The amount of secrecy surrounding Marvel Studios’ films is legendary at this point. We’ve heard stories about the lengths at which the studio goes to keep plot points shrouded in mystery. But this recent news about the level of secrecy surrounding the upcoming “Avengers: Infinity War” takes the cake. As actor Paul Bettany, aka Vision, describes in an interview, he can’t spoil anything in the upcoming film because he honestly doesn’t know what happens.
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“The secrecy around this film extended, this time, to the cast,” Bettany said in an interview with Hey U Guys. “I mean, really, it was crazy. We read scripts that were fake scripts and then they had fake twists and scenes that never were shot and you’d talk to the director and they’d say ‘all of that stuff at the end? Not happening.'”
At this point, the only way that Marvel Studios could be even more careful with their scripts is to not even create a script. Force the actors to learn their lines the day of shooting, and never let them take anything off the set. As crazy as that might sound, that is probably going to happen eventually.
However, even though it does seem that Marvel Studios has a tighter grip on their secrets than our own government, it makes sense. With ‘Infinity War,’ the studio juggled dozens of high-profile actors across a shoot that took months and months. If they didn’t up their secrecy game, then no doubt, the plot of ‘Infinity War’ would already be widely known. And as the Russo Brothers have already said, there are only a “few people” that know the actual plot of the film.
The mystery surrounding the film also extends to the press, as well. Bettany, and other actors, were on hand at an unveiling of only 30 minutes of the film at an event in the UK, when he was interviewed. Typically Marvel Studios will show their film to critics a few weeks before release, with reviews going up at least a week before the film hits theaters. However, for ‘Infinity War,’ the studio is only releasing this fabled 30-minute package to press and select fans, with the full film not being seen until April 23, at the world premiere in Los Angeles.
At this point, it’s hard to imagine that the film can live up to the unprecedented hype, but as Marvel Studios’ track record suggests, you can never count them out. They’ve positioned themselves for a massive opening weekend with what could be one of the biggest blockbusters of all time.