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Loki Prince of Mischief: Act I Scn I-II

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LOKI: Prince of Mischief
A screenplay


By j3px


ACT I, SCENES I-II


































LOKI: Prince of Mischief
ACT ONE SCENE ONE
EXT. Late afternoon, New York City, 3:51 p.m. EST.

MOVING
as we stand with Dr. Banner, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanoff, and Dr. Erik Selvig, surrounding Thor and Loki.

INT.
as Thor speaks to Loki

FAVORING
THOR
Brother.

FAVORING
LOKI, without moving, blinks, shifts eyes to Thor.
INT
THOR
(low voice)
Before our return to Asgard… we would
pay a few of our friends a visit.

LOKI glances wincingly at Thor.

LOKI
(blinks)

Hesitantly, LOKI clutches the portal control with Thor.

THOR
Dr. Selvig…
EXT
SELVIG
(nods)
INT
THOR
comrades…farewell.
EXT
Favoring THOR
As Banner, Stark, Rogers, Barton, & Romanoff- the AVENGERS- nod in syncopation.



1
MOVING
as we stand with Dr. Selvig and the Avengers, we watch the bright blue tractor beam of light draw Thor and Loki up.

CUT TO
OUTER SPACE, VOID, as the tractor beam flashes across our galaxy, warping THOR and LOKI, visible, their capes rustling through it.

(End ACT ONE, SCENE ONE)

ACT ONE SCENE TWO

ANOTHER ANGLE
as we needle out of our galaxy out of Andromeda, through foreign ones…

REVERSE ANGLE
across the stars, thrusting through the World Tree,, until reaching a dark, ice planet…

The beam hurtles the two violently aground of…

Jotunheim.

CLOSE SHOT
As the two tread fewer than twelve steps to find

…themselves…

CLOSER SHOT
On THOR (straight expression) and LOKI(barely concealing a nervous gulp)

CIRCULAR PAN
Act I-Sc 2-Jotunheim by JEBurton
…surrounded by hundreds of FROST GIANTS, standing three yards away from them. THOR, securing LOKI,

PAUSES
as one of the Jotun, we presume the leader, looks to either side, quietly.

ANGLE
FAVORING THOR AND LOKI
As the leader approaches them, gait lumbering.

2
FROST GIANT 1
(calm)
Odin’s son.

THOR
Indeed.(slight pause) Now… I come in peace.

FROST GIANT 1
Your father steals our casket… much of our planet lie in wake… and our king…

ANGLE
on LOKI, looking at snow

FROST GIANT 1
…is no more.
ANGLE
FAVORING THOR
As the wind kicks ice crystals in his right eye. He winces a little.
FROST GIANT 1
(still calm)
Why should we trust you now?

Deliberately, THOR sets Mjolnir down in front of him.

THOR
(rising, contrite)
I... can only answer for my own actions.

(pause)
In my arrogance and haste, I came before your people

ANGLE
FAVORING LOKI, shifting glance from Thor to Jotun,
still unable to speak.
THOR
(smoldering)
to avenge what I had no right to.Allowing my imagined slights to master me.

(gesturing to Jotun)
I... had taken the lives of over two hundred of your men.
(pause)
For this wrong, I am truly sorry… and ask your forgiveness.


3
REVERSE ANGLE
On LOKI, masking contempt for THOR’S contrition.

ANGLE
On JOTUN LEADER, approaching THOR and LOKI.
He makes stern eye contact with THOR for seems an hour.

FROST GIANT 1
(on Loki, to Thor)
And this one?

THOR
(exhales, to JOTUN)
Look at his eyes.
FOCUS
On LOKI
who grimaces, trying to feign remorse… covering the hatred he barely conceals.

FROST GIANT 1
Our king
ANGLE
Favoring LOKI
darting a glance straight at JOTUN LEADER.

FROST GIANT 1
is gone.

FROST GIANT 2
The All-Father has our Casket.
(pause)
We want what is ours, Asgardian.

ANGLE SHIFT TO
An elder Jotun approaching the leader, whispers to him. LEADER nods.
THOR
I would speak with my father alone…

(slight pause)
…but I’m afraid that is all I can do for your people.
(turns very slowly, LOKI trailing)

FROST GIANT 1
Before you leave, Odin’s son…

4
ANGLE ON THOR, AT RIGHT
as The Jotunheim winds pick up force.

FROST GIANT
You recall… our world was demolished not long after your last ‘visit’. Thousands lost their lives. We have reason…

ANGLE
On THOR, wind sending his hair in his face.

…to believe the attack came…

MOVING
On LOKI
…from Asgard.

THOR’S EYES glance involuntarily toward LOKI. Another JOTUN leans forward.

FROST GIANT 3
We want the murderer

…who did all of this.
MOVING LEFT
To what appears to be dismal wreckage in the distance, hinting at something reminiscent of a holocaust.
Jotunheim wind gains more intensity, into a gale.

THOR
(steps back, wincing in wind)
I.. will look into it. We will see to it
that the one responsible for this…

ANGLE FAVORING FROST GIANT 3
His eyes piercing LOKI’S, drawing him in uncomfortably.

…faces Asgardian justice.

FROST GIANT 3
(turning slowly, to THOR)
Yes. See to it.

THOR nods. Picks up Mjolnir. Steps back.




5

THOR
Farewell.
(turns)

FOCUS SHIFT
as FROST GIANTS slowly back away. Piercing wind kicks up ice crystals into mist

MOVING
as we watch, with the JOTUN, the bright blue beam of light draw Loki and Thor up once more.

CUT TO
beam flashing across YGGDRASIL, warping THOR and LOKI, visible, their capes flapping through… reaching…

SWEEPING ANGLE ON
Beam drawn in on
the BIFROST BRIDGE

guided by HEIMDALL, watchful guardian of Asgard.

(End ACT ONE, SCENE TWO)
*Summary*:
Loki is banished to Earth like his brother was. We get to see the kind of man he becomes with his silver tongue and all of his sorcery stripped away...living as a mortal among us. We see what he must do as a mortal if he hopes to gain a shot at redemption... or is he up to something else? Is he capable of regaining Odin's good graces? Or will he strike out alone?

By the way, this deals with the aftermath of his destruction of Jotunheim in Thor (2011)-[the Frost Giants want justice!] and the fallout of Loki's uneasy alliance with Thanos. Yes- Thanos is the key villain behind the scenes.... he wants that Infinity Gauntlet back!


4/13/13 *Update: As originally planned, the script is being rewritten to include Thanos as the villain behind the scenes.

Fan fiction for same title, in Screenplay form.
This takes place right at the end of the Marvel movie The Avengers (2012).

Following Loki's war on Earth and the Avengers, Thor returns him to Asgard to stand trial for his crimes against Earth (Midgard) and Jotunheim... but not before touching bases with Frost Giants on their Ice Planet. Will their surprise visit end in a start of peace talks...or will it reignite the centuries-old war between Asgard and Jotunheim?


Act I, Scene III:  Loki Prince of Mischief: Act I Scn III
LOKI: Prince of Mischief
A screenplay
By j3px
ACT I, SCENE III
LOKI: Prince of Mischief
ACT ONE SCENE THREE
TRIAL
INT the entrance/exit chamber of the Bifrost Bridge
HEIMDALL looks on.
THOR
Heimdall, where is my father?
HEIMDALL
He awaits at the Palace of Asgard.
THOR
(slight pause)
Why is he there?
HEIMDALL
Find him first,
and ask.
THOR
(to Loki)
Come, brother.
ANGLE
on THOR and LOKI
entering the threshold of the brightly lit palace, where a ceremony awaits…one fit for a king…a new king.
INT
as THOR leads LOKI down the palace steps. Flanked by hundreds upon hundreds of onlookers, a deafening roar of applause befalls the stunned noble warrior.
ANGLE
on LOKI
blinded by the dazzling brightness, quenched by a dour air.
THOR advances, losing no momentum. Mother Frigga, Lady Sif, and the Warriors Three await their friend.
Approaching ODIN’S throne, THOR places Mjolnir at his side,
6
REVERSE ANGLE
ZOOMING
As ODIN stamps Gugnir onstage for silence.
PAN
as silence deafens t
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AshATurner's avatar
:clap: very well done! I'm not overly fond of reading things in script form (it was a painful struggle to get used to reading Shakespeare), but this was really quite enjoyable! Thor is wonderfully in character, and it was easy to imagine the Jotuns around them. And even though Loki doesn't have any verbal lines, you've done well to capture his demeanor. 
Really, you've already had me interested in this story for a while, but I'm very excited now! :)