This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

The path from screenplay page to movie theater screen is seldom a straight one, and it’s frequently the case that a movie can change quite a lot during the process of production. Now and again, though, history throws out examples of movies that could have ended very differently.

For numerous reasons, the films featured here were all rewritten or reworked before they arrived in cinemas. Some endings were changed due to budget constraints. Others were down to the concerns of studio bosses.

In this selection, we’ve gone for endings that were written or storyboarded, but never shot in their entirety – you can also check out this exhaustive tour through 50 alternate endings, many of which were actually put before a camera.