featurette
noun
fea·tur·ette
ˈfē-chər-ˌet 
ˌfē-chər-ˈet
: a short film
especially
: a short documentary film about the making of a full-length movie
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No word yet on where it will be set, or if anyone familiar faces will return, but creator Mike White did tease a bit about his idea in a featurette after the episode on Max.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
In the featurette below, premiering exclusively on Billboard, Sink is a traveling troubadour in a wasteland communicating with her music, but runs afoul of a charismatic dictator, Plutonovich, played by Bartlett.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice director Tim Burton turns up in an unexpected cameo in the film, a home release bonus featurette and a pair of visual effects artists reveal.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
To get a sense of the movie, check out this IMAX featurette, in which its cinematographer, Autumn Durald Akrapaw, explains how the tall image of the IMAX frame delivers an emotional quality that other formats cannot reach.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
In the featurette below, premiering exclusively on Billboard, Sink is a traveling troubadour in a wasteland communicating with her music, but runs afoul of a charismatic dictator, Plutonovich, played by Bartlett.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice director Tim Burton turns up in an unexpected cameo in the film, a home release bonus featurette and a pair of visual effects artists reveal.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
To get a sense of the movie, check out this IMAX featurette, in which its cinematographer, Autumn Durald Akrapaw, explains how the tall image of the IMAX frame delivers an emotional quality that other formats cannot reach.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Featurette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/featurette. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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