121.\n\n\n -Skurge, still cloaked. He sees innocent Asgardians huddled\n together, trying to protect their families. He's having a\n crisis of conscience. An epiphany.\n\n\nC140 OMITTED C140\n\nD140 OMITTED D140\n\n\nE140 INT. ODIN'S VAULT - SAME E140\n\n LOKI rushes in and picks up Surtur's skull.\n\n As he walks towards the Eternal Flame, The Tesseract draws\n his attention. Tempting him.\n\n\nF140 EXT. THE ARK - CONTINUOUS F140\n\n The first wave of Butchers arrives on board, heading straight\n for a cowering family. Just as they're about to be killed--\n\n POW! POW! POW! The Butchers fall dead.\n\n Everyone turns to see SKURGE, now uncloaked, wielding his two\n M-16s from Texas.\n\n SKURGE\n For Asgard.\n\n Skurge runs forward, LEAPS off the Ark, and LANDS on the\n bridge right where all the Butchers are coming to life.\n BLASTING AWAY the Butchers before they can get aboard.\n\n Behind Skurge, the Ark begins to LIFT OFF.\n\n Skurge keeps FIRING and then-\n\n SKURGE (CONT'D)\n HELA!\n\n Hela turns to see Skurge blasting his way through her\n Butchers, trying to make his way to her.\n\n Disappointed, Hela FIRES a blade through Skurge's heart.\n\n Skurge has been killed...\n\n ...but the Ark now ASCENDS unfettered.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 122.\n\n\n140 INT. ODIN'S VAULT - SAME 140\n\n LOKI places Surtur's skull in the Eternal Flame.\n\n LOKI\n With the Eternal Flame, you are\n reborn.\n\n As the fire CRACKLES, Surtur's skull begins to GROW.\n\n\n141 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS 141\n\n Hela has Val in her clutches, but her focus is on the\n aftermath of Skurge's last stand and the Ark's subsequent\n escape. She's furious, about to unleash hell when-\n\n THOR (O.S.)\n HELA! Enough!\n\n Hela turns to see Thor, having yanked out the harpoon...\n\n ...and it looks like he's laying down his sword!\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n You want Asgard? It's yours.\n\n HELA\n Whatever game you're playing, it\n won't work. You can't defeat me.\n\n THOR\n No, but he can.\n\n KA-BOOM! EXPLODING through the roof of the palace is SURTUR!\n\n This is a different Surtur than the opening. He is slowly\n but steadily GROWING in size, and he carries with him a\n massive flaming sword, which GROWS as well.\n\n Surtur's arrival literally SHAKES the bedrock of Asgard,\n causing FISSURES to spiderweb all around him, and DISLODGING\n some of the foundation on the bridge and around the palace.\n\n Hela's eyes go wide. She wasn't expecting this.\n\n HELA\n No...NO!\n\n\nA142 OMITTED A142\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 123.\n\n\nB142 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS B142\n\n In the background the Ark continues its ascent, now high up\n above the city.\n\n Hela's attention is on Surtur as the palace COLLAPSES around\n him. So she is unprepared for-\n\n -SHLNK! Mustering up all her remaining strength, Val DRIVES\n Dragonfang through Hela's chest, effectively PINNING her to\n the bridge.\n\n Refocused on Val, Hela goes to deliver a death blow when-\n\n -Thor BOLTS forward! He PULLS Val from Hela's clutches.\n\n Thor turns and FIRES LIGHTNING INTO DRAGONFANG, which\n DISLODGES the section of the bridge that Hela is pinned to!\n\n The ground beneath Hela BREAKS FREE and she goes FALLING down\n into the expanding fissure in Asgard's bedrock.\n\n Badly injured, Thor and Valkyrie look up to see-\n\n -Surtur INCREASING in size, now towering over the palace.\n\n SURTUR\n Tremble before me Asgard, for I am\n your reckoning!\n\n Surtur swings his sword, destroying an entire city block.\n\n THOR and VALKYRIE look up.\n\n VALKYRIE\n The people are safe. That's all\n that matters.\n\n THOR\n We're fulfilling the prophecy.\n\n VALKYRIE\n I hate this prophecy.\n\n THOR\n So do I, but we have no choice.\n\n In the background, Hulk hops up onto the bridge. Looks\n around, zeroing in on Surtur.\n\n SURTUR\n Surtur destroys Asgard, he destroys\n Hela so that our people can live.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 124.\n\n\n Hulk CHARGES behind them, still unseen by Thor and Val.\n\n THOR\n We need to let him finish...\n (finally sees Hulk)\n No!\n\n HULK LEAPS UP AND LANDS ONTO SURTUR'S FACE and begins\n POUNDING the fire giant with furious punches!\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Hulk no! Stop it you moron!!\n\n It's not doing much damage, but the shock of it plus Hulk's\n impact makes Surtur take a destructive step back.\n\n Hulk is trying to rip out one of Surtur's horns when Surtur\n reaches up and GRABS HIM with a giant fiery hand.\n\n Surtur HURLS Hulk away from him. Sends him CRASHING DOWN.\n\n Hulk stumbles to his feet, dazed and SMOKING. After gathering\n his bearings, Hulk gets REALLY ANGRY and heads back towards\n Surtur for round two, but-\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n Hulk, just for once in your life,\n don't smash!\n\n HULK\n But...big Monster.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Hulk! Let's go.\n\n Hulk stops. Looking between Surtur and Thor & Val. This is\n a real Sophie's Choice for Hulk. On the one hand, he really\n wants to kill that thing. On the other hand...\n\n HULK\n Friends.\n\n Hulk PICKS UP Thor and Valkyrie. He then squats down, and-\n\n -LEAPS WITH ALL HIS MIGHT! The trio SHOOTS UP into the night\n sky like a rocket blasting off. Their trajectory is heading\n right at the Ark as it reaches the lower orbit of Asgard.\n\n\n142 EXT. ARK - PLATFORM - CONTINUOUS 142\n\n Hulk lands gently, as though he were stepping out of bed. He\n casually DROPS Thor and Val, both exhausted.\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 125.\n\n\n143 EXT. ASGARD - SAME 143\n\n A bird's eye view shows TOTAL CARNAGE AND MADNESS on Asgard.\n\n Surtur has grown to EXTINCTION LEVEL SCALE. SLASHING AWAY at\n the landscape below, when suddenly-\n\n -A MASSIVE BLACK SPIKE EXPLODES FROM THE WATER AND SLAMS INTO\n SURTUR'S CHEST!\n\n From beneath the water, Hela EXPLODES back onto the scene,\n riding a huge spiked manifestation of her powers.\n\n She's going for Surtur. ATTACKING with all her might.\n\n Surtur winds up, holding his sword above his head.\n\n SURTUR\n I am Asgard's doom!!\n\n True to his word, Surtur fulfills his destiny and-\n\n -DRIVES HIS SWORD THROUGH HELA AND INTO THE HEART OF ASGARD!\n\n\n144 INT. THE ARK - MAIN CABIN - SAME 144\n\n Everyone watches as Surtur drives his sword through Asgard.\n\n KORG\n The damage is not too bad. As long\n as the foundations are strong, we\n can rebuild this place. It will\n become a haven for all people and\n aliens of the universe...\n\n When the fiery sword touches the crystalline base of Asgard\n there is a VIOLENT DETONATION OF ENERGY!\n\n A CATACLYSMIC EARTHQUAKE! The entire realm is SPLIT IN TWO!\n\n In an instant, Thor's home is BLOWN TO PIECES.\n\n Asgard is gone.\n\n KORG (CONT'D)\n Nope, those foundations are gone.\n Sorry.\n\n Stay on Thor as he processes the decisions he's made.\n\n THOR\n What have I done?\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 126.\n\n\n Heimdall joins him.\n\n HEIMDALL\n You saved us from extinction.\n Asgard is not a place, it's a\n people.\n\n\n145 EXT. SPACE - INDETERMINATE TIME 145\n\n The Ark cruises among the chaos that once was Asgard.\n\n\n146 INT. THE ARK - CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS 146\n\n Thor looks at his reflection in a mirror. His wounds are\n bandaged, including his now missing eye. His armor is clean.\n\n Thor takes a beat, as though trying to get used to the sight\n of the man looking back at him.\n\n LOKI (O.S.)\n It suits you.\n\n Thor turns to reveal Loki standing by the door. A smile.\n\n THOR\n Perhaps you're not so bad after\n all, brother.\n\n LOKI\n Maybe not.\n\n THOR\n Thank you, Loki.\n\n Thor picks up a soap dish.\n\n THOR (CONT'D)\n And if you were here, I might even\n give you a hug.\n\n Thor THROWS the dish at Loki. Loki catches it.\n\n LOKI\n Do we have to hug now?\n\n Thor smiles.\n\n\n147 OMITTED 147\n\n148 OMITTED 148\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 127.\n\n\nA149 EXT. THE ARK - SPACE A149\n\n The giant cruiseliner is gliding through space, the twinkling\n of stars all around it.\n\n\n149 INT. THE ARK - MAIN DECK 149\n\n Thor steps out onto the main deck to see an assembly of both\n Asgardian and Sakaarian refugees awaiting their King.\n\n Thor looks over his people and begins to walk through the\n crowd. His subjects part, allowing him through.\n\n It is the antithesis of the opening coronation from the first\n THOR movie. The people aren't cheering and lauding him, but\n rather they are smiling. Humbly bowing. Grateful.\n\n And Thor isn't acting arrogant. Not trying to show off any\n swagger. He is stately. A contemplative and dignified king.\n\n At the end of the procession, Hulk, Loki, Valkyrie, and\n Heimdall stand next to the CAPTAIN'S CHAIR.\n\n VALKYRIE\n Your throne.\n\n Pause. Reluctant acceptance. Thor sits down.\n\n Flanking him on opposite sides are Valkyrie and Heimdall.\n Behind/towering above them is the Hulk. Loki joins them.\n\n HEIMDALL\n So, King of Asgard.\n\n Thor turns around to see THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE staring back,\n silently awaiting word from their new King. Now feeling the\n true weight of the crown, Thor takes a moment... and then:\n\n HEIMDALL (CONT'D)\n Where to?\n\n THOR\n I'm not sure. Any suggestions?\n Miek, what's your home planet?\n\n Angle on Korg, who is holding Miek (sans robot exoskeleton).\n\n KORG\n Oh, Miek's dead. I accidentally\n stepped on him on the bridge, I've\n just felt so guilty I've been\n carrying him around all day...\n BLUE DRAFT 05/20/16 128.\n\n\n Miek WRIGGLES to life. Korg lights up.\n\n KORG (CONT'D)\n Miek, you're alive! He's alive\n everyone! What was your question?\n\n Thor looks forward, taking charge of this one.\n\n THOR\n Earth it is.\n\n CUT TO BLACK.\n\n THE END.\n\n\nTAG INT. THE ARK - DAY TAG\n\n THOR and LOKI look out the window.\n\n LOKI\n Do you really think it's a good\n idea to go back to Earth?\n\n THOR\n Sure! They love me there.\n\n LOKI\n Let me rephrase: Do you really\n think it's a good idea to bring me\n back to Earth?\n\n Thor smiles, getting it. Pats Loki on the shoulder.\n\n THOR\n Probably not. But don't worry,\n brother...I've got a feeling that\n everything's going to work out.\n\n Then through the window, they see-\n\n -THE MASSIVE FORM OF SANCTUARY-2, THANOS' WARSHIP\n approaching.\n\n\nTAG1 EXT. THE ARK - SAME TAG1\n\n A wider view allows us to see all of Sanctuary-2, dwarfing\n the Ark in size.\n\n END.\n "}