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Changing the film title

Hello I have been updating a film which has been recut and the new Title is "The Three Michaels" but keeps getting rejected on this reason. The year in the new title must match the year in the old title. If you need to change the year as included in the title, please submit a release date corresponding to the new year. If you do not know the exact date within the year, it is okay to omit the day and month in the release date. We will then update the year in the title accordingly if required. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4731074/?ref_=ra_gb_ln?ref_=ra_dc_ln But i have managed to change the release date. Can anyone please help. Thanks Tom

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Tom: Please provide further information. Your film is listed as having a release date in the UK of January 28, 2023, with the description "(unknown)". Was the film actually released in the UK, or anywhere else, on that date, or any other time in the past? If so, how was it released, so that the "(unknown)" tag can be corrected? If your film was released already, was the on-screen title shown as The Three Michaels, or as Moonwalkers? Normally I would just advise you to submit a Title Correction to change the title to The Three Michaels (2023) regardless of the actual year of release, and then deal with Release Date corrections to get the year in parentheses after the title corrected, but I want to make sure I understand everything else in this situation. Please post your last full data submission here on this message board. You can copy it out of the receipt you would have received from IMDb by e-mail immediately after sending it in. Some of the regulars on the board may review it and, if they can, they may provide suggestions as to how to improve the submission to get it included in the database. (Also, please include the submission reference number -- it's an 18-digit number that will look something like 230123-123456-789000.) If your submission included an explanation, it will not have appeared in the e-mailed receipt but you should be able to find it in your submission history at https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/history/  -- please post that too.

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It wasn't released before. It won't let me submit a Title Correction to change the title. Thanks for your help in the matter.  Contribution Confirmation Contribution #230202-101800-237000 This was when I changed the Release date. Thanks Tom

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@bluebottle69​ You will probably have to wait for an IMDb staffer to give you more advice since only you and the staff can look up your contribution by its number.

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Oh I see, how do I get there help?

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@bluebottle69​ I do see the mentioned submission 230202-101800-237000 was approved. Do you have a submission for the title change? Or can you not submit it at all? If so, can I see a screenshot of the message you are getting? Thanks!

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Thanks for your help on this. I cannot submit it at all.

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@bluebottle69​ "is a movie" is part of the title? or are you wanting to change the title type? I see the "is a movie" is being placed outside of the title if it was the case that it's part of it.

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Oh I thought it wanted me to add that part...let me try again...Thanks again

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@bluebottle69​ Let me know if I can help you!

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@bluebottle69​ As I said earlier in this thread, you would want to submit a Title Correction to change the title to: The Three Michaels (2023) The film is already entered as a movie, so you don't need to change the title type. Furthermore, if you were to put "The Three Michaels" (2023) with the title in "quotation marks" as seen in the example, that would indicate a TV series, not a movie. See https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/title-formatting/G56U5ERK7YY47CQB# for indications of the various title types and how they are formatted, if you are interested in that.

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Sorry to ask again, but do you know why the change still hasn't been implemented. It's still currently Moonwalkers. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4731074/?ref_=ttrel_ov_i

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@Bethanny Is there way you can please advise me on this? Thanks again Tom

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@bluebottle69​ Hi- Apologies on the delayed reply for this issue, I have taken a look at it and can confirm that the title correction was approved. The changes will be live on the site shortly.  Cheers!

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@bluebottle69​  Please clarify the release date, as asked previously. It does not do you any favors to have an unclear or inaccurate release date listed.

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Oh brilliant, thanks so very much.