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Films shot in London

  • Avengers: DoomsdayAvengers: Doomsday revealed its villain when a masked Doctor Doom removed his mask. Underneath was Robert Downey Jr.
  • Batman (1989 film)Fifty thousand protest letters hit Warner Bros. when Michael Keaton was cast as Batman. Fans knew him from comedies.
  • Justice League (film)Justice League used visual effects to erase Henry Cavill's mustache from its own footage.
  • Avengers: Age of UltronAvengers: Age of Ultron cut Loki out completely after test audiences thought he controlled Ultron.
  • Alien (film)In the 1979 film Alien, the chestburster scene was shot in one take.
  • The Dark KnightThe Dark Knight, a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, begins with a bank robbery that turns on its own crew. The bank belongs to the mafia in Gotham City. The masked robbers betray and kill one another until a single man…
  • A Clockwork Orange (film)Warner Bros. pulled the film A Clockwork Orange from British cinemas in 1973. Kubrick himself requested it.
  • Deadpool & WolverineDeadpool & Wolverine almost went by the title Deadpool & Friend. The name leaked online in February 2024.
  • InceptionInception's crew built a hotel corridor that rotated a full 360 degrees. It was planned at 40 feet, then grew to 100.
  • Let It Be (1970 film)George Harrison told the Beatles he was leaving, but the film Let It Be leaves that out.
  • No Time to DieIn a November 2024 interview about No Time to Die, Daniel Craig left no doubt about the fate of his James Bond. "He's dead! How many times do I have to blow him up?" he asked. The 2021 film is the twenty-fifth in the James Bond series and…
  • The Batman (film)The Batman, a 2022 superhero film directed by Matt Reeves, made its first big impression with a teaser trailer. Shown during a virtual fan event in 2020, the footage drew 34 million views within 24 hours. Commentators called its Gotham…
  • Rogue OneRogue One first had an ending where the heroes lived. Director Gareth Edwards wrote it, but it was never filmed.
  • A Hard Day's Night (film)United Artists backed the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night partly to sell a soundtrack album in America.
  • Highlander (film)The 1986 film Highlander began as a UCLA student's class assignment. Gregory Widen sold the script for US$200,000.
  • The Fantastic Four: First StepsThe Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in 1964 on a world called Earth-828. Crowds are marking four years since a space mission gave four astronauts extraordinary powers. Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm are celebrities…
  • Black Mirror: BandersnatchIn Bandersnatch, viewers get ten seconds to choose before the film moves on without them.
  • Ex Machina (film)In Ex Machina, an office contest prize turns out to be a test of a robot.
  • Jurassic World RebirthJurassic World Rebirth begins in 2008 on Île Saint-Hubert, a research island in the Atlantic Ocean. There, the company InGen keeps mutated dinosaurs that its own head considers disturbing. One of them, a six-limbed Tyrannosaurus called…
  • The Beatles: Get BackPeter Jackson almost turned down The Beatles: Get Back. He expected the breakup bitterness he had heard about.
  • Yellow Submarine (film)One voice actor in Yellow Submarine was arrested before he finished recording George's lines.
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny first left out Marion until Karen Allen wrote a letter.

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