i'm sure in 20 years i'm gonna be like i
played him one day do you remember me
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down
our picks for the top 10 times studios
took insane measures to keep movies
secrets
i thought it was real the marketing was
great you know everybody wanted to see
it before it was even out
guys associate's a shield like you said
a spook story
this is how bad it is for me i was told
it was a wedding
for this list we'll be looking at movies
with secrets so big that sometimes even
members of the cast and crew were kept
in the dark
of course we can't talk about secrets
without a few spoilers
so consider this your warning were these
precautions totally justified or way too
extreme
let us know in the comments number 10
top secret superhero casting shazam
say my name really
no not my name no say the name that i
say to turn into this guy
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when shazam first came out in april of
2019
fans weren't expecting to be introduced
to five new superheroes
in addition to the film's titular hero
and that was no accident
director david f sandberg didn't want
any information getting leaked about the
film's final showdown
featuring grown-up superhero versions of
billy batson's foster siblings
which made casting these adult alter
egos a challenge
i'm sure in 20 years i'm gonna be like i
played him one day do you remember me
actors auditioning for the roles weren't
given scenes from the script to read but
instead read entirely new lines written
to give the actors just an idea of their
character's personality
without revealing any top-secret plot
information
the plan worked as the actors they cast
fit their roles perfectly
and the film's finale remained a secret
i could fly
number 9 marketing mysteries and
theories
cloverfield
during the making of cloverfield jj
abrams and paramount wanted to be
entirely in control
of how much information about the film
was made public and
everything released was extremely
calculated the first
teaser was created using entirely unique
footage specifically to inspire
speculation about the film
instead of using clips from the film
itself it was a risky move limiting the
information available about the movie
but it definitely paid off
the internet went crazy over speculation
about the film specifically about what
the mysterious monster would look like
what oh oh no
this led to packed theaters for opening
weekend as fans eagerly waited to see if
their theories were correct
tonight's gonna be the best night ever
number eight a post-production funeral
the dark knight rises
that's detonation
with audience anticipation at an
all-time high all eyes were on
christopher nolan and the production of
this batman trilogy's third installment
which made avoiding spoilers pretty
tricky
in particular the funeral scene for
bruce wayne toward the end
had to be handled with great care so
that anyone who happened to see the
filming process would not leak
information about the film's plot it is
a far
far better thing that i do
than i have ever done
it is a far far better rest that i go to
than i have ever known nolan had the art
department create a fake gravestone with
the name of another character miranda
tate
written on it to be digitally replaced
with bruce wayne later in
post-production
additionally christian bale was called
to set that day so no one would suspect
that the funeral was for his character
number seven iron man's end game ending
avengers end game and i
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am
iron man with over 10 years of cinematic
build up leading to this blockbuster
film
keeping plot secrets under wraps was a
high-stakes task
not everyone was trusted with handling
we're gonna be
the film's most closely guarded secret
was the filming of tony stark's funeral
scene
it was such an important scene that some
of the cast including
known blabbermouths mark ruffalo and tom
holland
were told that they were filming a
wedding not a funeral this is how bad it
is for me
i was told it was a wedding
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rewatching that scene with this
knowledge is a testament to the
incredible filmmaking that went into
this production
as the somber funeral is so tragic and
moving
one would never think it could be
mistaken for a wedding
number six drew barrymore dies first
scream you never told me your name why
do you want to know my name because i
want to know who i'm looking at
scream was a slasher flick unlike any
that came before it
thanks to some carefully thought out and
clever subversions of the horror genre
itself
the first example of this was early on
in the film but had months of build up
behind it
drew barrymore was easily the film's
biggest star and being in all the
trailers and posters leading up to the
film's release
it seemed like a guarantee she would be
the movie's last girl who would
eventually
survive in the end someone
is playing a deadly game it all began
with a scream over 9-1-1
this seemed so inevitable that when
barrymore's character was killed off in
the first scene
audiences were completely blindsided
her death proved that no one was safe
from the killer not even a major
celebrity
number five bruce willis becomes
ambidextrous
the sixth sense
bruce willis left-handedness almost gave
away one of the biggest plot twists in
film history
but luckily he was willing to go the
extra mile to keep the ending a surprise
in order to film a close-up shot of
willis circling a passage in a book
the actor had to learn to write with his
right hand instead of his dominant left
so that viewers wouldn't notice his
wedding ring was missing
the audience wasn't supposed to notice
the missing ring until the character
himself notices at the end of the film
leading him to realize he's actually
dead
i see people
they don't know they're dead such a
small detail could have easily been
overlooked
but shows how much care was taken to
keep the twist of surprise
number four a frighteningly realistic
marketing campaign
the blair witch project where are you
come on josh
i'm getting downstairs everything about
this film was meant to blur the line
between
fictional horror movie and real life
documentary whenever possible
including its downright scary marketing
i thought it was
real the marketing was great you know
everybody wanted to see it before it was
even out
the movie though fictional presents
itself as a completely true account of
the disappearance of three student
filmmakers who were searching for the
legendary blair witch
i just want to apologize
to mike's mom and josh's mom
and my mom
i'm sorry to everyone the urban legend
was made up for the movie
but its promotional website filled with
fabricated police reports and
interviews about the missing students
certainly felt very real
missing persons flyers with images of
the three main actors were passed out at
screenings
and the imdb page listed the actors as
missing presumed dead
for a year following the film's release
the mystery captivated audiences and the
film was a huge success
number three a cast full of kaiser soze
the usual suspects the greatest trick
the devil ever pulled was convincing the
world he didn't exist
criminal mastermind kaiser soze is as
elusive as he is notorious
so much so that the mystery of his true
identity even perplexed the cast members
of the usual suspects
kai's associate's a shield or like you
said a spook story
to protect the secret at the heart of
the film director brian singer managed
to convince multiple actors that their
character was secretly
sose gabriel byrne who played dean
keaton was so convinced he was playing
soze
that it led to an argument in the
parking lot during filming
i can't feel my legs this misdirection
ensured that even if
information about kaiser soze's real
identity were to be leaked to the public
it would probably be incorrect or
misleading information
and audiences could keep guessing up
until the film's final reveal
after that my guess is you'll never hear
from him again
number two alfred hitchcock locks up
psycho secrets
psycho well a boy's best friend is his
mother
decades before movie enthusiasts had to
dodge spoilers online
alfred hitchcock was doing the most he
could to keep information about psycho
from spreading to people who hadn't seen
it yet
critics weren't allowed any private
screenings before the film premiered
and hitchcock bought as many copies of
the book as he could so no one would
know the plot in advance
after psycho was released in theaters
hitchcock encouraged theaters to lock
their doors so no one would be able to
come in late
and recorded a message to audiences
imploring them not to share what they
had seen with anyone else
to this day psycho's unbelievable twists
continued to shock and terrify viewers
you wouldn't be made a fool out would
you but i'm not a fool well
and i'm not capable of being fooled not
even by a woman before we unveil our
number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
marvel leaks photos of yondu in infinity
war
guardians of the galaxy vol 2. michael
rooker was brought to infinity war
set to dispel rumors of his character's
death
telling you what are you doing you can't
yonder
oh
jj abrams con cover-up star trek into
darkness
abrams denied speculation that legendary
star trek villain khan would be in the
movie
john harrison was a fiction created the
moment i was awoken by your admiral
marcus to help him advance his cause
a smoke screen to conceal my true
identity
my name is khan capturing true amazement
the goonies the actors weren't allowed
to see the massive cavern set before
they started filming inside
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number one george lucas keeps his entire
crew in the dark
star wars episode 5 the empire strikes
back
he told me you killed it no
i am your father
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it may be one of the most well-known
movie plot twists of all time
but there was a time when only three
people in the entire world
knew who luke skywalker's father was the
day this unforgettable scene was filmed
darth vader's actor delivered an
alternate line
which was dubbed over with the original
line during the editing process
at the time of filming director irvin
kirchner mark hamill
and george lucas were the only ones who
knew the film's big twist
so it would have been easy to determine
the source of any potential leaks
thankfully the big secret was safe and
this much anticipated sequel was able to
live up to the hype surrounding it
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