8 Movie Trailers That Contained The Final Shot Of The Film
Uhh... spoiler alert?
With our leisure time being stretched thin by more and more games, movies, TV shows and comic-books, movie trailers are forced to reveal the most crowd-pleasing, exciting shots from their films, in an attempt to draw in the biggest crowd possible.
Usually, this isn't anything to complain about. Sure, it can be annoying to learn that you've seen most of the best bits in the trailers, but it's quite rare that these trailers actually spoil key story developments, like character deaths, surprise cameos or plot twists (barring the odd example, like Terminator Genisys' ridiculously showy marketing campaign).
There are even examples of movie trailers featuring the film's very last, pre-credits shot. Granted, most of the time these are shown quickly and out of context, but it's still an odd creative decision to release the very last frame of a movie before anyone in the world has seen it.
This has happened way more times than you probably realised and looking back, it's weird to think you actually saw the endings of these eight movies long before you took your seat in the cinema.
8. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The severely underrated The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was neither a box-office monster nor a critical favourite, and it came and went with little fanfare - not counting the small, vocal group of people who actually saw it, and begged anyone who would listen to head to the theatre.
Its ending actually set up a sequel, with Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander and Henry Cavill's characters being told they were required for a new mission, working together - a tad reluctantly - under the codename "U.N.C.L.E" (the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement).
This final shot of the three looking irate and a little perplexed (along with Hugh Grant revealing their codename) was featured in the film's Comic-Con trailer, which was released around a month before the film itself.
The shot itself didn't really register as a spoiler because, well, it's just three people standing around with no context. Looking back, its inclusion in the trailer was pretty harmless.