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It is typically used to refer to a work that continues the story or theme of an earlier one, such as a book, movie, or game. Example: "The sequel to the popular film was highly anticipated by fans eager to see what happens next."
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sequel
noun
A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
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The sequel!
This was a worthy sequel to the previous day, when, as one wit remarked, a party with just one MP had managed a backbench rebellion – as Ukip's solitary presence in Westminster, Douglas Carswell resisted party pressure to take the parliamentary subsidy known as Short money.
But the studio has turned round matters with its $200m £120mm) sequel: all those greenbacks are now firmly trapped in Spidey's web, waiting for Hollywood to collect them as the movie drives all before it at the box office.
"Still Gone with the Wind: The sequel picks up several years after where the 80-year-old original left off, with Rhett and Scarlett reuniting in their middle age, in 1880.
The sequel to one of the silliest TV movies of recent times (in a positive way) is set to air at the end of this month, and this time round there's an official app.
However, Hopcraft declined the invitation to adapt a sequel, Smiley's People.
Across the UK this weekend, crowds of fans will swarm to the first screenings of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the $250m £165mm) sequel that marks the start of this year's summer blockbuster season.
"We'd love to do a sequel," Greaves says.
But while no one will forget the Jess, Greg and Mo show, or the sequel a week later, for history on a truly epic scale you had to had to be at the ExceL on Thursday for the women's boxing finals.
As a tie-in for the upcoming Anchorman sequel, The Legend Continues, ice cream giants Ben & Jerry's have developed a limited edition variety of the frozen dessert, to be named Scotchy Scotch Scotch.
In another sequel, wheelchair-user Anthony Ince tries and fails to imitate the 'race the tube' viral video from earlier this month.
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