'Snakes on a Plane' takes off before launch on goofy title

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The film "Snakes on a Plane" has yet to be released, but already enjoys cult status in cyberspace, thanks to little more than its over-the-top title, which just begs to be parodied.

"Snakes" stars Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent who fights off hundreds of snakes released by a mob boss on a commercial flight in a attempt to kill a key witness.

Written for a PG-13 rating, New Line Cinema reshot several scenes to bump up the sex, gore, and foul language to an R rating to satisfy fan expectations. The David R. Ellis directed film will hit theaters August 18.

New Line briefly retitled it "Pacific Flight 121," but Jackson fought for the original blunt title. "People either want to see this movie or they don't," Jackson told fans at a comic...