The proposed film names of 12 legendary movies that got rejected — including one of the Brat Pack's biggest hits

The 1942 Humphrey Bogart hit Casablanca was adapted from a 1940 stage play titled Everybody Comes to Rick's, so it was only natural that executives thought of keeping the original name.

Instead, the one-word title has become iconic in its own right, and there's a high chance fans of the '40s classic won't even know it used to be a play by another name.

With Julia Roberts and Richard Gere at the helm, Pretty Woman was bound to be a hit. But the unconventional romance between a sex worker and wealthy businessman certainly raised some eyebrows.

It's no too surprising, then, that the amount Julia's Vivienne is paid for her stay wasn't selected as the film's final title.

The 1985 favourite Back to the Future almost went by a wholly different name, as Universal Pictures head Sid Sheinberg reportedly didn't think audiences would go to see a movie with "future" in the title.

To justify the change, he suggested Marty McFly scare his father by announcing "I am a spaceman from Pluto!" rather than "I'm Darth Vader from planet Vulcan". Fortunately, Steven Spielberg thanked him for the chuckle and the iconic franchise kept its name.

Dan O'Bannon used Star Beast as the working title for his penned feature film. But sometimes, the first idea requires a little more work – particularly when the film itself seems to be deciding on its own title.

Dan grew to dislike the title and noticed how often "alien" came up in the film's screenplay, eventually turning Star Beast into the Alien we know and love today.

Scary Movie might bring to mind the 2000 parody of the same name, alongside the likes of Spaceballs and Not Another Teen Movie. But before that, it was the working title of one of the horror genre's best-loved hits.

The 1996 horror feature Scream is an ode to all the scary movies that came before, so it's unsurprising that the simple title Scary Movie was, at one point, a perfect fit.

It might seem strange now, but before The Breakfast Club became the Brat Pack's most well-known feature, there were several other working titles for the John Hughes project.

Early on in the development, the Brat Pack feature was titled Detention, before The Lunch Bunch was used as the primary working title. Another alternative, Library Revolution was closer to the mark, but The Breakfast Club luckily won out.

Several of Stephen King's iconic adaptations have kept the name of their original book, from Carrie to The Longwalk, Pet Semetary and The Shining.

But in the case of his 1982 novella The Body, the title was changed to Stand By Me for the 1986 movie adaptation starring River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton and Corey Feldman.

Perhaps The Babysitter Murders was a little too on the nose for the 1978 horror starring spine-shivering villain Mike Myers.

In Halloween, he's got a reputation for seeking out babysitters in his murderous mission so the working title was an apt choice, if a bit obvious.

Like 13 Going on 30, Tom Hanks hit Big sees a 13-year-old boy wish to be bigger in size. Of course, that comes with grown-up adventures he didn't see coming.

But before it went by the one-word title, Big was known by its working title When I Grow Up. Both might be catchy, but it's impossible to think of the comedy classic by any other name today.

The Star Wars franchise has always been creative in its naming processes. With its iconic slanted yellow introduction and debut at Episode IV, it's not too surprising that one of the film's required a little extra thought.

Return of the Jedi was originally titled Revenge of the Jedi. Unfortunately, one of the Jedi's key principles is that they don't seek out revenge, choosing a life not ruled by emotion.

Before Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro brought GoodFellas to the screen, the iconic crime thriller went by a very different name.

It's difficult to think of the movie going by any other name today, but its title was once intended to be Wiseguy. Potential confusion with the existing TV series stopped that plan in its tracks.

Black Mask was the title of a famous 1920s detective fiction magazine and it was almost the title chosen by Quentin Tarantino for his 1994 film starring John Travolta.

Instead, the director opted for the name Pulp Fiction to capture the whole genre of sensationalist paperbacks. He extended this idea into the opening visuals, showcasing dictionary definitions of the word "pulp".