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10 Devastating Movie Endings to Highly Anticipated 2018 Movies That Never Happened

Highly Anticipated 2018 Movies:

2018 was the year of highly anticipated movies releasing on the big screens. The Quiet Place, Bird Box, Incredibles 2, Avengers: Infinity War, Aquaman, Black Panther, and the likes absolutely dominated the globe. The movies managed to keep the audience glued to the screens but they came deceptively close to making us see something that we would have never managed to un-see. Weirdly bizarre alternative storytelling is the new way of captivating the audience.

You show them one thing and the very next moment, something else takes up the spotlight that you would have never expected. It has all been a grand game of smoke and mirrors for last year’s Hollywood. We are here to present some examples of 2018 movies that almost made us cry with their endings until they changed it at the last minute. Presenting – 10 Devastating Movie endings to highly anticipated 2018 movies that never happened!!

 1. Avengers: Infinity War

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The actual Ending:

The snap happened and half the universe was wiped out. Thanos had in his way the entire array of Earth’s superheroes. He breezed through them like a hot knife on butter. Iron Man, Doctor Strange, the Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man and Black Panther all fell to his rampage. Many of the allies lost their lives while the rest lost their near and dear ones as they watched the aftermath of their own defeat – the Universe just suffered its biggest genocide.

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The Ending that could have happened:

Concept art reveals that the ending for Avengers: Infinity War was supposed to be markedly different than the ones the theatres showed us. Infinity War was supposed to be a victory parade for the Avengers at the end. Just like Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and the rest of the Guardians managed to subdue Thanos on Titan, the Avengers were supposed to do the same. Alas, it never happened. But luckily, it is because of it not happening that we get to see Avengers: Endgame. So – Win Win!

 2. A Star is born

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The actual Ending:

The tale of Bradley Cooper’s character comes to a heart-wrenching end in this movie. A famous country singer that has won not only numerous awards but also the hearts and minds of millions of fans, Jack mentors the up and coming star Ally played by Lady Gaga. As Ally’s career skyrockets, Jack falls into alcohol abuse. When Ally starts neglecting her career to look after Jack, Jack decides to hang him in the garage and stop being the thorn in Ally’s path to stardom.

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The Ending that could have happened:

In all the endings that the writers wrote for the movie, Jack was supposed to die. But it was in the way in which he died that made all the difference. In one version of the script, Jack dies by literally swimming into the middle of the ocean and drowning himself to death. While that could have made the movie really dark, the hanging part does not make it any better to watch.

 3. Game Night

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The actual Ending:

Game Night ends with a very clever post-credits sequence. One of the running gags of the movie is that Kylie Bunbury’s character Michelle had sex with a celebrity. Her husband Kevin (Lamorne Harris) would never approve of this and was annoyed by it. In the post-credits scene, we come to know that Michelle did not have sex with Denzel Washington. It was actually an impostor named Kenny who looked just like him.

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The Ending that could have happened:

The alternate ending for the sleeper hit movie showed that it was not a Denzel Washington impostor that Michelle had sex with. In this ending, it was Glenn Close. Both would have been equally hilarious but our heart beats for Denzel more than Glenn.

 4. Black Panther

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The actual Ending:

The movie ends with Erik Killmonger dying a rather heroic death. T’Challa is finally convinced that Wakanda can no longer stay hidden from the world and needs to come out of its shell. Then there is the United Nations Mid Credits and the Winter Soldier – White wolf post-credits scene. Wakanda decides, under T’Challa’s orders, that it is time for Wakanda to spread its technology to the other parts of the world that actually need it more than they ever could.

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The Ending that could have happened:

Ryan Coogler, Director of Black Panther, claims that the movie was supposed to end at the United Nations mid-credits scene. The Post Credits scene showing the revival of Bucky Barnes aka the Winter Soldier was only shot and added into the final cut later.

 5. Insidious: The Last Key

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The actual Ending:

The latest entrant into the insidious universe shows Elise encountering another individual with the ability to travel into “The Further” just like she can. Imogen, her niece, can also travel the astral plane into the land of the living dead. Together, they encounter Key Face and summon Imogen’s mom to defeat the monster.

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The Ending that could have happened 

Elise, in the alternate ending, was in lesser danger than the theatrical version one. She would have easily ended Key Face’s murderous streak and would have delivered the cheesiest and ugliest kill lines imaginable – “Get a breath mint assh*le”.

 6. Ant-Man and the Wasp

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The actual Ending:

The movie ended with Scott Lang trapped in the Quantum realm as the other members of his team dissolve into corporeal ash. The ending was grim and bleak and it tied directly into the immediate events of Avengers: Infinity War, perfecting the continuity lop.

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The Ending that could have happened:

Director Peyton Reed has confirmed that there was an even darker version of that ending that was deemed too extreme for the final version. This ending would literally show Evangeline Lily and the rest turning into dust. Luckily, our meek little hearts did not get to watch it.

 7. The Quiet Place

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The actual Ending:

John Krasinski’s character sacrifices his life to save the lives of his children and his wife. Emily Blunt, Regan and Marcus then deduce that high pitched noise is those creatures’ kryptonite. They tend to decide to lure them in via noise and kill them when they are distracted by using loud sounds to their advantage.

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The Ending that could have happened:

The hopeful ending was never going to happen. The Director of the movie claims that he was totally against Emily Blunt shooting the character as he thought they were invincible. But in the end, a speech by Steven Spielberg moved him into turning this from a tragic ending to a happy one.

 8. Deadpool 2

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The actual Ending:

Wade Wilson travels back in time to undo the wrongs of his past in what is probably the greatest post-credits scene in the history of cinema. Deadpool not only kills the X-Men Origins: Wolverine version of his character but also the real world Ryan Reynolds before he signs that contract for 2012’s disastrous Green Lantern. He also saves Vanessa from being killed ensuring that the events of Deadpool 2 never took place.

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The Ending that could have happened:

In the alternate ending, Vanessa stays dead. While Deadpool does travel to the past, one scene of him shooting baby Hitler was edited out of the theatrical cut. The Directors deemed it too much.

 9. The Predator

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The actual Ending:

McKenna is given a Predator killer super suit that he intends to put on to save Humanity from the upcoming threat of the Ultimate Predator. This sets up the possibility of a sequel.

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The Ending that could have happened:

There were multiple alternate endings for the movie – one had Arnold Schwarzenegger coming into to rescue the protagonist in a helicopter while another one showed that there was a mysterious third guy in the room which was none other than Ripley from Aliens.

 10. Bird Box

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The actual Ending:

Malorie manages to get her children to the supposed sanctuary that turns out to be nothing but a School for the Blind. There she is met with hundreds of children who have let go of their blindfolds and play around with open eyes. Hope – a good way for the movie to end after so much of hardship faced by Malorie.

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The Ending that could have happened:

Josh Malerman’s book, on which the movie is based upon, has a very dark ending and we are glad the movie did not follow the book through to the end. The book ends with Malorie realizing that this “Sanctuary” is just a sham where residents intentionally blind themselves to keep themselves from ever seeing the creatures.

Bibhu Prasad

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