Chronicles
noun
Chron·i·cles
ˈkrä-ni-kəlz 
plural in form but singular in construction
: either of two historical books of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture
called also Paralipomenon
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But Gelfond balked at discussing a recent media report that pointed to Imax talking to Netflix about bringing Greta Gerwig’s The Chronicles of Narnia remake to its giant screen network globally.
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Young McDreamy Patrick Dempsey was among the Hollywood stars who came out for the Oct. 14 opening night of playwright Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Heidi Chronicles in L.A.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
But Gelfond balked at discussing a recent media report that pointed to Imax talking to Netflix about bringing Greta Gerwig’s The Chronicles of Narnia remake to its giant screen network globally.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Young McDreamy Patrick Dempsey was among the Hollywood stars who came out for the Oct. 14 opening night of playwright Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Heidi Chronicles in L.A.
Flower Power
Also at the opening night of The Heidi Chronicles: Sarah Jessica Parker.
—John Russell, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Around the same time, Disney also didn’t go forward with The Spiderwick Chronicles, which ended up with Roku.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
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Chronicles
noun
Chron·i·cles
ˈkrän-i-kəlz
: either of two historical books of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture
called also Paralipomenon
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