Incident on 57th Street, Group Hug or 3000. These titles surely mean nothing to you, and that’s normal. However, you do know these films well. They just borrowed a provisional working title during filming, before being distributed under their official name. While some use a working title while waiting to find a definitive one, others use it to keep the a movie’s making. For big projects, the expectations of the fans are such that the film crews are forced to develop this type of strategy so as not to attract curious people who could leak certain information. Although this practice is common in cinema, it does not t is no less prevalent for video games, books, series and music. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets could have been called Incident on 57th Street Not wanting Potterheads to invade filming locations and disrupt work of the film crew, Chris Columbus gave the second installment of the saga the working title Incident on 57th Street, in reference to the song of the same name by Bruce Springsteen dating from 1973.The Dark Knight could have been called Rory’s First Kiss Unfortunately, the film was quickly exposed by the media of the city of Chicago. Warner Bros. betrayed herself by casting for extras by mentioning that it was a production directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Gary Oldman Iron Man 2 could have been called Rasputin Two other working titles were also used in addition to Rasputin, for additional shots: Murphy’s Law and The Adventures of Angus McDonald. this working title to discreetly film images of icebergs off the coast of Nova Scotia. The title Planet Ice remained until production began, again with the aim of not arousing the suspicions of other film studios. Alien could have been called Star BeastDan O’Bannon, the director, initially changed the title of the work which would become one of his greatest hits after realizing the very large number of times the word “Alien” appeared in the script. Pulp Fiction could have been called Black MaskThis title is taken from the name of one of the pulp magazines, popular cheap fiction magazines, released in 1920, which Quentin Tarantino took inspiration from. , Avengers: Infinity War was named Mary Lou, Avengers: Age of Ultron was named After Party, and most recently Spider-Man: Homecoming was called Summer of George. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian could have been called ToastieHaving the sole purpose of concealing the true identity of the film, the working title of the second episode of Narnia is anecdotal. During the film’s production, the cast crew spent their time eating sandwiches. So the producers bought a toaster so everyone could make their own snack, and stemming from that, they chose Toastie as the name for the project. Back to the Future II could have been called Professor Brown Visits the Future in reality , at the beginning, Back to the future II and III were to form a single opus called Paradox. Texas chainsaw massacre could have been called Head cheese head cheese for the first time. The peculiar appearance of this deli which appears to contain eyeballs and other human body parts matched his film.ET, the extra-terrestrial could have been called A Boy’s LifeSteven Spielberg not wanting competitors to find out and plagiarize the plot, the actors had to read the script behind closed doors and the identity of everyone present during filming was checked. Star Trek could have been called Corporate Headquarters requested that each unit during filming have a different working title. American Pie could have had a very (very) long title The working title of the teen movie is Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under $10 Million That Your Reader Will Love But The Executive Will Hate (A teen sex comedy that can be made for under $10 million that your viewers will love but your boss will hate). A deliberately provocative title, with the aim of attracting the attention of film studios at the time. Matrix Reloaded could have been called The Burly Man After the huge success of the Wachowski sisters’ film, the two directors had to be discreet . The Burly Man is taken from a screenplay written early in their career which they never produced. Inception could have been called Oliver’s Arrow on a film about the superhero Green Arrow. Pretty Woman might have been called 3,0003,000 is a reference to the amount of money Edward agrees to pay Vivian for her company. Later, J. F. Lawton will reveal that beyond the title, script details were also changed by Disney, such as the fact that Vivian was a drug addict in this much darker first version.
