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Some secrets were never meant to get out... Join us as we count down our picks for the leaked footage and scripts that spoiled movies, reshaped their productions, and changed how audiences viewed them forever. We will be comparing both scrapped and official plot points, so beware — there will be spoilers ahead!
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00:00we're going to stop this system going online and then i'm going to bring you in on what grounds
00:05exactly poor taste in friends welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for
00:12the leaked footage and scripts that spoiled movies reshape their productions and change how audience
00:17viewed them we will be comparing both scrapped and official plot points so there will be spoilers
00:22ahead my sister don't make it off of this mountain alive neither do you number 10 the entire movie
00:29leaks avatar ang the last airbender a hundred years passed and my brother and i discovered the new
00:35avatar an airbender named ang this digital disaster started when a few short clips were anonymously
00:40posted online a high quality copy surfaced soon after and it spread across social media like
00:46wildfire within hours the last airbender fans were sharing and dissecting the film months ahead of
00:51its release some of the animators asked the studio to give it a proper theatrical release instead of
00:55quietly dropping it on paramount plus they also urge fans to wait and support the film when it
01:00officially debuts avatar ang i know that you're a gentle spirit and the monks have taught you well
01:07but this isn't about you this is about the world but the monks taught me that i had to detach
01:14myself
01:14from the world so my spirit could be free their comments sadly did not stop over 10 million people
01:20from pirating the legend of ang anticipation for the film had been undercut striking a blow to the
01:26cast crew and the franchise's future ang you must defeat the fire lord before the comet arrives
01:34but i haven't even started learning water benzene number nine work print breaks loose hope long before
01:40marvel fans could see the finished version an unfinished cut made its way online something tells me you
01:56the results were expectedly rough missing visual effects and choppy edits made it look more like
02:02a behind-the-scenes reel than a blockbuster
02:11ready room send in our containment team non-lethal zone me i repeat non-lethal zone me i must have
02:17a
02:17sample of them sir
02:23online reactions were brutal with message boards tearing apart everything from the pacing to the
02:29incomplete cgi that negativity spread fast and hurt the jay giants image before premiere day box office
02:35numbers suffered as word of mouth kept audiences away the thing that worries me is a physical wound is
02:45finite but with emotions what's to say that it won't just go on and on and start a chain reaction
02:53it was
02:54one of the earlier major examples of how a leak could shape public perception and not in a good way
03:07number eight killers revealed online scream 2
03:14if ghostface's identity gets out before opening weekend drastic changes become unavoidable that's
03:21exactly what happened with the first sequel to the classic meta slasher you can't blame real life
03:26violence on entertainment what wait a second yes you can don't don't you even watch the news
03:30hello the murderer was wearing a ghost mask okay just like in the movie it's directly responsible
03:35no it's not the leaked script revealed sydney prescott's boyfriend derek and her best friend holly
03:40as the villains cotton weary was also supposedly a killer at one point believe me said i was as shocked
03:45as you were once those details spread the filmmakers overhauled the third act writer kevin
03:51williamson even claimed he wrote three endings to keep the real one a secret the final draft
03:55cemented mrs loomis and mickey as the true ghostface duel after scrambled rewrites and misleading dummy
04:01scripts the original screen too might have been scrapped but to many it arguably led to a better film
04:07can you tell us about what happened in there sydney can you tell us how it feels to be a
04:11hero
04:16talk to cotton he's the man you want to interview he's the hero number seven the blue door draft
04:23teenage mutant ninja turtles somebody stopped a foot robbery and left no evidence there is nothing
04:31oh i get it you wanted me to put nothing on the nightly news of course not fans rarely welcome
04:39major changes to beloved properties the leaked blue door draft of the live action tmnt reboot revealed
04:45the turtles as aliens from another dimension their master splinter would also have an extraterrestrial
04:49origin sparking immediate backlash we all stick together guys guys guys we got a bogey michael bay
05:00insisted that none of the new elements were finalized but by then the damage was done fans accused the
05:05filmmakers of abandoning the turtles grounded street level roots it also didn't help that william
05:10fichner was initially cast as the shredder which many saw as disrespectful to the villain's japanese
05:15background this was later changed in the final cut but the controversies had already put the film on
05:20the defensive drop your weapons or your father will die number six leak terminates the ending terminator
05:32salvation this franchise has had its fair share of shocking twists and reveals salvation's early drafts
05:38aim to pull off its boldest one yet in the finale john connor was supposed to die in a battle
05:43against
05:44skynet to maintain hope and keep the resistance alive john's skin was grafted onto marcus wright a
05:49human turned cyborg
05:58marcus would assume his identity and continue to lead the story got even weirder with marcus
06:04killing calories disrupting the timeline completely many argue that this undermined the mythology and
06:10themes of terminator the eventual pivot to a more hopeful ending did little to repair fans broken
06:15confidence there is a storm on the horizon a time of hardship and pain this battle has been won but
06:23the war
06:24against the machines rages on number five alien engineers prometheus long before fans could debate
06:31its meaning a very different version of the story was already making the rounds the leaked alien engineers draft by
06:37john
06:37spates painted a far more direct prequel to alien complete with facehuggers chestbursters and xenomorph
06:43style creatures you need to stay calm okay what's it to be calm about you need to stay calm because
06:47she
06:48is beautiful what the hell makes you think that's female yeah she's a lady look
06:57it followed a crew discovering humanity's creatures only for things to spire into a survival nightmare driven by the
07:04android david i understand how inappropriate this is given the circumstances but as you ordered quarantine
07:14fail safes it's my responsibility to ask have you and dr holloway had any intimate contact recently
07:24when the final film leaned more into black goo experiments and philosophical questions about creation
07:30fans who read the earlier script were split some preferred the stripped down terror that was
07:34closer to the traditional alien formula others appreciated the ambition and pure sci-fi approach
07:39to the final product either way the leak refrained expectations before release
07:59the x-men really needed a win after the mixed reception of the last stand the wolverine solo film was
08:06seemingly the answer until a word print leaked and spelled disaster from then on the unfinished cut left
08:12logan's claws looking unfinished green screens were everywhere invisible wires held actors mid-stunt
08:19beyond the visuals the work print revealed major story beats including wade wilson's final battle
08:24with logan and victor the exposure killed anticipation and turned the film into a punchline you're not
08:28an animal what you have is a gift gift you can return a gift
08:39even though the final version did have finished vfx it still failed to please audiences and critics
08:45you know when you said you were gonna kill everyone i thought you may just been exaggerating
08:49do i look like a man who exaggerates you're welcome
09:00so sorry am i interrupting not remotely 007 i'd like you to meet max denby head of the joint
09:06security service well it's a pleasure to finally meet you 007 i've heard a lot about you after the
09:10massive sony hack a script draft surfaced online along with studio notes exposing a film that
09:15executives found lacking leaked emails revealed alternate ideas including q and bond being held
09:21hostage madeline swan working with blofeld and blofeld not even being the villain it quickly became
09:26obvious to fans that the studio heads had no idea what they were doing the dull and messy third act
09:32received the most ridicule forcing the filmmakers to scramble for rewrites you're a hard man to kill
09:45ouch the cost ballooned as last minute changes were made before the release date
09:50after all that specter still struggled to win over audiences leaving it as one of the weaker entries
09:56in the daniel craig era i thought you'd come i have there's just one thing i need
10:19number two the alternate episode nine star wars episode nine the rise of skywalker leaks spoiled
10:26major plot points before audiences even saw this film revealing who would die and how palpatine would be
10:32defeated you will rule all the galaxy as the new emperor but beware she is not who you think she
10:43is
10:45an even more damaging script emerged after release titled duel of the fates it featured kylo ren as the
10:51main villain and ray who wasn't tied to palpatine but was a student of both the light and dark side
10:56look at yourself
11:00you wanted to prove to my mother that you were a jedi but you've proven something else
11:07you can't go back to him now
11:11like i can't
11:15give it to me finn led a stormtrooper uprising obi-wan made a brief cameo and the final battle took
11:21place of mortis a realm first seen in the clone wars together these scripts reinforced the biggest
11:26criticism of the sequel trilogy that lucasfilm had no clear plan tearing down any faith in the finale
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12:09number one the whole screenplay the hateful eight before you approach you take them two guns of yours
12:16and you lay them on that rock over yonder and you raise both your hands way above your hat
12:24then you approach trust was shattered when this agatha christie style script leaked to the public
12:29the entire whodunit structure was exposed along with an ending that originally killed off every
12:35character not unlike the story he wrote tarantino suspected that one of his actors and their agent
12:40was responsible for the leak talk about art imitating life the fallout was so bad that the
12:45director considered canceling the film and writing a novel instead he eventually made a version that
12:50was very different from his original vision do you have any reason why you would want to interfere
12:55with me saving my sister from a hangman's rope no you don't no i don't you sure you don't
13:03i mean we did just kill many and sweet day fortunately it was a decent success but it was a
13:10hard lesson
13:10learned for tarantino he reportedly kept his hard copies locked in a safe when shooting once upon a time in
13:15hollywood can't say we blame him which of these unproduced scripts is worse than the final film
13:34leak your answers in the comments down below
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