10 Genius Misdirects In MCU Movie Trailers
6. Wanda's Vision - Avengers: Age Of Ultron
The marketing for Avengers: Age of Ultron was criticised by many fans for wildly misrepresenting the film's tone, suggesting that it was a much darker Avengers sequel, only for the final product to be relatively light-hearted and Ultron (James Spader) to be far more of a comedic antagonist than expected.
There was one clever editing flourish in the movie's first teaser trailer, though, which got fans relentlessly discussing the possibility that Ultron would deal massive, even fatal damage to the focal Avengers line-up.
A single shot showed what appeared to be the corpse of Thor (Chris Hemsworth) lying next to Captain America's broken shield during what fans understandably assumed was one of the heroes' clashes with Ultron.
But in the film itself, this actually turns out to be a mere vision administered to Tony by Scarlet Witch, whereby Tony witnesses the Avengers' apparent defeat at the hands of the Chitauri from the first Avengers film.
Hilariously even as an illusion it hasn't got anything to do with Ultron, yet was quite perfectly sliced into the movie's trailers to help establish an altogether drearier and more imposing vibe for the sequel's marketing.