17 Fake Working Titles That Were Given To Famous Movies

4. "A Boy's Life" - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Steven Spielberg was so nervous that the title of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial gave away the concept of his movie that he filmed the entire production under the title A Boy's Life. The director was worried that the concept of a boy meeting an alien was so basic that a rival studio could rush out a similar movie before E.T. could make it to theaters. The ploy worked, but Orion Pictures proved Spielberg's fears right six years later when it released their awful ripoff Mac and Me.

3. "Planet Ice" - Titanic

Whilst James Cameron is a huge deal and can make whatever film project he chooses fit (directing two movies that grossed over a billion dollars worldwide each will give you that sort of power), before Titanic he was mainly known as an action/sci-fi movie director. So when his next project was announced as Planet Ice, most suspected that Cameron was up to his usual sci-fi hijinks - even when he was up north filming icebergs. As it turns out, that iceberg footage ended up being instrumental to a film that had not nothing to do with space, but everything to do with Titanic.

2. "Blue Harvest" - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi

While "Blue Harvest" was used for Return of the Jedi for the usual reasons of disguise, George Lucas also believed that service providers like caterers would be inclined to raise their fees if they knew they were working on the sure-to-be-a-hit Star Wars sequel. Though the logo's font would appear familiar to any Star Wars fanatic, the included tagline "Horror Beyond Imagination" threw people off. Being that everything that has to do with Star Wars has been merchandised, it's no surprise that a limited amount of Blue Harvest-related merchandise has been released. Famously, Family Guy also titled its first Star Wars parody episode "Blue Harvest" in tribute.