Dictionary

requel en · NOUN

Etymology

From re- (“again, anew”) + quel, by analogy with sequel.

Meanings

1. A movie which revisits the subject matter of an earlier film but is not a remake or a linear continuation of its plot (i.e. a sequel or prequel).
   • "We want the character to look different, feel different, sound different. The back story of the character's different, the origin of the story is expanded upon in ways that the first movie didn't hint at, at all. […] It's pretty much a reboot, only with the same actor, which makes it: a requel. Or a seboot." 2011 March 21, “Ghost Rider 2 is 'very different'”, in Belfast Telegraph:

Forms

Coordinates

sequel · legasequel · legacyquel · legacy sequel

Relateds

sidequel · midquel · prequel · -quel · threequel · postquel · interquel · sequel

Translations (5)

cmn 別傳 /别传 (a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel) · es recuela (a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel) · cmn 外傳 /外传 (a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel) · cmn 新傳 /新传 (a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel) · ja 再編 (a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel)