Then again that could be complete hearsay and totally untrue
No, that's true. The beta-test screening in LA ended with 'Do we have a kill order,' but the audience feedback was very negative. I think that ending is appropriate for a season finale, perhaps, but not a movie so I'm glad he changed it. (And maybe you're right and he just didn't want to give away the ending, who knows.)

I'm not sure what else, if anything, changed since I saw the movie in June.