based on
Taking cues from
Based on indicates the foundation or source of something.
A movie based on a true story draws from actual events.
A decision based on the evidence relies on that evidence for justification.
The phrase signals what underlies, informs, or inspires something: The recipe is based on my grandmother's, Prices vary based on demand.
Foundation for logical argument
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- built onConstructed using as foundation
Film's written blueprint
- novelNew and unusual
- biopicFilm about real life
- remakeNew version created
- reimaginingFresh interpretation of existing material
retelling · source material · film adaptation · book adaptation · stage adaptation · faithful · loose adaptation · inspired by
premise
Foundation for logical argument
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- built onConstructed using as foundation
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
reimagining · retelling · source material · film adaptation · book adaptation · stage adaptation · faithful · loose adaptation · inspired by · fidelity
model
Representation or paradigm
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
archetype · pattern · example · standard · paradigm · benchmark · guideline · reference · precedent · criterion
headquartered
Having central offices located
residing · centered · regional · remote · field office · branch · hub
- attributionattributed to, cited, according to, per, via
- creative libertiesartistic license, poetic license, liberties, creative liberties, fictionalization
- recommendation termswatch list, queue, favorites, top picks, must-sees
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, film adaptations, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, TV adaptations
- Attribution phrasesas per, per, by, following, in line with
- citationscitation, citations, cite, cited, citation style
based onoriginal
First or inventive
invented · novel · sui generis · made up · imagined
based onunfounded
Without factual support
groundless · baseless · arbitrary · made up · fabricated
base, basic, basis, based, bases, debase, basing, baseline, basal