Just some trivia... the was this movies originally scripted name: The Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers
They had to change it though due to the 9/11 attacks. If you think about it, the word "Twin Towers" has more of LotR feel to it rather than just "Two Towers" so it makes sense.
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Steven Seagal Fan Club President
It actually makes no sense. The volume on which the movie is based has been printed under the name The Two Towers since 1954, so I'm not sure how '"The Twin Towers" has more of LotR feel to it'.
Also, I'm not sure I buy that "Twin Towers" is very accurate in terms of the story. There has been some ambiguity about which towers are the two towers of Tolkien's volume title, but the movie makes it pretty clear that the movie title refers to Orthanc (Saruman's abode) and Barad-dûr (Sauron's), which don't seem to fit the word "twin" in the strictest sense.
source? This is a rumor but as far as I know, only a rumor. Do you have some verification that it was true?
The OP is a member of the Steven Sagal Fan Club. This may be humo(u)r.
As Harold points out, there would have been no reason to change the title to "Twin" in the first place. In fact, the rumo(u)r mill had it that the studio even wanted to change the title from "Two Towers".
Are you implying that Steven Segal Fan Club members are insincere?
shareI don't have a source as it was a rumor, but that was said. Yes, the "two" Towers was the original name in the book, but we all know how Hollywood likes to change things around. The original script of the movie while filming was indeed the twin towers, however nothing was verified prior to the production period which was post 9/11, which is why they decided to keep it as two towers.
It has nothing to do with Steven Seagal Fan Club - this was info I found out before I even saw any of Seagals films lol.
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Steven Seagal Fan Club President
I don't have a source as it was a rumor, but that was said.
Just some trivia... the was this movies originally scripted name: The Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers
They had to change it though due to the 9/11 attacks. If you think about it, the word "Twin Towers" has more of LotR feel to it rather than just "Two Towers" so it makes sense.
I don't have a source as it was a rumor, but that was said.
The original script of the movie while filming was indeed the twin towers, however nothing was verified prior to the production period which was post 9/11
A rumor released on the internet prior to the film's release said that the movie was to be called "The Twin Towers", but changed to avoid controversy surrounding the September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001. The same rumor stated that the book was originally called "The Twin Towers" as well.
agreed. It's hard to prove a negative. I also searched and only came up with the same source you did.
The thing is, I was doing some research on the history of the website TheOneRing.net and I documented all rumors and news reported for the FOTR and by 2002, pre-TTT, I was an avid reader of the site (like 5-10 visits a day) and there was nothing there about it. That doesn't prove it wasn't a rumor being bandied about but I think they would have picked up on it and reported it if there was. I think *I* would have picked up on it!
We may be giving this a bit more time than it deserved. I'm starting a rumo(u)r that RotK was originally titled 'Return of the Secaucus Seven'.
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