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List of working titles

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This is a set of lists of working titles, which is a temporary name used during the development of a product.

Working titles of films

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

The following is a list of English language films that used a working title during production.

Fake working title Actual title Notes Year
The Concert Feature [1] Fantasia 1940
RKO 281 Citizen Kane Later used as title for 1999 film, about production of Citizen Kane 1941
How The Solar System Was Won [2] 2001: A Space Odyssey Reference to the 1962 western How the West Was Won 1968
The Babysitter Murders [3] Halloween [4] An actual film named "The Babysitter Murders" was released in 2015 [5] 1978
Star Beast [6] Alien [7] 1979
A Boy's Life E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
Dangerous Days Blade Runner Later used as title for a documentary for the 2007 Final Cut release of Blade Runner 1982
Paradox [8] Back to the Future Part II 1989
Three Back to the Future Part III 1990
Dictel [9] Batman Returns 1992
Very Special People [10] Freaked 1993
King of the Kalahari / King of the Beasts / King of the Jungle [11] The Lion King 1994
Blinko Batman Forever 1995
Planet Ice [12] Titanic 1997
Blackwood The X-Files 1998
Fantasia Continued / Fantasia 1999 / Fantasia '99 Fantasia 2000 1999
Kingdom of the Sun / Kingdom in the Sun [13] The Emperor's New Groove 2000
Changing Seasons [14] The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
Grand Tour [15] The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
Incident on 57th Street [16] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
Seven Days / Static The Ring 2002
Till Death, For Glory The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
The Burly Man [17] The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions 2003
Radiator Blues [18] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
Clowns Can't Sleep Ocean's Twelve 2004
The Woods The Village 2004
The Intimidation Game Batman Begins 2005
The Hundred Year Winter / Paravel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005
Happy Days Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
Party in Fresno War of the Worlds 2005
Red Sun / Superman V Superman Returns "Red Sun" is a possible reference to Superman's home planet, Krypton, which has a red sun as the center of its solar system. 2006
Bruce: The Second Coming Evan Almighty 2007
Tip Top Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
Yellow Harvest [19] The Simpsons Movie A homage to Return of the Jedi's fake working title, Blue Harvest 2007
Prime Directive [20] Transformers 2007
Toastie [21] The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008
Slusho / Cheese / Cloverfield [22] Cloverfield 2008
Rory's First Kiss [23] The Dark Knight 2008
Genre [24] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
Hunting and Fishing [25] Meet the Spartans 2008
A Spiritual Journey [26] Religulous The fake title was used to get interviewees for the film[26] 2008
Farewell Atlantis [27] 2012 The title of a book written by one of the characters in the film 2009
Obelisk Angels & Demons 2009
Project 880 [28] Avatar 2009
Corporate Headquarters Star Trek 2009
Prime Directive 2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009
Rasputin [29] Iron Man 2 2010
Hour Glass [30] Inception 2010
Frostbite [31] Captain America: The First Avenger A reference to Captain America being frozen 2011
Autumn Frost [32] Man of Steel 2012
Magnus Rex [33] The Dark Knight Rises 2012
Group Hug [34] The Avengers 2012
Artemis [35] The Hunger Games 2012
Fiona's Tale [36] The Amazing Spider-Man 2012
Office Seekers [37] Lincoln 2012
Caged Heat [38] Iron Man 3 2013
Thursday Mourning [39] Thor: The Dark World 2013
Freezerburn [40] Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014
London Calling The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
Nautilus [41] Godzilla 2014
The Phantom Pain [42] Metal Gear Solid 5 2014

Working titles of television series

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

The following is a list of English language television series that used a working title during production.

Fake working title Actual title Notes Year
Blue Harvest [6] Return of the Jedi There was also a fake tagline, "Horror Beyond Imagination." The title was later adopted by Family Guy as the title for an hour long premiere to the sixth season 1983
A Tough Nut to Crack [43] "The Finale" (Seinfeld episode) 1998
Torchwood [44] Doctor Who An anagram of "Doctor Who," later used as title for a spinoff series 2005


Working titles of music

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

The following is a list of English language music (albums/songs) that used a working title during their production.

Fake working title Actual title Notes Year
Return of the Son of Nothings [45] Meddle 1971
Dark Side of the Moon: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics / Eclipse [46] The Dark Side of the Moon 1973
Boogaloo [47] Dancing Queen 1975
In the Arms of Rosalita / Chiquitita Angelina / 3 Wise Guys Chiquitita [48] 1978
Bricks in the Wall [49] The Wall 1979
The Suffering Bird / Wind [50] The Day Before You Came 1982
Pow Wow / Down to Earth [51] The Division Bell 1994

References

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  2. ↑ "The working titles of Hollywood blockbuster movies". Den of Geek. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  3. ↑ "The Less Than Impressive Working Titles to 25 Memorable Films". Mindhole Blowers. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  4. ↑ http://mentalfloss.com/article/59788/15-terrifying-facts-about-john-carpenters-halloween
  5. ↑ http://www.trapdoorpictures.com/the-babysitter-murders/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The secret code names of 37 sci-fi blockbuster films". Sci-Fi Wire. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-05-07. WebCitation archive.
  7. ↑ http://weyland-yutaniarchives.blogspot.com/2010/10/project-formerly-titled-starbeast-part.html
  8. ↑ http://mentalfloss.com/article/52871/working-titles-14-popular-hollywood-movies
  9. ↑ http://my.xfinity.com/slideshow/entertainment-fakefilmtitles/11/
  10. ↑ Winter, Alex. Freaked DVD Commentary
  11. ↑ http://www.teen.com/2015/08/09/movies/disney-animated-movies-different-original-working-titles/
  12. ↑ http://movies.allwomenstalk.com/facts-about-the-movie-titanic-you-didnt-know/8
  13. ↑ http://www.alostfilm.com/2013/01/kingdom-of-sun.html
  14. ↑ http://my.xfinity.com/slideshow/entertainment-fakefilmtitles/6/
  15. ↑ http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/17546/the-working-titles-of-hollywood-blockbuster-movies
  16. ↑ http://1057thehawk.com/the-surprising-connection-between-bruce-springsteen-and-harry-potter/
  17. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=bGi9FB3uEXkC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=the+burly+man+working+title+matrix
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  19. ↑ http://www.nohomers.net/showthread.php?62400-Yellow-Harvest
  20. ↑ http://whatculture.com/film/17-fake-working-titles-that-were-given-to-famous-movies
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  25. ↑ http://actorsorbo.narod.ru/sorbo_eng/kevinroles_eng/spartans_eng.htm
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  27. ↑ http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/04/14/Are-the-secrets-of-2012-in-Jackson-Curtis-FAREWELL-ATLANTIS
  28. ↑ http://www.chud.com/21969/project-880-the-avatar-that-almost-was/
  29. ↑ Bartholomew, Dana. "Shipping containers at Sepulveda Dam used for 'Iron Man 2 shoot", Daily News (Los Angeles), May 21, 2009. Accessdate 2010-05-31
  30. ↑ Facebook Official Fan Page "Did you know… prints of the movie were shipped to theaters under the name "Hour Glass".", Facebook, October 20, 2009. Accessdate 2010-10-20
  31. ↑ Lesnick, Silas. "Neal McDonough Confirmed for Captain America", Superherohype.com, June 8, 2010. Accessdate 2010-06-30
  32. ↑ http://www.comicbookmovie.com/superman/superman-man-of-steel-working-title-revealed-a33928
  33. ↑ http://batman-news.com/2011/02/10/is-magnus-rex-the-working-title/
  34. ↑ http://my.xfinity.com/slideshow/entertainment-fakefilmtitles/8/
  35. ↑ http://www.artemissg.com/2012/04/the-hunger-games-and-artemis/
  36. ↑ http://www.crushable.com/2011/05/19/entertainment/fionas-tale-a-k-a-the-amazing-spider-man-is-filming-near-our-office/
  37. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/releaseinfo
  38. ↑ "IRON MAN 3 Set Work Begins; Working Title Revealed". Comic Book Movie. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  39. ↑ http://collider.com/thor-2-scene-details-filming-location/
  40. ↑ http://collider.com/captain-america-2-winter-soldier-freezerburn/
  41. ↑ http://www.aintitcool.com/node/60244
  42. ↑ http://www.webpronews.com/gdc-2013-the-phantom-pain-revealed-to-be-metal-gear-solid-v-2013-03
  43. ↑ "Seinfeld: Now Playing". Sony Pictures. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  44. ↑ "Doctor Who spin-off made in Wales". BBC News. 17 October 2005.
  45. ↑ http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/meddle
  46. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Dark-Side-Of-The-Moon-A-Piece-For-Assorted-Lunatics/release/4848854
  47. ↑ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3102
  48. ↑ http://www.abbaomnibus.net/songs/titles/chiquitita.htm
  49. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140718082932-72576822-essay-on-pink-floyd-s-another-brick-in-the-wall-part-2-working-title-education
  50. ↑ http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Music/Weather-Songs-4819.html
  51. ↑ http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21424


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