Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: theredbaron
I was completely unaware of all this Sorceror's Stone biz-o...I take it this was the original title, then?
Nope. The title of the book was HP and the Philosopher's Stone'. Apparently the studio didn't think American's would know what a philosopher was, and, y'know the movie's about wizards and sorcerors and shit, so better get that in the title somewhere for people who have been living on Mars and haven't heard of Harry Potter. I was completely unaware of all this Sorceror's Stone biz-o...I take it this was the original title, then?
That was more Scholastic, actually, in bringing over the book. The movie just cashed in on the popularity of the title.