Definition of PREQUEL

Examples of prequel in a Sentence

His next film will be a prequel to last year's hit movie.

Recent Examples on the Web This movie is a prequel, set between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, "Breaking Down the First Black Widow Trailer," 3 Dec. 2019 Mixed-ish, the prequel of the Tracee Ellis Ross–fronted sitcom Black-ish, begins with a rupture. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "A Simplistic View of a Mixed-ish America," 26 Oct. 2019 This prequel to the beloved HBO series aims to fill in the blanks on some history. — Katie Hasty, EW.com, "Wonder Woman 1984, Fast & Furious 9, In the Heights: EW's most anticipated 2020 movies," 1 Jan. 2020 The Many Saints of Newark (Sept. 25): A prequel to the HBO mafia drama series, The Sopranos. — Adam Epstein, Quartz, "All the movies and TV shows you need to know about in 2020," 31 Dec. 2019 This prequel to the award-winning series explains how Kubu got his start in law enforcement when the richest diamond mine in the world is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds in transit. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, "Literary calendar: Week of Dec. 29," 29 Dec. 2019 Each installment in the MCU isn’t merely a sequel or a prequel but part of a larger jigsaw puzzle, the piecing together of which requires a fan to watch every single movie — and even stick around for the credits. — Washington Post, "The decade’s most impactful pop-culture debuts, from ‘Game of Thrones’ to Kylie Jenner as a billionaire," 23 Dec. 2019 It's been some time since these two movies capped the original trilogy and prequel series, respectively, so refresh your memory on the plot details. — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, "'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker': Is Baby Yoda in it? Is there an opening crawl? We have answers," 20 Dec. 2019 The streaming platform will also welcome other reimagined reboots and spin-off projects, such as a Gremlins animated series, a Gossip Girl reboot series and a Practical Magic prequel, among other original content. — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, "HBO Max Developing National Lampoon’s Vacation Spin-off Series from Johnny Galecki," 13 Dec. 2019

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“Prequel.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prequel. Accessed 28 January 2020.

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