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I had seen all the trailers of The Amazing Spider-Man before its release. In one of those trailers Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) says to Peter,

Do you have any idea what you really are?

This seems to imply that Uncle Ben knows about Peter's identity. This would have been a huge spoiler. But when I saw the movie, there was no such scene.

Do the filmmakers discuss such spoilers with some of the audiences and see if they like it and then change it accordingly? Or was this scene cut for other reasons?

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oh u should look @ trailers of paranormal activity movies ;) –  Dredd Oct 11 '12 at 15:08
+1 TDKR also had a scene like this. –  Mani Oct 11 '12 at 17:21
which scene from TDKR? the scene where the guy helping Bruce in prison looks like Alfred but apparently not Alfred, right? –  Hussain Tamboli Oct 12 '12 at 5:20
wow, I didn't see that before. That prison guy beside Wayne does look like Alfred in the trailer. The one I was saying is: Alfred says I swore I will protect you, but I haven't looking at Wayne. Even the lip sync matches. I don't remember hearing this dialogue in the movie in that particular scene. do you? Trailer –  Mani Oct 12 '12 at 15:56

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Don’t forget that marketing may start on a film long before a final print is finished for theatrical distribution. Often times, editors will have access to ALL of the footage when cutting a trailer, sometimes just specific sequences. It’s a collaborative effort where they approve whatever is used, but this is why alternate takes or even jokes are used in trailers. Because at the time, there may not have been a final one created.

Wikipedia says




So this may be the same for the case of The Amazing Spider-man or The Dark Knight Rises's trailer which contains some deleted scene.

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+1 There are specialized trailer production companies which movie productions may have a contract with. In The Holiday movie one of the lead actors work in the trailer production company. –  Mani Oct 12 '12 at 5:03
thanks. great help. –  Hussain Tamboli Oct 12 '12 at 5:20

I think they do that on purpose. Many scenes that are included for a certain trailer don't make the final cut when the actual film comes out. So maybe those are from the deleted scenes.

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