Le voyage dans la lune (operetta) but due to the need to raise the necessary money he did not take up the project. Eventually Albert Vizentini, the new directeur of the Gaîté, took up the idea, and Offenbach's contribution was limited to that of composer. Albert Vanloo and Eugène Leterrier, in association with Arnold Mortier (columnist at Figaro), wrote the libretto. They were hoping for a repeat of the success of the novels of Jules Verne (another, the novel "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours", had been adapted for the stage at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin by Verne himself in 1874) and the
Pour la suite du monde with no less than four English-language titles. At its 1963 Cannes premiere, it was billed as "For Those Who Will Follow". The NFB has also promoted the film in English as "Of Whales, the Moon and Men" or "The Moontrap", depending upon whether it was the 105 minute or 84 minute version, respectively. The release of a 2007 "Île-aux-Coudres Trilogy" DVD trilogy also translates the film title as "For the Ones to Come." The film is commonly referred to as simply "Pour la suite du monde" in both French and English. Pour la suite du monde Pour la suite du