How to Use prequel in a Sentence

prequel

noun

• His next film will be a prequel to last year's hit movie.
• And that's not even the only new Game of Thrones prequel in the works for Max.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2023
• The Hunger Games prequel movie is based on a new book by Suzanne Collins.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 30 Apr. 2022
• The prequels, on the other hand, felt more like an elephant in the room.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
• Eleven prequel that will play out in Europe in the ’60s.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 28 July 2022
• The Star Trek franchise loves a good prequel, and now there's a new one.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 7 May 2022
• That one, of course, is the prequel to Zack Snyder’s smash hit Army of the Dead.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Oct. 2021
• Over on the big screen, a film prequel is also in the works at Paramount.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 19 July 2021
• The ad was a prequel to Eminem’s Super Bowl spot with Chrysler the next year.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2021
• Army of the Dead already spawned a Netflix prequel film Army of Thieves, with more movies in the works.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• And with a prequel and a sequel, this franchise can last a long haul.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• Plus, there's a prequel book, which is what House of Dragon is based on.
  — Jordyn Taylor, Men's Health, 29 Apr. 2022
• So a prequel — told from the point of view of the Bene Gesserit order — seems like a decent idea.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2023
• The series is a prequel to the 2017 live-action film and will tell the story before Belle and the Beast fell in love.
  — Chloe Melas, CNN, 15 June 2021
• This series serves as a prequel to Rogue One, kicking off five years prior to the events of the movie.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 20 Sep. 2022
• The movie takes place after the events of X and its prequel, Pearl, and will head to theaters on July 5th.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024
• In this prequel to Annabelle, a priest and soon-to-be nun are sent to unpack the secrets of the church and the suicide of a fellow nun.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 14 Oct. 2022
• There’s just one episode left in the first season of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel series.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 7 Oct. 2022
• Nephew, which was published after the most famous of the book in the series, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, serves as the latter’s prequel.
  — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
• The latest twist on the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is happening behind the scenes.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022
• The series will live on through the prequel spin-off House of the Dragon, premiering on the network in 2022.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 5 Feb. 2022
• Raising Kanan is the prequel to the Power series and tells the origin story of Kanan Stark.
  — Sarah Toscano, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• In the meantime, GoT fans will have the second season of the prequel series, House of the Dragon to look forward to.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024
• Reeves said his drama would've acted as a prequel to The Batman.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2022
• The prequel tells the story of young Queen Charlotte's life, rise to power and romance with King George over six episodes.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• But just like the prequels, Shadow the Hedgehog is best left in the past, and should not be celebrated.
  — Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
• Patrick Sean Smith serves as showrunner and is writing the prequel series.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
• Think about it: the purpose of a prequel is to fill in blanks left originally.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 4 May 2022
• Pablo Schreiber gets inside Master Chief's helmet in the slow-to-start prequel on Paramount+.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2022
• While Perverts was more of a sonic side quest, her second release of the year serves as a prequel to 2022’s Preacher’s Daughter, taking place five years before the events of that record.
  — Dan Reilly, Vulture, 20 May 2025