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Movies & TV: 13 Iconic Movies That Originally Had Surprisingly Different Names

Movie titles often change ... sometimes for the best. Sometimes.

Movies & TV: 13 Iconic Movies That Originally Had Surprisingly Different Names

January 07, 2022

Chances are, your favorite movie originally had a totally different name than the one you know. Like, for example, any of these:

13

Hancock

The Will Smith movie Hancock originally had a very weird, retro name. That name was Tonight, Не Comes - which somehow makes it sound like a cheap noir thriller. CRACKED COM — Source

12

Last Night in Soho

The Edgar Wright flick Last Night in Soho almost wasn't called that. Wright's first name for the movie was Red Light Area, but it turned out that there was already a movie with Cillian Murphy called Red Lights, so Edgar Wright changed the title when he found out. CRACKED COM — Source

11

Captain America and the Winter Soldier

Captain America and the Winter Soldier was almost a different name. CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE WINTER SOLDIER That name was Captain America and the White Wolf, and it wasn't used for one reason - Marvel wanted to keep some of the original title in there to land that feeling, says head writer Malcolm Spellman. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Venom: Let There be Carnage

The original title for Venom: Let There be Carnage was much cooler. The movie was called Venom: Love Will Tear Us Apart. But, as director Andy Serkis recounted, Venom: Let There be Carnage won out fairly soon. CRACKED COM — Source

9

Dogma

Apparently, Dogma wasn't Kevin Smith's original title for the movie. The very first title was God: The Movie, and Smith tweeted about finding it on an ancient floppy disk (that had a big God: The Movie label). CRACKED COM — Source

8

Cop Out

The original title for Kevin Smith's Cop Out was way, way more fun. It was just called A Couple of Dicks, and Smith hated that the title got changed, saying Look, losing A Couple of Dicks was almost akin to losing my own dick. It was a perfect buddy-cop movie comedy title. CRACKED. COM — Source

7

Edge of Tomorrow

The first name for Edge of Tomorrow might have sunk the movie. That title was All You Need is Kill, and it's kind of hard to imagine a major Hollywood movie with Tom Cruise carrying that name. CRACKED COM — Source

6

Independence Day

Independence Day originally had a totally different name than you know. That original title? It was Doomsday - and it got changed at the insistence of Bill Pullman, even thought the studio really wanted Doomsday. CRACKED COM — Source

5

Pretty Woman

They originally wanted to call Pretty Woman, uh, 3,000. Yes, just 3,000-it was a reference to how much Julia Roberts' character gets paid by Richard Gere's. CRACKED COM — Source

4

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

They didn't plan to call it Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The initial idea they mooted was Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire, and the movie had that name for quite a while, apparently. CRACKED COM — Source

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Sharknado

Strange as it seems, the brilliant title Sharknado wasn't the first choice. NYFD They originally wanted to call it Dark Skies, and if they did, we're pretty sure the movie would have sunk without a trace. CRACKED COM — Source

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Avengers: Endgame now seems like an iconic name, but it wasn't Plan А. And what actually was Plan A? It was Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet, which is kind of as literal as you can get. CRACKED COM — Source

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Batman V Superman

Zack Snyder didn't originally want to call the movie Batman V Superman. Не wanted to call it something like Son of Sun and Knight of Night (yes, literally), but the studio refused to budge. CRACKED COM — Source

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