Most films start production with a working title that is eventually changed after the marketing department spends millions of dollars and countless hours conceiving and testing new, usually lamer names. Such was the case with SoaP (as it is known in cheesy Net-shorthand): Snakes on a Plane was originally just one of the temporary titles, and the studio decided to change it to the presumably more marketable Pacific Air Flight 121 after Samuel L. Jackson signed on.

That is, until the actor freaked out and threatened to pull out of the project if the name wasn't changed back. And when Mr. Jackson asks for something, he usually gets it. "That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title," he is quoted as saying in respect to the unusual name. So, the name came back and a modern-day pop-culture folktale was born.

Usually, studios wait until they see some numbers before greenlighting a sequel, but the Net is already a-slither with sequel rumors. SoaP is an unexpected phenomenon, and New Line is eager to capitalize. Early "reports" suggest Snakes on a Train or Spiders on a Boat. Sounds more like Bombs at the Box Office to us.