10 Genius Misdirects In MCU Movie Trailers
8. Thanos' Infinity Stones - Avengers: Infinity War
The first of two incredibly smart misdirects in the trailers for Avengers: Infinity War, now.
In order to keep audiences ignorant of the film's many surprises, Marvel Studios sneakily re-edited key shots from the trailers to ensure that even those who pored over every last frame of material couldn't quite be sure where things were going.
Case in point, Infinity War's second trailer concluded with footage of Captain America managing to hold an Infinity Gauntlet-wielding Thanos (Josh Brolin) at bay.
Fans quickly noticed that, despite this fight scene appearing to be taken from the movie's climax, Thanos had just two of the Infinity Stones in the Gauntlet - the Space and Power Stones - making it unclear precisely when in the film it actually took place.
As it turns out, these shots - and some others throughout the trailers - were digitally manipulated to conceal how many Infinity Stones Thanos actually had.
Of course, in reality Thanos had collected five of the six Stones by this point, but Marvel Studios understandably wanted to throw fans for a loop and ensure there was plenty to be surprised by when they finally saw the movie for themselves. Very clever.