How to Use prequel in a Sentence

prequel

noun

• His next film will be a prequel to last year's hit movie.
• And that's not even the only new Game of Thrones prequel in the works for Max.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2023
• The prequels, on the other hand, felt more like an elephant in the room.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
• And with a prequel and a sequel, this franchise can last a long haul.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• So a prequel — told from the point of view of the Bene Gesserit order — seems like a decent idea.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2023
• The movie takes place after the events of X and its prequel, Pearl, and will head to theaters on July 5th.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024
• In this prequel to Annabelle, a priest and soon-to-be nun are sent to unpack the secrets of the church and the suicide of a fellow nun.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 14 Oct. 2022
• There’s just one episode left in the first season of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel series.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 7 Oct. 2022
• In the meantime, GoT fans will have the second season of the prequel series, House of the Dragon to look forward to.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024
• The prequel tells the story of young Queen Charlotte's life, rise to power and romance with King George over six episodes.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• But just like the prequels, Shadow the Hedgehog is best left in the past, and should not be celebrated.
  — Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
• Patrick Sean Smith serves as showrunner and is writing the prequel series.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
• Amazon's Prime Video just announced that a Legally Blonde prequel is in the works at the streamer.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
• Presently, fans can tune in to Paramount Network on Sunday nights to catch episodes of the prequel 1883.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 28 June 2023
• The Lord of the Rings prequel series finally came to fruition Thursday night.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
• The trailers also tease a return to Winterfell, the snowy home of the Starks that is ruled over by Cregan Stark in the prequel.
  — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
• This is now the second horror prequel series on which Kane has worked.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
• Expect a bit of a prequel—our origin story, mixed with an opera.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
• Until the people matter as much as the dragons, the prequel will have a hard time living up to the show that inspired it.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2022
• And, well, there’s a reason all the Apes movies after this were time-traveling prequels.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 20 July 2023
• The show's prequel series, which takes place over 100 years before the events of GoT, follows House Targaryen.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2023
• She was joined by two of her costars to represent the Yellowstone prequel.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 24 Apr. 2023
• Blood Origin, a new prequel series set in an elven world 1200 years before the events of The Witcher.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 21 Dec. 2022
• The prequel series will explore the creation of the first prototype Witcher and the events leading to the Conjunction of the Spheres.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
• The First Shadow will be a prequel of sorts to the supernatural thriller, with many of the same characters.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
• The script for the prequel was well underway and completed before there was any talk of strikes and closed writer’s rooms.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2023
• The Netflix series was such a hit, in fact, that we’re being blessed with a prequel about young Queen Charlotte and her rise to power.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2023
• This story, however, will be a prequel to the John Wick franchise.
  — Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• The network also has the upcoming prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms planned for 2025.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• With horror maestro Mike Flanagan at the helm of the subsequent prequel, the spirit board-centric franchise got a new lease on life.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024