Prequel
noun
A book, movie, or story that comes before another one in a series, usually showing what happened before the main events.
The film is a prequel to the popular television series.
Often appears as...
- direct prequel
- prequel series
noun
A book, movie, or story that comes before another one in a series, usually showing what happened before the main events.
The film is a prequel to the popular television series.
Often appears as...
- direct prequel
- prequel series
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Pro Tip 1/3Story Order
A prequel is set before the original story, explaining background details or characters' histories.
After watching the movie, I read the prequel to learn about the hero's past.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always First
Prequels are released after the original series, despite the story timeline being earlier.
The second book published in the series is actually a prequel to the first book.
Pro Tip 3/3Understanding Characters
Prequels can give you insight into why characters act the way they do in the main series.
The prequel shows why the villain turned evil, adding depth to the story.
Compare with
antecedentbackstorybeginningforewordintroductionprecursorpreludeprologue
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Video examples
Before MARS: Behind the...
called before Mars which is essentially the prequel story to the global event series coming called Mars on a nasty graphic channel in November we're telling the story of two of our main characters from the show Mars when they were teenagers and first began to be
Video examples
Before MARS: Behind the...
called before Mars which is essentially the prequel story to the global event series coming called Mars on a nasty graphic channel in November we're telling the story of two of our main characters from the show Mars when they were teenagers and first began to be
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Quote examples
Vetrimaaran
Indian Director
We'd like to explore the prequel idea. I think it would be best suited as a web series on some digital platform. The prequel will be called 'Rajan Vagaira,' and it will track the rise of Rajan's character in 'Vada Chennai' and how he built his empire.
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Craig McCracken
American Artist
Yes, it's a prequel. It tells the story about how the girls were born with superpowers, but they weren't necessarily heroes at the beginning of this movie, so the movie is about the events that happen in their life to make them decide to be heroes.
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Jennifer Lawrence
American Actress
But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did.
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Gregory David Roberts
Australian Author
Shantaram' is the second in the series of a quartet of novels that I have planned about my life but is the first to be written. The third book is a sequel to 'Shantaram,' the first a prequel.
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Jerry B. Jenkins
American Novelist
In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the book would end with the rapture instead of start with the rapture like the first one did.
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Taapsee Pannu
Indian Actress
A prequel to 'Baby' was never on the cards, but when the movie was successful, we realized from the audience response to my character that they wanted to see more of me.
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James Collins
Athlete
The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead
American Actor
I think a lot of fans immediately go, 'ugggh' when they hear that someone is doing a prequel or a remake, they sort of assume the worst sometimes.
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James Wan
Australian Producer
There are expectations with sequels, and people want them to be bigger and better than the prequel.
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Raghava Lawrence
Kanchana 2' will be more funny and thrilling than its prequel.
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Vetrimaaran
Indian Director
We'd like to explore the prequel idea. I think it would be best suited as a web series on some digital platform. The prequel will be called 'Rajan Vagaira,' and it will track the rise of Rajan's character in 'Vada Chennai' and how he built his empire.
Quote examples
Craig McCracken
American Artist
Yes, it's a prequel. It tells the story about how the girls were born with superpowers, but they weren't necessarily heroes at the beginning of this movie, so the movie is about the events that happen in their life to make them decide to be heroes.
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Jennifer Lawrence
American Actress
But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did.
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Gregory David Roberts
Australian Author
Shantaram' is the second in the series of a quartet of novels that I have planned about my life but is the first to be written. The third book is a sequel to 'Shantaram,' the first a prequel.
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Jerry B. Jenkins
American Novelist
In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the book would end with the rapture instead of start with the rapture like the first one did.
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Taapsee Pannu
Indian Actress
A prequel to 'Baby' was never on the cards, but when the movie was successful, we realized from the audience response to my character that they wanted to see more of me.
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James Collins
Athlete
The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead
American Actor
I think a lot of fans immediately go, 'ugggh' when they hear that someone is doing a prequel or a remake, they sort of assume the worst sometimes.
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James Wan
Australian Producer
There are expectations with sequels, and people want them to be bigger and better than the prequel.
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Raghava Lawrence
Kanchana 2' will be more funny and thrilling than its prequel.
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