Working title

The usage is especially common in film and TV, gaming, music and publishing.

Working titles are commonly used in film and TV, gaming, music, and publishing.

[1] They are used mainly because an official title has not yet been decided upon or to intentionally disguise the real nature of a project.

[citation needed] Fake production titles are frequently used by high-profile films or television series to prevent undesired attention by the press or fandom, price gouging by suppliers[3] and casual or targeted theft.

Notable examples of ruse titles include Blue Harvest (Return of the Jedi), Red Gun (House of the Dragon),[4] and the Batman films Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, which were produced under the titles The Intimidation Game, Rory's First Kiss and Magnus Rex.