requel

English

Etymology

Patterned after sequel using re- (“again, anew”).

Noun

requel (plural requels)

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).
   • 2011 March 21, “Ghost Rider 2 is 'very different'”, in Belfast Telegraph:

     "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."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:requel.

Related terms

• interquel
• midquel
• prequel
• sequel
• threequel

Translations

a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新傳 / 新传 (xīnzhuàn), 別傳 / 别传 (zh) (biézhuàn), 外傳 / 外传 (zh) (wàizhuàn)

• Japanese: 再編 (ja) (たいへん, taihen)
• Spanish: recuela (es)