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For yet another live-action remake, Disney followed the second star to the right for a new retelling of J.M. Barrie's classic.
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James Mercadante, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Perhaps most directly influenced by the novelist was Fielding, whose novel Bridget Jones’s Diary is a retelling of Austen’s seminal 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
During the seder, there is usually a retelling of the Passover story.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 24 Mar. 2025
And in the new retelling, that badassery is clear from the very first moments.
—Patricia Alfonso Tortolani, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025
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James Mercadante, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Perhaps most directly influenced by the novelist was Fielding, whose novel Bridget Jones’s Diary is a retelling of Austen’s seminal 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
During the seder, there is usually a retelling of the Passover story.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 24 Mar. 2025
And in the new retelling, that badassery is clear from the very first moments.
—Patricia Alfonso Tortolani, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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