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title="Sikvel – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Sikvel" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Сіквел – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сіквел" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B2%D1%8D%D0%BB" title="Сыквэл – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сыквэл" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seq%C3%BCela" title="Seqüela – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Seqüela" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequel" title="Sequel – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sequel" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequel" title="Sequel – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sequel" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secuela_(arte)" title="Secuela (arte) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Secuela (arte)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekuela" title="Sekuela – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sekuela" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87_(%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87)" title="دنباله (رسانه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دنباله (رسانه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suite_d%27une_%C5%93uvre" title="Suite d'une œuvre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Suite d'une œuvre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferfolch" title="Ferfolch – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Ferfolch" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secuela" title="Secuela – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Secuela" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8D%ED%8E%B8" title="속편 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="속편" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%AC" title="Սիքվել – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սիքվել" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekuel" title="Sekuel – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sekuel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequel" title="Sequel – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sequel" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9F" title="המשכון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המשכון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Сиквел – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Сиквел" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Сиквел – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Сиквел" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%ABkvels" title="Sīkvels – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sīkvels" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekuel" title="Sekuel – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sekuel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequel_(werk)" title="Sequel (werk) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sequel (werk)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B6%9A%E7%B7%A8" title="続編 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="続編" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppf%C3%B8lger" title="Oppfølger – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Oppfølger" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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In the common context of a <a href="/wiki/Narrative" title="Narrative">narrative</a> work of <a href="/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction">fiction</a>, a sequel portrays events set in the same <a href="/wiki/Fictional_universe" title="Fictional universe">fictional universe</a> as an earlier work, usually <a href="/wiki/Chronological" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronological">chronologically</a> following the events of that work.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings. A sequel can lead to a <a href="/wiki/Film_series" title="Film series">series</a>, in which key elements appear repeatedly. The difference between more than one sequel and a series is somewhat arbitrary. </p><p>Sequels are attractive to creators and publishers because there is less risk involved in returning to a story with known popularity rather than developing new and untested characters and settings. Audiences are sometimes eager for more stories about popular characters or settings, making the production of sequels financially appealing.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In film, sequels are very common. There are many name formats for sequels. Sometimes, they either have unrelated titles or have a letter added to the end. More commonly, they have numbers at the end or have added words at the end.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also common for a sequel to have a variation of the original title or a subtitle. In the 1930s, many musical sequels had the year included in the title. Sometimes sequels are released with different titles in different countries, because of the perceived brand recognition. There are several ways that subsequent works can be related to the <a href="/wiki/Chronology" title="Chronology">chronology</a> of the original. Various <a href="/wiki/Neologism" title="Neologism">neologisms</a> have been coined to describe them. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classifications">Classifications<span id="Classifications"></span></h2></div> <p>The most common approach for a sequel<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is for the events of the second work to directly follow the events of the first one, either continuing the remaining plot threads or introducing a new conflict to drive the events of the second story. Examples include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/Aliens_(film)" title="Aliens (film)">Aliens</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day" title="Terminator 2: Judgment Day">Terminator 2: Judgment Day</a></i> (1991), and <i><a href="/wiki/Toy_Story_2" title="Toy Story 2">Toy Story 2</a></i> (1999).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Though most sequels pick up some time after the events of the first work ended, some sequels pick up immediately after the events of the first work, with the same story arc spanning over both parts. This is often called a <b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="direct_sequel"></span><span id="Direct_sequel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">direct sequel</span></span></b>. Examples include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Matrix_Revolutions" title="The Matrix Revolutions">The Matrix Revolutions</a></i> (2003) and <i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man:_Beyond_the_Spider-Verse" title="Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse">Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse</a></i> (2027). </p><p>A <b><a href="/wiki/Prequel" title="Prequel">prequel</a></b> is an installment that is made following the original product which portrays events occurring chronologically before those of the original work.<sup id="cite_ref-Silverblatt_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverblatt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although its name is based on the word <i>sequel</i>, not all prequels are true prequels that are part of a main series. Prequels that are not part of a main series are called <b>spin-off prequels</b>, while prequels that are part of a main series are called <b>true prequels</b>. Examples of true prequels include the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_prequel_trilogy" title="Star Wars prequel trilogy"><i>Star Wars</i> prequel trilogy</a> (1999-2005), <i><a href="/wiki/Tremors_4:_The_Legend_Begins" title="Tremors 4: The Legend Begins">Tremors 4: The Legend Begins</a></i> (2004) which took place chronologically before the events of the previous <a href="/wiki/Tremors_(franchise)" title="Tremors (franchise)"><i>Tremors</i> films</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Better_Call_Saul" title="Better Call Saul">Better Call Saul</a></i> (2015–2022) taking place mainly before <i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Bad" title="Breaking Bad">Breaking Bad</a></i> but also having some scenes after and during it,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid:_Ariel%27s_Beginning" title="The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning">The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning</a></i> (2008) occurring chronologically before the events of <a href="/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(TV_series)" title="The Little Mermaid (TV series)"><i>The Little Mermaid</i> TV series</a> (1992-1994), <a href="/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(1989_film)" title="The Little Mermaid (1989 film)">the animated <i>Little Mermaid</i> film</a> (1989), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_II:_Return_to_the_Sea" title="The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea">The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea</a></i> (2000). Examples of spin-off prequels include <i><a href="/wiki/Puss_in_Boots_(2011_film)" title="Puss in Boots (2011 film)">Puss in Boots</a></i> (2011), which takes place before Puss meets the characters of the <a href="/wiki/Shrek_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Shrek Films"><i>Shrek</i> films</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Shrek_2" title="Shrek 2">Shrek 2</a></i> (2004), and <i><a href="/wiki/Furiosa:_A_Mad_Max_Saga" title="Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga">Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga</a></i> (2024), which focuses on the character Furiosa before the events of <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road" title="Mad Max: Fury Road">Mad Max: Fury Road</a></i> (2015). and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) which focuses on the character Samira "Sam" before the events of A Quiet Place (2018) </p><p>A <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="midquel"></span><span id="Midquel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">midquel</span></span></b> is a work which takes place between events. Types include interquels and intraquels.<sup id="cite_ref-Wolf2017_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wolf2017-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="interquel"></span><span id="Interquel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">interquel</span></span></b> is a story that takes place in between two previously published or released stories. For example, if 'movie C' is an interquel of 'movies A' and 'B', the events of 'movie C' take place after the events of 'movie A', but before the events of 'movie B'. Examples can include <i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_One:_A_Star_Wars_Story" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogue One: A Star Wars Story">Rogue One</a></i> (2016) and <i><a href="/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story" title="Solo: A Star Wars Story">Solo</a></i> (2018) of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i>, some films of the <i><a href="/wiki/Fast_%26_Furious" title="Fast & Furious">Fast & Furious</a></i> franchise, and <i><a href="/wiki/Saw_X" title="Saw X">Saw X</a></i>. An <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="intraquel"></span><span id="Intraquel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">intraquel</span></span></b>, on the other hand, is a work which focuses on events within a previous work. Examples include <i><a href="/wiki/Bambi_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Bambi 2">Bambi 2</a></i> (2005) and <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(2021_film)" title="Black Widow (2021 film)">Black Widow</a></i> (2021).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="legacy_sequel"></span><span id="Legacy_sequel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">legacy sequel</span></span></b> is a work that follows the continuity of the original works, but takes place much further along the timeline, often focusing on new characters with the elderly original characters still present in the plot.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are often made many years after the original works were made. Legacy sequels are sometimes also direct sequels that ignore previous installments entirely, effectively <a href="/wiki/Retroactive_continuity" title="Retroactive continuity">retconning preceding events</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Balboa_(film)" title="Rocky Balboa (film)">Rocky Balboa</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_(2018_film)" title="Halloween (2018 film)">Halloween</a></i> (2018), <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(2021_film)" title="Candyman (2021 film)">Candyman</a></i> (2021), <i><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Kai" title="Cobra Kai">Cobra Kai</a></i> (2018-2025), <i><a href="/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049" title="Blade Runner 2049">Blade Runner 2049</a></i> (2017), the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy" title="Star Wars sequel trilogy"><i>Star Wars</i> sequel trilogy</a> (2015-2019), <i><a href="/wiki/Ghostbusters:_Afterlife" title="Ghostbusters: Afterlife">Ghostbusters: Afterlife</a></i> (2021), <i><a href="/wiki/Terminator:_Dark_Fate" title="Terminator: Dark Fate">Terminator: Dark Fate</a></i> (2019), <i><a href="/wiki/Tron:_Legacy" title="Tron: Legacy">Tron: Legacy</a></i> (2010), <i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gun:_Maverick" title="Top Gun: Maverick">Top Gun: Maverick</a></i> (2022), the <a href="/wiki/Creed_(film_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Creed (film series)"><i>Creed</i> films</a> (2015–present), <i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_for_Life" title="Bad Boys for Life">Bad Boys for Life</a></i> (2020), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Matrix_Resurrections" title="The Matrix Resurrections">The Matrix Resurrections</a></i> (2021), <i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull" title="Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull">Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull</a></i> (2008)<i>,</i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park#Jurassic_World_series" title="Jurassic Park">Jurassic World</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park#Jurassic_World_series" title="Jurassic Park">trilogy</a> (2015–2022) are examples of legacy sequels. Another term for these types of movies is <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="requel"></span><span id="Requel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">requel</span></span></b>, meaning reboot sequel, a term originally coined by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Campbell" title="Bruce Campbell">Bruce Campbell</a> to describe <i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Dead_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Evil Dead 2">Evil Dead 2</a></i> (1987) in relation to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Evil_Dead" title="The Evil Dead">The Evil Dead</a></i> (1981).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Film journalist Pamela McClintock describes a requel as something that "exploits goodwill toward the past while launching a new generation of actors and stories".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="standalone_sequel"></span><span id="Standalone_sequel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">standalone sequel</span></span></b> is a work set in the same universe, yet has little or no narrative connection to its predecessor, and can stand on its own without a thorough understanding of the series. <i><a href="/wiki/A_Shot_in_the_Dark_(1964_film)" title="A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)">A Shot in the Dark</a></i> (1964), <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Top_Pee-wee" title="Big Top Pee-wee">Big Top Pee-wee</a></i> (1988), <i><a href="/wiki/Halloween_III:_Season_of_the_Witch" title="Halloween III: Season of the Witch">Halloween III: Season of the Witch</a></i> (1982), <i><a href="/wiki/Home_Alone_3" title="Home Alone 3">Home Alone 3</a></i> (1997), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fast_and_the_Furious:_Tokyo_Drift" title="The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift">The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/wiki/Species_-_The_Awakening" class="mw-redirect" title="Species - The Awakening">Species - The Awakening</a></i> (2007), <i><a href="/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_On_Stranger_Tides" title="Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides">Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides</a></i> (2011),<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Rider:_Spirit_of_Vengeance" title="Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance">Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance</a></i> (2011), <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road" title="Mad Max: Fury Road">Mad Max: Fury Road</a></i> (2015), <i><a href="/wiki/The_SpongeBob_Movie:_Sponge_Out_of_Water" title="The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water">The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water</a></i> (2015), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Shaun_the_Sheep_Movie:_Farmageddon" title="A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon">A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon</a></i> (2019), <i><a href="/wiki/Spirit_Untamed" title="Spirit Untamed">Spirit Untamed</a></i> (2021), <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Jam:_A_New_Legacy" title="Space Jam: A New Legacy">Space Jam: A New Legacy</a></i> (2021), <i><a href="/wiki/Glass_Onion:_A_Knives_Out_Mystery" title="Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery">Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</a></i> (2022), <i><a href="/wiki/Twisters_(film)" title="Twisters (film)">Twisters</a></i> (2024), and <i><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_World_Rebirth" title="Jurassic World Rebirth">Jurassic World Rebirth</a></i> (2025) are examples of standalone sequels.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (December 2022)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A <b>plot reset</b>, or <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="resetquel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">resetquel</span></span></b> is a work set in the same universe of its predecessor that resets the plot in a different premise or setting of the work's predecessor with more than one of the same predecessor characters to appease the audience due to extremely negative reception of the predecessor. An example: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Suicide_Squad_(film)" title="The Suicide Squad (film)">The Suicide Squad</a></i> (2021) to <i><a href="/wiki/Suicide_Squad_(2016_film)" title="Suicide Squad (2016 film)">Suicide Squad</a></i> (2016).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_sequel" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual sequel">spiritual sequel</a>, also known as a spiritual successor is a work inspired by its predecessor. It shares the same styles, genres and elements as its predecessor, but has no direct connection to it at all. Most spiritual sequels are also set in different universes from their predecessors, and some spiritual sequels aren't even a part of their predecessor's franchise, making them <i>non-franchise sequels</i>. Spiritual sequels can sometimes be repurposed from material originally intended to be direct sequels. Examples of this include <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_Returns" title="Superman Returns">Superman Returns</a></i> (2006), a spiritual sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i> (1978) and <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_II" title="Superman II">Superman II</a></i> (1980), and <i><a href="/wiki/Mute_(2018_film)" title="Mute (2018 film)">Mute</a></i> (2018), a spiritual sequel to the film <i><a href="/wiki/Moon_(2009_film)" title="Moon (2009 film)">Moon</a></i> (2009). </p><p>A <b>parallel</b>, <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="paraquel"></span><span id="Paraquel"></span><span class="vanchor-text">paraquel</span></span></b>, or <b>sidequel</b> is a story that runs at the same point in time as the original story.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For instance, three different novels by <a href="/wiki/John_Morressy" title="John Morressy">John Morressy</a> — <i>Starbrat</i> (1972), <i>Stardrift</i> (1973; also known as <i>Nail Down the Stars</i>), and <i>Under a Calculating Star</i> (1975) — involve different lead characters, mostly in different places, but overlap at one dramatic event to which each novel provides a different perspective.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strict legacy parallels are <a href="/wiki/Kirill_Eskov" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirill Eskov">Kirill Eskov</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer" title="The Last Ringbearer">The Last Ringbearer</a></i> (1999) retelling the events of <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></i> (1955) from the viewpoint of benevolent Mordorians combatting the malevolent West. Likewise, <a href="/wiki/Alice_Randall" title="Alice Randall">Alice Randall</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wind_Done_Gone" title="The Wind Done Gone">The Wind Done Gone</a></i> (2001), contemporary to <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mitchell" title="Margaret Mitchell">Margaret Mitchell</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(novel)" title="Gone with the Wind (novel)">Gone with the Wind</a></i> (1936), tells the life story of a mulatto woman born enslaved on the O'Hara plantation and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King_1%C2%BD" title="The Lion King 1½">The Lion King 1½</a></i> (2004), featuring the origins of characters <a href="/wiki/Timon_and_Pumbaa" title="Timon and Pumbaa">Timon and Pumbaa</a> occurring simultaneously within <a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">the original 1994 film</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relatives">Relatives</h2></div> <p>Alongside sequels, there are also other types of continuation or inspiration of a previous work.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Spinoff_(media)" title="Spinoff (media)">spin-off</a> is a work that is not a sequel to any previous works, but is set in the same universe. It is a separate work-on-its-own in the same franchise as the series of other works. Spin-offs are often focused on one or more of the minor characters from the other work or new characters in the same universe as the other work. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scorpion_King" title="The Scorpion King">The Scorpion King</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Planes_(film)" title="Planes (film)">Planes</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Minions_(film)" title="Minions (film)">Minions</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_%26_Shaw" title="Hobbs & Shaw">Hobbs & Shaw</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lightyear_(film)" title="Lightyear (film)">Lightyear</a></i> are examples of spin-off movies while <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Torchwood" title="Torchwood">Torchwood</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/CSI:_NY" title="CSI: NY">CSI: NY</a></i> are examples of spin-off television series.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Crossover_(fiction)" title="Crossover (fiction)">crossover</a> is a work where characters or events from two previous works from different franchises are meeting in the same universe. <i><a href="/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_(film)" title="Alien vs. Predator (film)">Alien vs. Predator</a></i> (2004), <i><a href="/wiki/Freddy_vs._Jason" title="Freddy vs. Jason">Freddy vs. Jason</a></i> (2003), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lego_Movie" title="The Lego Movie">The Lego Movie</a></i> (2014) are examples of a crossover film. Crossovers can also function as sequels if plotlines from the two previous works continue into them, like with <i><a href="/wiki/Deadpool_%26_Wolverine" title="Deadpool & Wolverine">Deadpool & Wolverine</a></i> (2024), and <i><a href="/wiki/Rugrats_Go_Wild" title="Rugrats Go Wild">Rugrats Go Wild</a></i> (2003).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i></i> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Reboot_(fiction)" title="Reboot (fiction)">reboot</a> is a start over from a previous work. It could either be a film set in a new universe resembling the old one or it could be a regular spin-off film that starts a new film series. Reboots are usually a part of the same media franchise as the previous works, but not always. <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_Begins" title="Batman Begins">Batman Begins</a></i> (2005), <i><a href="/wiki/Casino_Royale_(2006_film)" title="Casino Royale (2006 film)">Casino Royale</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(2009_film)" title="Star Trek (2009 film)">Star Trek</a></i> (2009), <i><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B8rning" title="Børning">Børning</a></i> (2014), <i><a href="/wiki/Man_of_Steel_(film)" title="Man of Steel (film)">Man of Steel</a></i> (2013), and <i><a href="/wiki/Terminator:_Genisys" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminator: Genisys">Terminator: Genisys</a></i> (2015) are examples of reboot films. Kathleen Loock has written that traditional reboots tended to stray away from depicting direct narrative or stylistic correlations to the previous versions of the franchise. Contemporary reboots lean into the nostalgia factor and create new stories that simultaneously revel in the aspects of the original franchise that made it notable in the first place.<sup id="cite_ref-Loock_173–188_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Loock_173–188-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>In <i>The Afterlife of a Character</i>, David Brewer describes a reader's desire to "see more", or to know what happens next in the narrative after it has ended.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Film director <a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a> claims to have started the trend of including numbers in film sequel titles with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Godfather_Part_II" title="The Godfather Part II">The Godfather Part II</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sequels_of_the_novel">Sequels of the novel</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marvelous_land_of_oz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Marvelous_land_of_oz.jpg/220px-Marvelous_land_of_oz.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Marvelous_land_of_oz.jpg/330px-Marvelous_land_of_oz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Marvelous_land_of_oz.jpg/440px-Marvelous_land_of_oz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1218" data-file-height="1680" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Marvelous_Land_of_Oz" title="The Marvelous Land of Oz">The Marvelous Land of Oz</a></i>, sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz" title="The Wonderful Wizard of Oz">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</a></i>, was an official sequel novel written to satisfy popular demand.</figcaption></figure> <p>The origin of the sequel as it is conceived in the 21st century developed from the <a href="/wiki/Novella" title="Novella">novella</a> and <a href="/wiki/Romance_(heroic_literature)" class="mw-redirect" title="Romance (heroic literature)">romance</a> traditions in a slow process that culminated towards the end of the 17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The substantial shift toward a rapidly growing <a href="/wiki/Print_culture" title="Print culture">print culture</a> and the rise of the market system by the early 18th-century meant that an author's merit and livelihood became increasingly linked to the number of copies of a work he or she could sell. This shift from a text-based to an author-centered reading culture<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> led to the "professionalization" of the author – that is, the development of a "sense of identity based on a marketable skill and on supplying to a defined public a specialized service it was demanding."<sup id="cite_ref-Schellenberg,_Betty_A_1998_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schellenberg,_Betty_A_1998-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one sense, then, sequels became a means to profit further from previous work that had already obtained some measure of commercial success.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the establishment of a readership became increasingly important to the economic viability of authorship, sequels offered a means to establish a recurring economic outlet.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to serving economic profit, the sequel was also used as a method to strengthen an author's claim to his literary property. With weak <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> laws and unscrupulous booksellers willing to sell whatever they could, in some cases the only way to prove ownership of a text was to produce another like it. Sequels in this sense are rather limited in scope, as the authors are focused on producing "more of the same" to defend their "literary paternity".<sup id="cite_ref-Schellenberg,_Betty_A_1998_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schellenberg,_Betty_A_1998-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As is true throughout history, sequels to novels provided an opportunity for authors to interact with a readership. This became especially important in the economy of the 18th century novel, in which authors often maintained readership by drawing readers back with the promise of more of what they liked from the original. With sequels, therefore, came the implicit division of readers by authors into the categories of "desirable" and "undesirable"—that is, those who interpret the text in a way unsanctioned by the author. Only after having achieved a significant reader base would an author feel free to alienate or ignore the "undesirable" readers.<sup id="cite_ref-Schellenberg,_Betty_A_1998_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schellenberg,_Betty_A_1998-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This concept of "undesirable" readers extends to unofficial sequels with the 18th century novel. While in certain historical contexts unofficial sequels were actually the norm (for an example, see <a href="/wiki/Arthurian_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthurian literature">Arthurian literature</a>), with the emphasis on the author function that arises in conjunction with the novel many authors began to see these kinds of unauthorized extensions as being in direct conflict with authorial authority. In the matter of <i><a href="/wiki/Don_Quixote" title="Don Quixote">Don Quixote</a></i> (an early novel, perhaps better classified as a satirical romance), for example, <a href="/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes" title="Miguel de Cervantes">Cervantes</a> disapproved of <a href="/wiki/Alonso_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_Avellaneda" title="Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda">Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda</a>'s use of his characters in <i>Second Volume of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha</i>, an unauthorized sequel. In response, Cervantes very firmly kills the protagonist at the end of the Second Part to discourage any more such creative liberties.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another example is <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Richardson" title="Samuel Richardson">Samuel Richardson</a>, an 18th-century author who responded particularly strongly against the appropriation of his material by unauthorized third parties. Richardson was extremely vocal in his disapproval of the way the protagonist of his novel <i><a href="/wiki/Pamela;_or,_Virtue_Rewarded" title="Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded">Pamela</a></i> was repeatedly incorporated into unauthorized sequels featuring particularly lewd plots. The most famous of these is <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fielding" title="Henry Fielding">Henry Fielding</a>'s parody, entitled <i><a href="/wiki/Shamela" class="mw-redirect" title="Shamela">Shamela</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>To Renew Their Former Acquaintance: Print, Gender, and Some Eighteenth Century Sequels</i>, Betty Schellenberg theorizes that whereas for male writers in the 18th century sequels often served as "models of paternity and property", for women writers these models were more likely to be seen as transgressive. Instead, the recurring readership created by sequels let female writers function within the model of "familiar acquaintances reunited to enjoy the mutual pleasures of conversation", and made their writing an "activity within a private, non-economic sphere". Through this created perception women writers were able to break into the economic sphere and "enhance their professional status" through authorship.<sup id="cite_ref-Schellenberg,_Betty_A_1998_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schellenberg,_Betty_A_1998-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dissociated from the motives of profit and therefore unrestrained by the need for continuity felt by male writers, Schellenberg argues that female-authored sequel fiction tended to have a much broader scope.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He says that women writers showed an "innovative freedom" that male writers rejected to "protect their patrimony". For example, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Fielding" title="Sarah Fielding">Sarah Fielding</a>'s <i>Adventures of David Simple</i> and its sequels <i>Familiar Letters between the Principal Characters in David Simple</i> and <i>David Simple, Volume the Last</i> are extremely innovative and cover almost the entire range of popular narrative styles of the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3></div> <p>The cost of developing <a href="/wiki/AAA_(video_game_industry)" title="AAA (video game industry)">AAA video games</a> has increased significantly over recent years,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often reaching tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars due to high expectations for detailed graphics, expansive worlds, and advanced gameplay. Video game companies have turned to sequels as a dependable business strategy.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sequels are now a dominant trend in the industry, making up a large proportion of new releases from major publishers.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One reason they are prevalent is their ability to provide a stable revenue stream in a volatile market. Building on an existing brand with an established fan base, sequels are perceived as safer investments than new <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual properties (IP)</a>. They allow companies to capitalize on previous successes, ensuring a built-in audience and reducing the financial risk associated with launching a new and unproven concept. Additionally, sequels of a formula that players already enjoy, balancing familiarity with new features or improvements, which can increase player retention and positive reception.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_franchises">Media franchises</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Media_franchise" title="Media franchise">Media franchise</a></div> <p>In some cases, the characters or the settings of an original film or video game become so valuable that they develop into a series, lately referred to as a <a href="/wiki/Media_franchise" title="Media franchise">media franchise</a>. Generally, a whole series of sequels is made, along with <a href="/wiki/Merchandising" title="Merchandising">merchandising</a>. Multiple sequels are often planned well in advance, and actors and directors may sign extended contracts to ensure their participation. This can extend into a series/franchise's initial production's plot to provide story material to develop for sequels called sequel hooks. Examples of major media franchises include the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" title="Marvel Cinematic Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon" title="Pokémon">Pokemon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Disney_Princess" title="Disney Princess">Disney Princess</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3></div> <p>Movie sequels do not always do as well at the box office as the original, but they tend to do better than non-sequels, according to a study in the July 2008 issue of the <i>Journal of Business Research</i>. The shorter the period between releases, the better the sequel does at the box office. Sequels also show a faster drop in weekly revenues relative to non-sequels.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A quantitative mega-analysis of box office earnings from all the major movie studios revealed that franchise movies dominate the highest grossing films lists, establishing sequels as reliable kinds of movies to make. All studios have come to rely on releasing sequels as they increase the studios' profitability, yield to the consumer demand for simultaneous novelty and familiarity, and help manage risk and uncertainty within studio production and release.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sequels_in_other_media">Sequels in other media</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_television_programs_based_on_films" title="List of television programs based on films">List of television programs based on films</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_television_programs" title="List of films based on television programs">List of films based on television programs</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/60px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/120px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Sequel" title="Special:EditPage/Sequel">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sequels are most often produced in the same medium as the previous work (e.g. a film sequel is usually a sequel to another film). Producing sequels to a work in another medium has also become common, especially when the new medium is less costly or time-consuming to produce.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A sequel to a popular but discontinued television series may be produced in another medium, thereby bypassing whatever factors led to the series' cancellation such as <a href="/wiki/Serenity_(2005_film)" title="Serenity (2005 film)">Serenity</a> (sequel to <a href="/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series)" title="Firefly (TV series)">Firefly (TV series)</a>), <a href="/wiki/Downton_Abbey:_A_New_Era" title="Downton Abbey: A New Era">Downton Abbey: A New Era</a> (sequel to <a href="/wiki/Downton_Abbey" title="Downton Abbey">Downton Abbey</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Mars_(film)" title="Veronica Mars (film)">Veronica Mars</a> (sequel to <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Mars" title="Veronica Mars">Veronica Mars</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some highly popular movies and television series have inspired the production of multiple novel sequels, sometimes rivaling or even dwarfing the volume of works in the original medium.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For example, the 1956 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hundred_and_One_Dalmatians" title="The Hundred and One Dalmatians">The Hundred and One Dalmatians</a></i>, its <a href="/wiki/One_Hundred_and_One_Dalmatians" title="One Hundred and One Dalmatians">1961 animated adaptation</a> and that film's <a href="/wiki/101_Dalmatians_(1996_film)" title="101 Dalmatians (1996 film)">1996 live-action remake</a> each have a sequel unrelated to the other sequels: respectively <i><a href="/wiki/The_Starlight_Barking" title="The Starlight Barking">The Starlight Barking</a></i> (1967), <i><a href="/wiki/101_Dalmatians_II:_Patch%27s_London_Adventure" title="101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure">101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure</a></i> (2003, direct to video) and <i><a href="/wiki/102_Dalmatians" title="102 Dalmatians">102 Dalmatians</a></i> (2000).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unofficial_sequels">Unofficial sequels</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Pastiche" title="Pastiche">Pastiche</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New-adventures-of-alice-cover-1917.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/New-adventures-of-alice-cover-1917.png/250px-New-adventures-of-alice-cover-1917.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/New-adventures-of-alice-cover-1917.png/330px-New-adventures-of-alice-cover-1917.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/New-adventures-of-alice-cover-1917.png/500px-New-adventures-of-alice-cover-1917.png 2x" data-file-width="2176" data-file-height="2883" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/New_Adventures_of_Alice" title="New Adventures of Alice">New Adventures of Alice</a></i>, 1917, John Rae</figcaption></figure> <p>Sometimes sequels are produced without the consent of the creator of the original work. These may be dubbed unofficial, informal, unauthorized, or illegitimate sequels. In some cases, the work is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>, and there is no legal obstacle to producing sequels. An example would be books and films serving as sequels to the book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz" title="The Wonderful Wizard of Oz">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</a>,</i> which is in the public domain (as opposed to <a href="/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)">its 1939 film adaptation</a>). In other cases, the original creator or their heirs may assert <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyrights</a>, and challenge the creators of the sequels.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literary">Literary</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Continuation_novel" title="Continuation novel">Continuation novel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parallel_novel" title="Parallel novel">Parallel novel</a></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Old_Friends_and_New_Fancies" title="Old Friends and New Fancies">Old Friends and New Fancies</a>: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen</i> (1913) is a novel by Sybil G. Brinton that is generally acknowledged to be the first sequel to the works of <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a> and as such the first piece of <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen_fan_fiction" title="Jane Austen fan fiction">Austen fan fiction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Porto_Bello_Gold" class="mw-redirect" title="Porto Bello Gold">Porto Bello Gold</a></i> (1924), a <a href="/wiki/Prequel" title="Prequel">prequel</a> by <a href="/wiki/A._D._Howden_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="A. D. Howden Smith">A. D. Howden Smith</a> to <i><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Island" title="Treasure Island">Treasure Island</a></i> that was written with explicit permission from Stevenson's executor, tells the origin of the buried treasure and recasts many of Stevenson's pirates in their younger years, giving the hidden treasure some <a href="/wiki/Jacobitism" title="Jacobitism">Jacobite</a> antecedents not mentioned in the original.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harold_Augustin_Calahan" title="Harold Augustin Calahan">Back to Treasure Island</a></i> (1935) is a sequel by H. A. Calahan, the introduction of which argues that <a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" title="Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a> wanted to write a continuation of the story.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Grows_Up" title="Heidi Grows Up">Heidi Grows Up</a></i> (a.k.a. <i>Heidi Grows Up: A Sequel to Heidi</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/1938_in_literature" title="1938 in literature">1938</a> novel and sequel to <a href="/wiki/Johanna_Spyri" title="Johanna Spyri">Johanna Spyri</a>'s 1881 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Heidi" title="Heidi">Heidi</a></i>, written by Spyri's French and English translator, Charles Tritten, after a three-decade long period of pondering what to write, since Spyri's death gave no sequel of her own.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manly_Wade_Wellman" title="Manly Wade Wellman">Manly Wade Wellman</a> and his son Wade Wellman wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes%27_War_of_the_Worlds" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds">Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds</a></i> (1975) which describes <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a>'s adventures during the Martian occupation of London. This version uses Wells' short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Crystal_Egg" title="The Crystal Egg">The Crystal Egg</a>" as a prequel (with Holmes being the man who bought the egg at the end) and includes a crossover with <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Professor_Challenger" title="Professor Challenger">Professor Challenger</a> stories. Among many changes the Martians are changed into simple vampires, who suck and ingest human blood.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Space_Machine" title="The Space Machine">The Space Machine</a></i> (1976) <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(novelist)" title="Christopher Priest (novelist)">Christopher Priest</a> presents both a sequel and prequel to <i>The War of the Worlds</i> (due to time travel elements), which also integrates the events of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Machine" title="The Time Machine">The Time Machine</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Dalos" title="György Dalos">György Dalos</a> wrote the novel <i><a href="/wiki/1985_(Dalos_novel)" title="1985 (Dalos novel)">1985</a></i> that was intended as a direct sequel to Orwell's work.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alice_Through_the_Needle%27s_Eye" title="Alice Through the Needle's Eye">Alice Through the Needle's Eye</a></i> (1984) by <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Adair" title="Gilbert Adair">Gilbert Adair</a>, a sequel to <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland" class="mw-redirect" title="Alice in Wonderland">Alice in Wonderland</a> books.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The novelist <a href="/wiki/Angela_Carter" title="Angela Carter">Angela Carter</a> was working on a sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/Jane_Eyre" title="Jane Eyre">Jane Eyre</a></i> at the time of her death in 1992. This was to have been the story of Jane's stepdaughter Adèle Varens and her mother Céline. Only a synopsis survives.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Mrs. Rochester: A Sequel to Jane Eyre</i> (1997) by <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Bailey" title="Hilary Bailey">Hilary Bailey</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer" title="The Last Ringbearer">The Last Ringbearer</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <i lang="ru">Последний кольценосец</i>, <i>Posledniy kol'tsenosets</i>) (1999) is a fantasy book by Russian author <a href="/wiki/Kirill_Eskov" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirill Eskov">Kirill Eskov</a>. It is an <a href="/wiki/Parallel_novel" title="Parallel novel">alternative account</a> of, and an informal sequel to, the events of <a href="/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien" class="mw-redirect" title="J.R.R. Tolkien">J.R.R. Tolkien</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_series" title="Book series">Book series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffhanger" title="Cliffhanger">Cliffhanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossover_(fiction)" title="Crossover (fiction)">Crossover (fiction)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_series" title="Film series">Film series</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Klinger_v._Conan_Doyle_Estate,_Ltd." title="Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.">Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_video_game_franchises" title="List of video game franchises">List of video game franchises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_film_sequels_by_box-office_performance" title="List of film sequels by box-office performance">List of film sequels by box-office performance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentalogy" title="Pentalogy">Pentalogy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prequel" title="Prequel">Prequel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prequels" title="List of prequels">List of prequels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reboot_(fiction)" title="Reboot (fiction)">Reboot (fiction)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remake" title="Remake">Remake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shared_universe" title="Shared universe">Shared universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spin-off_(media)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin-off (media)">Spin-off (media)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_successor" title="Spiritual successor">Spiritual successor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standalone_film" title="Standalone film">Standalone film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetralogy" title="Tetralogy">Tetralogy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilogy" title="Trilogy">Trilogy</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFabrikant1991" class="citation news cs1">Fabrikant, Geraldine (March 12, 1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/12/movies/sequels-of-hit-films-now-often-loser.html?scp=9&sq=robocop&st=cse">"Sequels of Hit Films Now Often Loser"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84457-843-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84457-843-6"><bdi>978-1-84457-843-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hollywood+Sequel%3A+History+%26+Form%2C+1911-2010&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Publishing&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1-84457-843-6&rft.aulast=Henderson&rft.aufirst=Stuart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASequel" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJess-Cooke2012" class="citation book cs1">Jess-Cooke, Carolyn (2012). <i>Film Sequels</i>. <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_University_Press" title="Edinburgh University Press">Edinburgh University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-8947-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-8947-7"><bdi>978-0-7486-8947-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Film+Sequels&rft.pub=Edinburgh+University+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-7486-8947-7&rft.aulast=Jess-Cooke&rft.aufirst=Carolyn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASequel" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJess-CookeVerevis2012" class="citation book cs1">Jess-Cooke, Carolyn; Verevis, Constantine (2012). <i>Second Takes: Critical Approaches to the Film Sequel</i>. <a href="/wiki/SUNY_Press" title="SUNY Press">SUNY Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4384-3031-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4384-3031-7"><bdi>978-1-4384-3031-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span 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