You may remember that a year ago Universal Studios cancelled “Term Life,” an action thriller based on the homonymous graphic novel (by A.J. Lieberman and Nick Thornborrow), just to be revived a couple of weeks later thanks to another production company stepping in to finance it (the studio remained involved as a distributor).

The film was directed by Peter Billingsley (Couples Retreat) and now it is about to be shown in test screenings. However, people is being invited to see a movie called “Nick and Cate” instead:

“Nick and Cate is the story of a man who plans and sells heists to the highest bidder, but when his latest job goes horribly wrong he and his estranged daughter find themselves hunted by a vengeful mob boss and dirty cops. In order to keep her alive he’s forced to take her on the run.”

This description doesn’t mention a key element in the source material. Here is the graphic novel’s synopsis:

“If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days he’ll die happy! Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on himself, payable to his estranged daughter. The problem? The policy doesn’t take effect for 21 days… and Nick knows they’ll be lucky to be alive for twenty-one hours!”

The mentioned father and daughter are played by Vince Vaughn (Nick Barrow) and Hailee Steinfeld (Cate Barrow). At this point things could still change, but it is hard to understand why the intriguing and cool original title could be swapped by something so generic that would fit a romantic story, a comedy, or even an ice cream brand.

The movie’s impressive cast also includes Bill Paxton, Mike Epps, Taraji P. Henson, Jonathan Banks, Jon Favreau, Terrence Howard and Latino actors Jordi Molla and William Levy.

“Nick and Cate” (wished they had stick to “Term Life”) will hit theaters in 2015.