The phrase "formerly titled" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to something that previously had a different title or name. Example: "The book, formerly titled 'The Secret Garden,' was re-released with a new title and cover."
While The Watch was formerly titled Neighbourhood Watch, it was re-titled to distance it from the Trayvon Martin shooting in the US, where a man was slain at the hands of overzealous neighbourhood watch member George Zimmerman.
Formerly titled "The Joy of Gay Sex," John Fisher's romantic comedy, which received its New York premiere earlier this year, follows a group of college friends over the course of one eventful year in San Francisco (2 00).
Such as War Dogs, formerly titled Arms and the Dudes, about two real-life Miami stoners who made a fortune illegally exporting arms to Afghanistan with US approval – directed by the guy who made The Hangover.
After independence in 1947, the power and wealth of the royal courts quickly dissipated, the patronage system died out, and many formerly titled families, their fortunes much diminished, eventually turned their palaces and haveli mansions into hotels.
Previews and Openings 'After.' (previews start on Wednesday; opens on Sept. 21) Following its success last season with Samuel D. Hunter's "Bright New Boise," Partial Comfort Productions returns with Chad Beckim's play (formerly titled "A Good Ending") about a man attempting to reintegrate into society after 17 years of wrongful imprisonment.
So one of the works, formerly titled "Festive Lagoon Scene, Venice (1840-5)" has been renamed "The Arrival of Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth, 8 October 1844" and the other, formerly known as "Procession of Boats With Distant Smoke, Venice (1845)" will henceforth be known as "The Disembarkation of Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth, 8 October 1844".
This week, West announced that the album formerly known as Swish would now be titled Waves.
Navi Trackers (formerly planned as a stand-alone game titled Tetra's Trackers) is a game only present in the Japanese version of Four Swords Adventures (Four Swords +).
Wachowski, formerly known as Andy, came out in a statement titled "Sex change shocker – Wachowski brothers now sisters!!!", given to the Windy City Times.
"Yo Lamento", formerly on Noriega's compilation Contra La Corriente (2004), titled "Amiga No Pienses", contains modern reggaetón rhythm.
A funny new sitcom from Canada, the inauspiciously titled "Schitt's Creek," auspiciously reunites Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara, formerly cast mates on the Second City-sprung sketch comedy "SCTV" and in a host of Christopher Guest comedies — all co-written by Levy and including "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind".
